The general election date is set and most MPs are entering campaign mode. Others, however, are clearing out their desk for the last time. The House of Commons will lose over 1000 years of parliamentary experience with more than 50 incumbents preparing to stand down – and there may be more to come. Here are […]
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Huge waves batter the breakwater in Lyme Regis harbour in Dorset All passenger services into and out of Dover have been suspended because of high winds. It comes as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind along the South East and East coast. Ferry operators DFDS and […]
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Lee Hoos has been Queens Park Rangers chief executive since 2015 QPR chief executive Lee Hoos says allegations of racist abuse against his club’s players have been “swept under the carpet” by Uefa and Fifa. Hoos says the Championship club are still awaiting a decision 10 weeks after their Under-18s side walked off the field […]
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Image copyright @999London Image caption The officer was taken to hospital after he was hit by the car at about 11:30 GMT A police officer has been hit by a car which had been pulled over in an “intelligence led stop” in Tottenham. The vehicle was stopped by armed police in White Hart Lane at […]
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Image copyright Jamal Sarhan Image caption Robbers drove a car into the side of the jewellery shop Members of the public caught and held on to a suspect running away from an armed raid on a jewellery shop. The owner of the shop, in west London, said he feared for his life when men armed […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Zahir Visiter was stabbed four times “with considerable force” A 22-year-old who stabbed a man, then hid in a London mosque which was stormed by police, has been found guilty of manslaughter. Kamal Hussain, of no fixed abode, fled to London Central Mosque after killing 25-year-old Zahir Visiter on […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDet Ch Insp Noel McHugh explains how he managed to track Shane O’Brien A killer once dubbed one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been jailed for at least 26 years. Shane O’Brien, 31, evaded police for three-and-a-half years after he slashed Josh Hanson’s neck in Hillingdon, […]
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Wally Downes took over AFC Wimbledon with the club 23rd in League One AFC Wimbledon have parted company with boss Wally Downes, two days after he was suspended for four weeks after admitting breaching Football Association rules around betting. Downes, 58, took over the Dons in December 2018 and led them to League One survival […]
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Image copyright PA Wire Extinction Rebellion protests continued in central London despite police banning the group’s climate change demonstrations in the capital. Activists blocked Oxford Circus with a wooden pyramid structure and descended on Westminster before moving to Trafalgar Square. One man, who was dressed up as Boris Johnson, scaled the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben. […]
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Earlier this month, 29,238 fans watched England’s defeat by Brazil at Middlesbrough, which was a new record for a Lionesses match outside Wembley A record attendance for a women’s match in the United Kingdom could be set after England announced their Wembley friendly against Germany has sold out. The game on 9 November at the […]
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