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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The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be woken from a coma within the next 48 hours. Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland. Twelve police […]
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Around a dozen demonstrators were seen chanting “Free, free Palestine” and “Resistance is justified” inside the station on Thursday evening. A Palestinian flag was draped over the upper level near WHSmith, while one protester addressed the crowd through a megaphone as commuters made their way to their trains. Protesters stood over a large banner displaying […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has insisted a key defence funding plan “will provide the resources our military needs to keep us safe”, after John Healey resigned as defence secretary, accusing the Prime Minister of failing to give enough towards it. Mr Healey resigned on Thursday afternoon, and said the Prime Minister had been “unable, and the […]
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A nurse who was chased and “intimidated” while on her way to the Ulster Hospital has been praised for staying on to work after the incident. The nurse was chased by “four masked men”, a union representative said, in what has been condemned as a “horrific” and “racist” event. The South Eastern Trust praised the […]
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