13 h. ago ‘We don’t get to discriminate’: How a Raleigh ministry decided to help resettle Afrikaners

Marc Wyatt, director of Welcome House Raleigh, a ministry of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, received a call recently from the North Carolina field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants asking if he could help furnish two apartments for three newly arrived refugees, among the 59 who arrived in the U.S. last week from South Africa

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67 h. ago International opinion has rounded on Israel, but it's not enough to force Netanyahu's hand | Sanam Vakil

Condemnation alone won’t change Israel’s trajectory. For that, concrete action on sanctions and Palestinian statehood is requiredSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeNineteen months on from the 7 October Hamas attacks and the war in Gaza, Israel is under a new wave of international pressure and increasingly isolated from its partners and allies. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government recently announced its intention to reoccupy Gaza yet again, and called up Israeli reservists. In tandem, the illegal expansion of settlements and violence in the West Bank continues unabated. And as part of a tactic to bring pressure to bear on Hamas to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza, Israel halted the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza for two months, leading to widespread starvation and brutal conditions.In reaction, the UK, France and Canada issued a joint statement expressing a strong rebuke of Israel’s war effort. The UK’s foreign secretary, Da...

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3 d. ago SNP ministers refuse plea to block controversial Flamingo Land application for Loch Lomond

A Scottish Government minister has refused to intervene and refuse permission for the controversial development.

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3 d. ago Halo developer Bungie admits using Scottish artist's work without permission in new game

Bungie have said they are “committed to do right” by Scottish artist Fern Hook, whose work they used without permission in new game Marathon.

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4 d. ago Developer asks permission to slash affordable housing at north London scheme

Council is told developer faces ‘commercial risk’ if they deliver all of the affordable homes they had said they would

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8 d. ago ‘No brainer' to give visas to young Brits and EU citizens under mobility scheme, say London business chiefs

More than 70 Labour MPs and peers are backing this work opportunity for 18 to 30-year-olds

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9 d. ago Pictured: ‘Charming’ pensioner, 87, murdered in ‘cornflakes and shepherds pie robbery’

Mr Mackey had bought food and an newspaper before he was attacked in Manor House, North London

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9 d. ago News | TT Group seeks buyer for £50 million South London logistics scheme after planning nod

News | TT Group seeks buyer for £50 million South London logistics scheme after planning nod  CoStar

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1 week ago Keir Starmer’s ‘firebombed’ house in north London ‘being rented by his sister

21-year-old suspect held on suspicion of starting fires at two homes and a car linked to Prime Minister

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1 week ago Keir Starmer’s ‘firebombed’ house in north London ‘was being rented by his sister

21-year-old suspect held on suspicion of starting fires at two homes and a car linked to Prime Minister

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1 week ago Tiny patch of sand on British beach with stunning panoramic views goes up for sale for staggering price

Nestled between beach huts on Porth Mawr in Abersoch, the sliver of land is up for sale for £100,000, the price of a flat or even a small house in parts of North Wales.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer property fires: Man, 21, arrested over 'firebomb' attack on PM’s north London home

Neighbours at Sir Keir Starmer’s family home in Kentish Town described hearing a loud bang and said police officers were looking for a projectile

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1 week ago Police arrest man, 21, over 'arson attacks' at Keir Starmer’s £2m north London home and another property linked to PM

Pictures reveal damage to entrance to Prime Minister’s Kentish Town townhouse after suspected arson attack in early hours of Monday morning

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1 week ago Miliband v Miliband: Energy Secretary's High Court judge wife turns nimby over new flats

Justine Thornton, a High Court judge who is married to the Energy Secretary, wrote to Camden Council in relation to the five-storey building earmarked for land near their north London house.

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1 week ago Police investigating fire at Keir Starmer’s north London home

Prime Minister thanks emergency services but ‘cannot comment on an ongoing investigation’

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1 week ago Investigation after fire erupts at Sir Keir Starmer's house in north London

The residential street in Kentish Town was cordoned off

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1 week ago UK police investigate overnight fire at Prime Minister Starmer's house

British police are investigating an overnight fire that damaged door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London

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1 week ago Fire at Sir Keir Starmer's house in north London investigated by police

Fire at Sir Keir Starmer's house in north London investigated by police  Sky News

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1 week ago Man, 87, dies after being ‘robbed’ near kids’ playground in broad daylight

Peter Augustine, 58, from Hornsey, north London, has been charged with the murder of an 87-year-old man in Manor House, north London - he has also been charged with robbery

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2 w. ago Man, 87, who died after being robbed ‘would do anything for anyone’

Police said the man died on Thursday in Manor House, north London, and his family have been informed.

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