8 h. ago Woman 'took meat cleaver to asylum hotel protests' after migrant entered mum's home

Channay Augustus, 22, was allegedly part of a group of about 20 people who tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London, on Wednesday evening.

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8 h. ago Student from 'poor' background admits plot to sell drugs at Creamfields festival to make money so she 'could keep up with her middle class friends'

Student Jasmine Mattis, now 20, decided to smuggled drugs into Creamfields music festival to make money because she struggled to ape her former classmates' lavish lifestyles, a court heard.

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9 h. ago Woman 'took meat cleaver to asylum hotel protests' after migrant enters mum's home

Thames Magistrates' Court heard that Channay Augustus came to a hotel being used to house asylum seekers armed with a meat cleaver after finding a migrant in her mum's home

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14 h. ago Woman tried to break into Canary Wharf migrant hotel, court told

Woman tried to break into Canary Wharf migrant hotel, court told  BBC

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14 h. ago Daughter 'tried to storm migrant hotel with a meat cleaver' after she found asylum seeker from there in her blind mother's flat 'moving his hand over his groin', court hears

Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London , on Wednesday evening, it is alleged.

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14 h. ago Woman charged with assault tried to force her way into migrant hotel, court told

The central London hotel has been a focus of protests in recent weeks

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15 h. ago Teenage asylum seeker who came to UK unable to speak English aces A

Rony Salazar was forced to flee his home country four years ago aged just 14

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18 h. ago Suspended Labour councillor found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder

Ricky Jones was filmed speaking at anti-racism rally after last summer’s far-right riots that followed Southport murdersA suspended Labour councillor who called at an anti-racism rally for far-right activists’ throats to be cut has been found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.Ricky Jones, 58, used the phrase “disgusting Nazi fascists” in a speech about last summer’s far-right protests after the Southport murders, his trial at Snaresbrook crown court heard. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Epping asylum seeker hotel has become ‘feeding ground for unrest’, says council seeking ban

Epping Forest District Council has applied for High Court injunction in bid to stop The Bell hotel housing asylum seekers

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19 h. ago Epping asylum seeker hotel 'feeding ground for violent unrest', says council in High Court bid to shut it down

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of violent protests over its housing of asylum seekers

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20 h. ago Actor David Morrissey faces losing driving licence after 'being caught speeding three times within a week', court hears

The 61-year-old is accused of driving his £40,000 Mini Countryman at 46mph in a 40mph zone on the A406 in Willesden, north-west London , at 5.41am on August 2 last year.

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20 h. ago Mum accused of killing baby by 'burning her to death' with hair dryer

Courtney Gartshore appeared for a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.

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22 h. ago Woman charged with assault after migrant from Canary Wharf hotel ‘walked into her flat’

Arrests and charges follow protests outside Isle of Dogs hotel

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22 h. ago Migrant staying at Canary Wharf hotel arrested after ‘walking into blind woman’s flat’

Met Police say woman, 22, separately charged with assaulting security guard at Britannia International

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22 h. ago 'Migrant from Canary Wharf hotel' is arrested on suspicion of common assault after allegedly entering a blind woman's flat

The migrant, aged in his 20s, was held in Hackney, east London, in the early hours of this morning.

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30 h. ago Migrant hotel resident accused of sexually assaulting three women in as many weeks

Qais Al-Aswad, 26, who resides at Four Points By Sheraton Hotel, Brighton Road, Horley, Surrey has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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36 h. ago Blind woman was 'terrified' when migrant living just metres away in Canary Wharf hotel burst into her home, family reveal

The man is said to have gone to the house after being followed by a group of men on the street and told to 'go back to the hotel'.

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38 h. ago Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott faces trial for child sex abuse

Trial set for next August in GlasgowThe 48-year-old denies both chargesThe former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is to stand trial next year over allegations of child sex abuse. The 48-year-old is accused of two charges relating to primary school age children.The allegations span between 1993 and 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy, both in the Glasgow region. A virtual hearing at the high court in Glasgow on Thursday was told Dott, who was not present, denies the charges. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott faces trial for child sexual abuse

Trial set for next August in GlasgowThe 48-year-old denies both chargesThe former world snooker champion Graeme Dott is to stand trial next year over allegations of child sexual abuse. The 48-year-old is accused of two charges relating to primary school age children.The allegations span between 1993 and 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy, both in the Glasgow region. A virtual hearing at the high court in Glasgow on Thursday was told Dott, who was not present, denies the charges. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Teenage asylum seeker who came to London unable to speak English celebrates top exam results

Rony Salazar was forced to flee his home country four years ago aged just 14

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