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The trial for the murder of Chris Kaba has begun at the Old Bailey in London. Martyn Blake, a Metropolitan Police marksman, is charged with fatally shooting the 24-year-old in September 2022. Prosecutors allege that Blake used lethal force without reasonable justification. The defendant denies the charge. Kaba was sitting in the driver’s seat of… Continue reading Chris Kaba: Anger possible factor in Met Police shooting – court

Lord Alli, a Labour peer and donor, is under investigation by the House of Lords standards watchdog for allegedly failing to register his interests in accordance with parliamentary conduct. While the details of the complaint have not been released, Parliament’s website confirms that Lord Alli is being investigated for potential breaches of rules concerning “openness… Continue reading Labour peer Lord Alli investigated by standards watchdog

Four Conservative Party leadership candidates have outlined their plans to reform the party following its loss in the general election earlier this year. Speaking at the party’s conference in Birmingham, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, and Tom Tugendhat aimed to sway party members to vote for them in the upcoming contest. Cleverly suggested that… Continue reading Conservative leadership hopefuls vow change to win again

Three sisters from the United Kingdom have expressed their sadness at being forced to leave their residence in Lebanon and return to the UK amidst ongoing violence. Yasmine, Layla, and Amal Zahereddine boarded a UK government charter flight from Beirut to Birmingham to flee the escalating situation. One of the sisters, Amal, had lived in… Continue reading British sisters say 'no choice' but to leave Lebanon

A man known as Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine worth £100m from South America into the UK. Border Force teams intercepted the drug in September 2020 after it was discovered in boxes of bananas, during an investigation codenamed Operation Pepperoni. French police… Continue reading Jamie Stevenson jailed for £100m plot to smuggle cocaine in banana boxes

A pair of clearwing moths have been found in a home in Port Talbot, south Wales, after travelling from a tropical jungle in Guyana, South America. The species has been named Carmenta brachyclados and despite being a non-UK species, the moths were not known to science before they were found. Daisy Cadet and her mother… Continue reading Clearwing tropical moths travel 4,500 miles from Guyana to Port Talbot

Pinewood Studios, which has been the production location for famous TV shows like Would I Lie to You, Taskmaster, and RuPaul’s Drag Race, will close its television production division next year, following an internal review. Despite being renowned for hosting James Bond, Marvel and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises, the site’s department which specializes in light… Continue reading Pinewood television studios department to close next year

Craig and Karen Douglas are still fighting for compensation from the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway project in London that caused them to lose their business and home. Six years ago, the couple ran the Bree Louise pub in Euston which was regarded as one of the best in the area, winning awards such as… Continue reading HS2: 'Our six-year battle for compensation has been soul-destroying'

An e-scooter rider is being hunted by the Metropolitan Police after a suspected acid attack took place outside a school in west London. The incident caused severe injury to a 14-year-old schoolgirl and also injured another teenager and a staff member. The attacker was wearing a mask or balaclava. The police subsequently launched a manhunt,… Continue reading London acid attack: Manhunt after Westminster Academy pupil hurt