Image copyright PA A woman has won an appeal against a court ruling that would have seen her mentally ill daughter forced to have an abortion. She appealed a decision made last week granting permission for specialists to end the pregnancy. Three Court of Appeal judges in London upheld the appeal, overturning the previous decision. […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson refuses to answer questions about the reported row with his partner Boris Johnson has refused to answer questions about reports of a row between him and his partner in which police were called. Speaking at a Tory Party hustings in Birmingham, Mr Johnson said people […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionClimate change protesters interrupt Chancellor Philip Hammond’s speech Climate change protesters disrupted the beginning of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Mansion House Speech. They were removed from the City of London event after several minutes and Mr Hammond was able to continue soon afterwards. “The irony is that this […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky was fatally stabbed in Alton Street, Tower Hamlets, on Saturday Two men who were stabbed to death in separate attacks in east London have been named by police. Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky, who was also known as Gleb Stalnoy, died in Alton Street, Tower Hamlets, on Saturday. Giedrius […]
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Maurizio Sarri had never won a major trophy before, having spent much of his career in Italy’s lower leagues Maurizio Sarri has left Chelsea to become manager of Serie A champions Juventus on a three-year deal. Sarri, who joined the Blues from Napoli in July 2018, led them to third in the Premier League and […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDr Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington, described the fire as a “national shame” Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have joined friends and family of those who died at events to mark the two-year anniversary of the tragedy. Seventy-two people were killed in the blaze in North […]
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Image copyright Tanya O’Connell Image caption Tanya O’Connell said the lack of water delayed her taking medication while she recovered at home from an operation Schools have been closed and hospital appointments cancelled due to a burst pipe that has left 100,000 properties in London with little or no water. Thames Water said the fault […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLocal resident: “The whole thing was an inferno”. A barbecue on a balcony could have caused a block of flats to be engulfed by fire, according to its builders. Twenty flats with wooden balconies were destroyed and 10 more damaged in Sunday’s fire in Barking, east London. […]
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Justin Edinburgh, who has died aged 49, managed sides in three Wembley finals Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh has died at the age of 49 – five days after suffering a cardiac arrest. Edinburgh, who guided Orient back into the English Football League in 2018-19, had been taken to hospital on Monday. “We are completely […]
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Image copyright GoFundMe Image caption Edir Frederico Da Costa died on 21 June 2017 The death of a man six days after he was restrained by police was a result of “misadventure”, a jury has found. Edir Frederico Da Costa died after being stopped by officers in east London in 2017, having put 88 wraps […]
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