Author: london
Iran’s long-range missiles can reach European cities, Israel warns
March 22, 2026Iran has developed long-range missiles capable of reaching major European cities, Israel has warned. Iran targeted Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands before the Government gave the US permission to strike missile sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, but it is not clear exactly when the two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired. The […]
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Scottish Government appoints group to create memorial for Queen Elizabeth II
March 22, 2026Senior figures from across Scottish public life have been appointed to a group set up to propose a permanent memorial in Scotland to honour Queen Elizabeth II, the Scottish Government has announced. The Scotland Legacy Group will make recommendations to the First Minister, who will take the ideas to the King. Funding for the memorial […]
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Five killed and 100 injured after Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on southern Israel
March 21, 2026Israeli soldiers work at the scene after Iranian missile barrages struck the southern city of Dimona on Saturday REUTERS At least five people are believed to have died and another 100 injured after Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack in southern Israel. The airstrikes have displaced hundreds of people across the cities of Dimona and Arad, […]
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Reform treasurer ‘met sanctioned individuals on Nicaragua trip’
March 21, 2026Nick Candy visited the central American country last week (Lucy North/PA) PA Wire Reform UK’s treasurer met internationally sanctioned individuals on a gold mining related visit to Nicaragua, it has been reported. Billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy visited the Central American country last week and was greeted with a message from co-president Rosario Murillo, who […]
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Labourer, 19, fell to his death through ventilation shaft on building site
March 21, 2026A teenage construction worker in London plunged six storeys to his death in what was described as a wholly preventable accident at a building site. Renols Lleshi, 19, was removing scaffolding from a rooftop garden of a 12-storey block of flats in Acton, west London in the summer of 2023. He stepped onto what he […]
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UFC London 2026 LIVE: Murphy vs Evloev start time, undercard, fight updates and results tonight
March 21, 2026Follow live updates and results from UFC London, below. Kurtis Campbell vs Danny Silva Round one Silva presses forward as Campbell switches stances and tries not to get pushed back too far. A few body kicks by Campbell, who is circling to his left – away from the southpaw power hand of Silva. Campbell with […]
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UFC London’s Melissa Mullins in ‘tears of joy’ at making weight – only for opponent Luana Carolina to fail
March 21, 2026British UFC fighter Melissa Mullins was in “tears of joy” as she took to the scales on Friday, only for her opponent to fail to make weight. Mullins, born in Oxford but fighting out of Coventry, was due to face Luana Carolina in the opening bout of UFC London on Saturday, but that contest was […]
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Northern Lights seen across UK forecast to return
March 21, 2026Parts of the UK enjoyed breathtaking views of the Northern Lights overnight – and more is forecast for Saturday. The natural light show, known as the aurora borealis, is one of nature’s “most spectacular displays”, according to the Met Office. Pictures from Friday night featured waves of mostly green and purple light at Bamburgh in […]
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Teen footballer killed and friend in coma after ‘e-bike battery explodes’
March 21, 2026An aspiring footballer has died aged 16 and his friend is in a coma after an electric bike allegedly burst into flames in a London home. Tommy Ballay-Dean, known as Junior, died at his friend Shauny Halsey’s home in Southwark, south London, on Wednesday after a blaze broke out. The pair had just returned to […]
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One journey in Europe showed me how grim the UK is
March 21, 2026It hit me on the way to a lunch date, somewhere between Karlsplatz and Stephansplatz, in the central first district of Vienna. This is brilliant. That quiet, almost smug realisation that public transport in Vienna is in a completely different league to anything back in the UK. The U-Bahn – Vienna’s underground train system – […]
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