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Bonnie Blue charged with outraging public decency after ‘fake sex act outside London embassy’
March 18, 2026Noora Mykkanen Published March 18, 2026 10:27am Updated March 18, 2026 10:35am Bonnie Blue is set to face court over an alleged fake sex stunt outside an embassy in London. The 26-year-old influencer, whose real name is Tia Billinger, is accused of outraging public decency after she allegedly mimicked a sex act outside the Indonesian […]
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Morgan Freeman is becoming the voice of a major London Tube station
March 18, 2026Pierra Willix Published March 18, 2026 5:00am Updated March 18, 2026 8:47am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Londoners have become well versed to the dulcet tones of announcers reminding them to ‘mind the gap’, but now some will be hearing a Hollywood […]
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Baby critically ill as ‘unprecedented’ meningitis outbreak spreads
March 17, 2026A baby girl is critically ill in hospital with meningitis, believed to be the youngest person to become infected amid the major outbreak in Kent. Nine-month-old Nala-Rose Fletcher, from Folkestone, is in intensive care at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, having fallen ill on March 4, just days before a number of cases were declared in […]
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Meningitis latest LIVE: ‘Unprecedented’ killer outbreak is ‘rapidly developing situation’, Wes Streeting warns as cases rise
March 17, 2026A baby girl is critically ill in hospital with meningitis, believed to be the youngest person to become infected amid the major outbreak in Kent. Nine-month-old Nala-Rose Fletcher, from Folkestone, is in intensive care at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, having fallen ill on March 4, just days before a number of cases were declared in […]
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Seven jailed after London smash-and-grab crime spree
March 17, 2026Seven men from a criminal network who committed a series of seven smash-and-grab robberies have been jailed for a total of 22 years. A Met Police investigation found that the men targeted high-value stores, taking more than £100,000 worth of watches, artwork and designer goods over a four-month period in 2025. The robbers used sledgehammers, […]
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Meningitis: Health chiefs dealing with ‘explosive’ and ‘unprecedented’ outbreak
March 17, 2026Thousands of students in Kent are being urged to get vaccines and take antibiotics as health chiefs deal with an “unprecedented” and “explosive” outbreak of meningitis. Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), up from 13 reported previously, including two deaths. The number of cases […]
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Donald Trump criticises BBC as ‘corrupt, fraudulent news’
March 17, 2026The BBC is “corrupt, fraudulent news”, US President Donald Trump said, as he accused the broadcaster of editing his speech with artificial intelligence (AI). The corporation filed a motion to dismiss Mr Trump’s 10 billion dollar (£7.5 billion) defamation lawsuit over an edit of a Panorama documentary on Monday. The programme faced criticism last year […]
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Zelenskyy boasts about Ukrainian drone tech in more upbeat speech to MPs and peers
March 17, 2026We’re used to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the war leader in his combat fatigues. They were the ones that memorably earned him a dressing down from Donald Trump in the Oval Office last year. But in his third speech to the UK parliament since the Russian invasion four years ago, we saw him suited […]
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Stocks and pound rise as US rate call approaches
March 17, 2026Stock prices in London closed higher on Tuesday, as uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict continued. The UK should follow more of the EU’s rules to boost trade and cut prices, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. She warned the UK risked being “stranded” between rival trading blocs unless it sought a closer relationship with Brussels. […]
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Pensioner lost £575,000 home after dispute over how she parked her car
March 17, 2026A pensioner who lost her £575,000 home in a neighbour dispute over how she parked her Ford Focus has lost another court fight to win it back. When Marie Potter, 75, moved into her house in Bennett’s Avenue, Shirley, Croydon, in 1998, neighbour Kirsten McGowan was already there and their families initially got on well, […]
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