Image copyright Getty Images Grenfell Tower families have raised concerns to the PM about a potential conflict of interest involving a member of the inquiry into the disaster. Benita Mehra will join chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick for the inquiry’s second phase, which begins this year. The Guardian has revealed Ms Mehra ran a charity that […]
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Image copyright Victoria Jones/PA Image caption The figures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in their original positions next to Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Madame Tussauds Wax figures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been moved from other members of the […]
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Chambers scored one goal in 14 Premier League appearances this season Arsenal have confirmed defender Calum Chambers ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee in Sunday’s defeat by Chelsea. Chambers, 24, had successful surgery on Thursday and is expected to be out for action for six to nine months. The centre-back, who has […]
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Image copyright Facebook Image caption Gabriel Diya and his daughter Comfort died at a resort on the Costa del Sol Tributes have been paid to a British man and his two children who drowned in a resort swimming pool on the Costa del Sol on Christmas Eve. Gabriel Diya, 52, his daughter Comfort Diya, 9, […]
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Image copyright PA Media The former Conservative candidate for London mayor Zac Goldsmith has been given a seat in the House of Lords. He lost his Richmond Park seat to the Liberal Democrats in the general election. He will stay in his ministerial role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Mohammed Shar Subhani’s first child is due imminently, police say Detectives investigating the disappearance and murder of a man from London have been searching woods in Buckinghamshire. Mohammed Shar Subhani has not been since since failing to return to his home in Hounslow on 7 May. In June the […]
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Image copyright Winston Trew Image caption Winston Trew said his life fell apart after he served eight months in prison Three men who were jailed nearly 50 years ago on the evidence of a corrupt police officer have had their convictions quashed. Winston Trew, Sterling Christie, George Griffiths and another man were accused of stealing […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Alvin Thompson requested to be diagnosed with PTSD A man who pretended he was a Grenfell Tower squatter and claimed to have helped survivors escape the fire has been jailed for five and a half years. Alvin Thompson convinced Kensington and Chelsea Council officials he had been sleeping rough […]
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Image copyright Getty Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced he is to join forces with ticket resellers Twickets in a bid to beat touts. The theatrical grandee, whose LW playhouses include The London Palladium and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, hopes the move will bring consumer-friendly ticket resale to the West End. Fans have often been […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Scotland Yard raided 16 addresses across east London on Thursday morning Seventeen people have been arrested in early morning raids across east London in an international human trafficking investigation. Officers went to 16 addresses after working with Romanian police, who simultaneously raided four addresses in Romania and arrested one […]
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