Plans to build 1,500 homes on the Greenwich Peninsula are set to be approved despite a reduction in the scheme’s affordable housing. Developer Galliard Homes came back to the council’s Planning Board in February with an updated proposal that reduced the amount of affordable housing in the project’s housing stock from 35 per cent to […]
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Cheryl Bartley Life Changing Ministries/Facebook A woman has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter after the death of a man during a baptism ceremony in Birmingham. Robert Smith, 61, from Brixton, London, died during the ceremony which took place at a home in Slade Road, Erdington, on October 8 2023. Cheryl Bartley, 48, from Sutton […]
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John Dunne Published April 8, 2026 5:21pm Updated April 9, 2026 8:20am Sadiq Khan has insisted he had a ‘grip’ on crime despite a week where at least three young men, including a 14-year-old school boy, lost their lives on London streets. The Mayor spoke the day after music video director Finbar Sullivan, 21, was […]
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Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Alaska Airlines unveils first twin-aisle plane Alaska Airlines has unveiled its first lie-flat business-class cabin, marking a significant upgrade from its previous recliner seats. The new cabins will feature on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner routes connecting Seattle to Rome, London, and […]
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Two separate double stabbings are being investigated after violence broke out in east and north London on Tuesday, leaving two men dead and another two injured. A man in his late twenties or early thirties was killed just after 4pm in Watney Street, Shadwell, east London, on Tuesday, while a second man in his fifties […]
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Sadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with other parties in the run-up to May’s elections, but said that they may regret seeing a Green or Reform-led council in their areas. Speaking to the Guardian at a youth centre, where he was announcing new funding for facilities for […]
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Sarah Hooper Published April 8, 2026 12:38pm Updated April 8, 2026 4:23pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The Tate Modern was evacuated after an incident this afternoon, with police, fire and ambulance crews on scene. A source told Metro the building and […]
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Noora Mykkanen Published April 8, 2026 7:43am Updated April 8, 2026 10:26am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A manhunt has been launched after a 21-year-old man died and another one was injured in a stabbing at a popular London beauty spot. The […]
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