28 h. ago Police patrols increased at London synagogues as Manchester attack sparks fear and outrage

Scotland Yard is taking precautionary measures in areas including Golders Green

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31 h. ago Carolina visit to King’s College London sparks new opportunities for faculty

Carolina visit to King’s College London sparks new opportunities for faculty  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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3 d. ago My mother was shot by the police – and that bullet changed everything

Lee Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was paralysed during a botched police raid. It was the end of his childhood and the start of his fight for her life and legacyWhen Lee Lawrence’s son, Brandon, picked him up from hospital after a minor operation recently, Brandon thought he saw a car following them. Lawrence looked round and told his son he didn’t think it was anything to worry about. But then the car – which turned out to be an undercover police vehicle – put its siren on. It overtook them and did a hard stop. “I expected to see guns come out next,” says Lawrence. “I thought: ‘What the hell is going on?’ I got upset. My son was trying to calm me down, because I was thinking: ‘How could this be happening to my son?’”Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot and paralysed in 1985 by an armed police officer during a botched raid on her home. Community fury over Groce’s shooting would spark a two-day uprising in Brixton, south London. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Urgent warning as deaths linked to popular party drug ketamine surge ‘20 times over’ in a decade

KETAMINE deaths are surging in Britain because people are using it as a cheap mixer for drug cocktails, warn scientists. The drug’s popularity has boomed and famous overdose victims include Friends star Matthew Perry and TV drag queen The Vivienne. A study by King’s College London estimated 123 people died from taking the drug in...

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6 d. ago Mice scurry freely at London Underground station, viral video sparks cleanliness concerns

Mice scurry freely at London Underground station, viral video sparks cleanliness concerns  Hindustan Times

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6 d. ago Mice scurry freely at London Underground station, viral video sparks cleanliness concerns | Trending

Mice scurry freely at London Underground station, viral video sparks cleanliness concerns | Trending  Hindustan Times

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6 d. ago Ashley Roberts puts on a leggy display in a sparkly mini dress as she celebrates her 43rd birthday at London's Mimi Mei Fair

Ashley Roberts puts on a leggy display in a sparkly mini dress as she celebrates her 43rd birthday at London's Mimi Mei Fair  Daily Mail

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8 d. ago Cocaine Quarterback review – true crime shouldn’t be this entertaining

It’s right to be sceptical of college footballer turned drug kingpin Owen Hanson sharing his own story from prison. But huge characters join in to tell a wild, droll tale with the ultimate endingDressed in a khaki jumpsuit, his face red in a way that suggests recent tears, Owen Hanson describes his life behind bars. On his first day in prison, another inmate gave him a weapon – a “bonecrusher” – and told him to keep it on him at all times. “I’m some fucking surfer kid from Redondo Beach and you’re telling me I have to go to war?!” Hanson says, shakily.This is one of many moments in the first episode of Cocaine Quarterback that makes me deeply sceptical. The three-part docuseries – released under the Prime Video Sports umbrella – tells the story of a college footballer from California turned drug kingpin, but part one feels more like The Owen Hanson Story, as presented by Owen Hanson. Central to the tale is his father’s alcoholism, his parents’ divorce, and his first, faltering foray...

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9 d. ago Heir hunters' search for rightful owner of London bachelor's unclaimed £2.7m fortune sparks transatlantic row involving his father's 'love children' 

McDonald Noel, who was born in Trinidad but emigrated to London in 1960, left behind a £2.7million estate when he died aged 84 in 2018.

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9 d. ago Search for rightful owner of London bachelor's unclaimed £2.7m fortune sparks transatlantic row involving his father's 'love children'

McDonald Noel, who was born in Trinidad but emigrated to London in 1960, left behind a £2.7million estate when he died aged 84 in 2018.

Economics

9 d. ago Death of London bachelor sparks transatlantic row involving his father's 'love children' over his £2.7m fortune

McDonald Noel, who was born in Trinidad but emigrated to London in 1960, left behind a £2.7million estate when he died aged 84 in 2018.

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9 d. ago London Stansted Airport fire sparks delays as passengers urged to check flights

A fire in a departure lounge is causing delays at Stansted airport, with passengers warned to check if their flight is affected.

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9 d. ago 'Hateful' graffiti urging violence against women sparks London, Ont. police probe

'Hateful' graffiti urging violence against women sparks London, Ont. police probe  Reddit

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1 week ago 'I watched men eat their passports on Ryanair flight – scariest 15 minutes of my life'

EXCLUSIVE Two passengers travelling from Milan to London last weekend on a Ryanair flight sparked panic and confusion among their fellow passengers when one started to eat his passport

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2 w. ago Garmin announces historic research collaboration with King's College London

Garmin announces historic research collaboration with King's College London  PR Newswire

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2 w. ago London travel news LIVE: Commuter misery sparked by District line disruptions for second day running

An earlier signal failure means the District line is disrupted for the second day in a row

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2 w. ago Trump should be reassuring the country at this time. Instead he is sowing fear

The president has shown no interest in uniting the US, nor in defending free speech – he is weaponising this time for his gainThe public response to the murder of Charlie Kirk in cold blood, has revealed how drastically our democracy – our belief in the importance of free speech and in the irreplaceable life of each and every individual – has deteriorated over the last half century.I was a senior in high school when John F Kennedy was assassinated, and a senior in college when Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King were killed. Plenty of conspiracy theories, some of which have never been put to rest, were floated and debated. But the difference between what happened then and what we are seeing now is that, in the aftermath of those violent deaths, there was a sense of shared grief, of national mourning. Those tragedies seemed to bring us, as a country, closer together in our shock and sorrow. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London travel news LIVE: M25 reopens after lorry collides with bridge sparking long delays

All lanes going clockwise were shut for several hours but the carriageway has now fully reopened

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2 w. ago London travel news LIVE: Lorry collides with M25 bridge sparking 50

Emergency services are on the scene after a lorry crashed into a bridge on the M25

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2 w. ago London protests live: Nine arrests as Tommy Robinson protesters clash with police

London protests live: Nine arrests as Tommy Robinson protesters clash with police  The IndependentPolice assaulted as far-right rally led by Tommy Robinson sparks clashes  The GuardianFar-right rally in London draws more than 100,000 people  Los Angeles Times

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