Mayor of London Sadiq Khan LDRS Sir Sadiq Khan has condemned the Great Israeli Real Estate event due to take place in London this weekend. Campaigners have accused the property roadshow of promoting the sale of land in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Organisers have denied they will feature land for sale […]
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Sir Keir Starmer and Micheál Martin spoke in the phone on Friday (Brian Lawless/PA) PA Wire The Prime Minister and the Taoiseach have discussed the operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA) amid renewed focus on the cross-border movement of people after the Belfast knife attack. Sir Keir Starmer and Micheál Martin spoke on the […]
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This is the moment police raided a store in east London during an investigation in which £2.5 million in cash and gold was seized. Two men who played key roles in the network have now been convicted for their involvement in laundering more than £14 million linked to serious and organised crime groups operating across […]
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A ‘dysfunctional dynamic’ between the UK and Scottish Governments is hampering efforts to tackle poverty, a report has found (Gareth Fuller/PA) PA Archive A “dysfunctional dynamic” between the UK and Scottish Governments and local authorities is hampering schemes to help Scotland’s poorest communities, a charity has said. A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) […]
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Noora Mykkanen | Senior Transport Reporter Published June 12, 2026 5:29pm Updated June 12, 2026 5:29pm A London borough and Lime have announced new measures to target rogue e-bike parking blocking pavements. E-bikes strewn across pavements have become a familiar sight in London in recent years, with calls growing louder for solutions to tackle the problem. Last year, the situation […]
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Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published June 12, 2026 1:33pm Updated June 12, 2026 1:47pm A footballer has appeared in court accused of skipping £3,500 worth of food and drink bills in a series of alleged ‘dine-and-dash’ thefts. Michael Dome-Bemwin, 29, is said to have failed to pay for food and drinks on six […]
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There’s a leather briefcase in front of me marked ‘Classified,’ sitting alongside the propeller of a plane, a mini submarine and an old military-style telephone. But these aren’t artefacts, they’re delicious cakes designed to represent key elements of the top secret World War II mission Operation Mincemeat, which has recently become an award-winning West End […]
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Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published June 12, 2026 9:35am Updated June 12, 2026 10:14am A nursery manager who bit a young child’s arm and then tried to cover it up has been spared jail. Amanda Byrne, 57, sunk her teeth into the boy’s arm at the now-closed Little Stars Nursery in Erith, southeast […]
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Noora Mykkanen | Senior Transport Reporter Published June 11, 2026 9:26pm Updated June 12, 2026 4:35pm A man has been arrested following the collapse of a railway bridge when a lorry smashed into it, leading to ongoing disruption on the busy train route. A chunk of a railway bridge came crashing down between Nuneaton and […]
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American novelist Virginia Evans won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Thursday with “The Correspondent,” a word-of-mouth bestseller told in letters from the protagonist. Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet won the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction with “The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan.” Both prizes come with a 30,000 pound ($40,000) purse and […]
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