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Housing a basic need, not an investment vehicle – Zarah Sultana
April 18, 2026Zarah Sultana has said housing “is not an investment vehicle, it is a basic human need” after tabling a parliamentary motion to “ban MPs from being landlords”. Speaking to National Housing Demonstration protesters demanding better council housing and rent controls, the Your Party MP said: “We know that the housing crisis is not an accident, […]
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Latest north-west London arson attack probed as antisemitic hate crime
April 18, 2026Police are treating the latest arson attack in north-west London as an antisemitic hate crime. Members of the Jewish community have been urged to “remain calm” as counter-terror police investigate it alongside a series of similar incidents. There have been “online claims of responsibility” for the arson and attempted arson attacks, said the Metropolitan Police, […]
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No hazardous materials found near Israeli embassy after drone attack threat
April 18, 2026Sam Corbishley Published April 18, 2026 9:19pm Updated April 18, 2026 9:19pm Suspicious items found near the Israeli embassy in central London have been assessed as non-hazardous. Counter terror police are investigating whether the items – including two jars containing a powdered substance – are linked to a video posted by an Iran-linked Islamist group […]
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Roberto De Zerbi says struggling Tottenham can go on a winning run and survive
April 18, 2026Roberto De Zerbi issued a rallying cry to his deflated Tottenham players and insisted they can win their last five Premier League games this season to avoid a catastrophic relegation. Spurs will spend another week in the bottom three after they suffered heartbreak in a 2-2 draw at home to Brighton when Georginio Rutter’s stoppage-time […]
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No hazardous items found near Israeli embassy after drone attack claim
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Jewish community urged to ‘remain calm’ after another arson attack in north London
April 18, 2026Members of the Jewish community have been urged to “remain calm” after an arson attack on a business in north London, which police acknowledged had “similarities” with other recent attacks on a nearby synagogue and a Jewish ambulance charity. The Metropolitan Police said that a man was seen to approach a row of shops in […]
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Canadian ‘online poison seller’ to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’
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Museums have a duty to inspire the creatives of the future. At V&A East, I’ve made that my mission | Gus Casely-Hayford
April 18, 2026One of the most affecting of the many artist commissions that have found a home in the circulation spaces of the new V&A East museum is an exquisite indigo, cobalt blue and cyan stained-glass window, Towards a Civic Museum. Part of our series of New Work commissions, it was created by the Cuban artist Tania […]
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‘Whatever life throws at us, we don’t walk alone’: how a London synagogue attack birthed an act of solidarity
April 18, 2026“How good and how wonderful it is when friends sit together,” reads a quote from the Psalms painted high on the wall inside Finchley Reform Synagogue (FRS). For the congregation gathering in a cheerful hubbub before its Shabbat service on Friday evening, that felt like an especially apt sentiment. Three days after the synagogue was […]
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Counter terror cops investigate third north London arson attack in under a month
April 18, 2026Sam Corbishley Published April 18, 2026 12:58pm Updated April 18, 2026 2:45pm Counter-terror police are leading an investigation into another arson attack in northwest London. While the latest incident is not being treated as terrorism, the Met said they are keeping an open mind about the motive ‘due to the similarities’ with recent incidents in […]
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