Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hundreds defied the protest ban to gather in Trafalgar Square Celebrity Extinction Rebellion supporters have admitted in an open letter being “hypocrites” over their high-carbon lifestyles. But stars including Benedict Cumberbatch, who last week joined London protests, called for “systemic change” to the “fossil-fuel economy”. It comes as Extinction […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Finley Quaye was named Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1998 Brit Awards A Brit Award-winning musician has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for punching a bar manager and threatening to stab him during an unprovoked drunken attack. Finley Quaye, 45, assaulted Robert […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Baptista Adjei, 15, lived with his family in North Woolwich, London A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of another 15-year-old near a London shopping centre. Baptista Adjei, from North Woolwich, was found critically injured on Stratford Broadway, east London, shortly after 15:20 BST […]
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Image copyright @Slimpriz Image caption The boy died on Stratford Broadway on Thursday afternoon A teenager has been stabbed to death near Stratford Shopping Centre, police have said. Officers found the 15-year-old boy suffering from stab wounds on Stratford Broadway in east London shortly after 15:20 BST. Police believe he was either attacked on a […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Demonstrators who refuse to move to a specified area of Trafalgar Square face arrest Extinction Rebellion activists intending to continue protesting in central London “must” go to Trafalgar Square or risk arrest, police have warned. Police enforced a Section 14 notice to stop “serious disruption” to communities, after officers […]
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Mobile fingerprint technology, pioneered by the Met Police, is allowing officers to check people’s identity out on the beat – saving time and reducing costs. At the moment when an individual is arrested they have to be taken to a police station with a custody suite to process finger and palm prints and take photographs. […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption A card by the company involved in the trademark dispute with Banksy A greeting cards company has denied it attempted to “take custody” of the graffiti artist Banksy name to sell “fake” merchandise of his art. Full Colour Black, which is involved in a trademark legal row, said the […]
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Tammy Abraham has played 74 minutes in friendly matches for England’s senior team Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham says he “has not decided” on his international future after scoring in Wednesday’s Champions League victory over Lille. The 22-year-old is yet to play in a competitive fixture for England but appeared in friendly draws with Germany and […]
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first Arsenal player to score seven or more goals in the first seven Premier League games of a season since Dennis Bergkamp in 1997-98 Manchester United and Arsenal played out a grim stalemate at Old Trafford that provided compelling evidence to illustrate just how far away from a Premier League challenge […]
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Twenty of Luka Milivojevic’s 25 Premier League goals have come from the penalty spot Norwich manager Daniel Farke said he “expected there would be difficult times” in the Premier League as his injury-hit side were beaten by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Palace captain Luka Milivojevic scored a first-half penalty on his 100th appearance for […]
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