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Record for hottest day to be topped multiple times this week

April 6, 2026

The record for the hottest day of the year is set to be topped several times this week.  Parts of the UK could enjoy highs of 22C on Tuesday, forecasters said. They could keep rising to as high as 24C on Wednesday in South East England, before the weather cools off towards the end of […]

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Do we really need truncheons and pepper spray to fight off London’s ‘feral’ teenage shoplifters? | Zoe Williams

April 6, 2026

Last week, some teenagers in the Clapham area of south-west London started running up and down the high street. The terms used to describe them ranged from “feral gang” to “chaotic swarm”; evidently, it is in the eye of the beholder as to whether they were closer to animals or insects. Definitely, positively, some of […]

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Schoolboy shot dead in Woolwich ambush told ‘broken’ mum he was filming rap video

April 6, 2026

John Dunne Published April 6, 2026 2:03pm Updated April 6, 2026 2:16pm Eghosa Ogbebor told his mother that he was going out to film a music video with his school friends on a sunny afternoon during the Easter holidays. But he never came home. The heartbroken family of the 14-year-old schoolboy described him as ‘playful […]

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Ban Kanye West from performing at Wireless festival, antisemitism charity urges

April 6, 2026

Kanye West should be banned from entering the UK to perform at Wireless festival, the Campaign Against Antisemitism has urged. The Jewish charity is the latest voice to join calls for the rapper’s performance to be cancelled following his antisemitic remarks and raises doubts about whether the music festival, due to take place in London’s […]

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Why Kanye West’s Wireless headline spot is ‘looking unlikely’ and infuriating sponsors thumbnail

Why Kanye West’s Wireless headline spot is ‘looking unlikely’ and infuriating sponsors

April 6, 2026

The backlash surrounding Kanye West headlining this year’s Wireless Festival in London could turn out to be more of a problem than organisers anticipated. A festival insider has told Metro it’s ‘looking unlikely’ the Bully rapper, who now goes by Ye, will actually take to the stage as sponsors abandon Wireless. The biggest blow to […]

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Young mum, her baby daughter and girl, 16, crushed to death after 100ft tree fell onto them during Easter egg hunt thumbnail

Young mum, her baby daughter and girl, 16, crushed to death after 100ft tree fell onto them during Easter egg hunt

April 5, 2026

A stock image of an ambulance PA Archive A mother and her baby are among three people tragically killed after a tree fell onto them during an Easter egg hunt in northern Germany. Police said strong winds caused the 100ft tree to collapse onto a group of new and expectant mothers and their children during […]

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Milton Keynes swarmed by youths in latest ‘link-up’ chaos after London disorder

April 5, 2026

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Pepsi withdraws as main sponsor of Wireless Festival amid Kanye West backlash

April 5, 2026

Pepsi has withdrawn its sponsorship of Wireless Festival in London after Kanye West was announced as the headline act. The rapper, who has been condemned for antisemitism, is set to top the bill for all three nights of the festival in London’s Finsbury Park in July. The soft drinks company was the main sponsor of […]

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CEO mum killed in horror holiday crash as tourist truck plunges down hill

April 5, 2026

Kasey Grelle was killed in a tragic accident while vacationing with her family in Nicaragua gofundme A female CEO has died while on holiday in Nicaragua after a tourist truck overturned and tumbled down a hillside. Kasey Grelle, 41, was killed in the crash as she travelled with her musician husband Dave and their three […]

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Two arrests after woman in her 30s dies in East London crash

April 5, 2026

Police have arrested two men on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a woman in her 30s died in an East London collision in the early hours of the morning. Emergency services were called at around 3.30am on Sunday, April 5, following reports of a collision involving two vehicles at the junction between […]

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