58 m. 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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94 m. ago Predator who sexually assaulted two women as they lay next to him in his bed jailed for 16 months

The fully-clothed females had stayed over at Paul Slaven's Moodiesburn home after they'd been socialising together.

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2 h. ago Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of rape and murder over death of 13

The 16-year-old boy was arrested in Huddersfield after police were called to a flat in Sheepridge Road on Monday night at 11.36pm after a report that a girl was unresponsive.

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2 h. ago Gyles Brandreth breaks down in tears live on This Morning as he shares devastating family bereavements

The 77-year-old and presenter Rachel Johnson, 51, appeared on the sofa to chat to hosts Emma Willis, 49, and Craig Doyle, 54, about VJ Day.

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3 h. ago ‘Will buying a flat in London land me with a huge tax bill in America?’

‘Will buying a flat in London land me with a huge tax bill in America?’  The Telegraph

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3 h. ago Boy, 16, who was arrested on suspicion of murder after death of 13

The 16-year-old boy was arrested in Huddersfield after police were called to a flat in Sheepridge Road on Monday night at 11.36pm after a report that a girl was unresponsive.

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4 h. ago Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Hisaishi review – frothing strings and quacking brass as Studio Ghibli’s composer debuts

Royal Albert Hall, LondonSwitching between podium and piano, Joe Hisaishi’s suite from The Boy and the Heron sparked joy, but Reich’s demanding Desert Music was vibrant and hypnoticOne of the pleasures of the BBC Proms is that they bring some of classical music’s biggest names from around the world to the Royal Albert Hall. But celebrity is always relative – and, for better or worse, most Proms artists don’t also headline stadium gigs.But Japanese composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi does and, at 74, is a Proms debut artist like no other. He came on stage to waves of screaming and phones brandished to capture the moment. Never heard of him? You’re probably not part of the vast fanbase of the “cultural phenomenon” Studio Ghibli. Hisaishi is the John Williams of anime, responsible for the music in global hits from My Neighbour Totoro to The Boy and the Heron. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Holidaymaker's dream birthday trip turns into nightmare as hotel room 'BED BUGS' leave her curled up in fear

Vivi Shi went abroad with her best friend to celebrate her 30th birthday. The pair from Toronto, Canada, flew nearly 4,000 miles across the pond - and were shocked by what they found.

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7 h. ago Man left bloody as wife twists testicles in bed then calls the cops on herself

A woman furious her husband wouldn't have sex with her has avoided jail after twisting his testicles and sending him to the hospital covered in blood. The woman struggles with alcohol addiction

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7 h. ago ‘The Black experience is more than just London’: Chiedu Oraka, the Hull rapper handpicked to support Coldplay

When Chris Martin called, the MC saw an opportunity to rep his city, pursue his goal of being rap’s next ‘king of the north’ – and expand perceptions of Black British identity‘When I say ‘Hull’, you say ‘City’! Hull  ” Chiedu Oraka grins, pointing his mic towards the middle of a near-empty recording studio. Silence – for now, at least. Next week, that pause will be filled by 20,000 voices at Craven Park stadium, where the local rapper will open Coldplay’s latest UK run of Music of the Spheres tour dates. And he is determined to make that crowd his own. “There’s going to be people there who haven’t seen me before, so I want to give them everything – new songs, old ones and a party,” he says. “I’m proper buzzing for it.”Last year, Oraka played Glastonbury, opened for Skepta at South by Southwest and supported the Brit-award-winning rapper Casisdead. But these Coldplay shows are the 37-year-old’s biggest gigs yet – and Hull’s most high-profile music events in years. The gigs ...

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7 h. ago Man finds wife in bed with judge so stuffs severed penis in mouth and leaves on street

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The body of the judge was found on the street in full view of the public after he was chased down by a fuming husband who took extreme action

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8 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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8 h. ago ‘The idea was for a Black James Bond’: the making of 50 Cent: Bulletproof

The game’s launch 20 years ago coincided with the rapper’s meteoric success with his album The Massacre. Here, the team that made the shooter reflect on how it all happened The rapper 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) was inescapable back in 2005. There wasn’t a British classroom without a teenager wearing Jackson’s G-Unit clothing, while his catchy hits Candy Shop and In Da Club dominated the radio. The backstory of this Queens-born New Yorker – how he survived being shot nine times only to become one of the world’s biggest rappers – also made for compelling lore.That year, 50 Cent sold more than a million copies in one week with his sophomore studio album, The Massacre. In a bid to cash in on this superstardom, his label Interscope Records planned a twin strategy: a Hollywood biopic (Get Rich or Die Tryin’) and a licensed video game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof – both to be released by November 2005. “I think the general public are going to be blown away by my game,” 50 Cent told the we...

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8 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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8 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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9 h. ago Edinburgh tattoo artist who started working in studio on a whim found social media fame

“As an artist, my gallery walks around, gets up and leaves – my work is somewhere in the world, living a life and interacting with other people.”

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9 h. ago Woman charged with assault after migrant ‘walked into her flat’

The alleged victim of the assault is a security guard at the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf.

Events

10 h. ago Homes for sale in England and Scotland near a golf course – in pictures

From a flat that gives owners direct access to the club, to a detached home with only a hedge separating it from the course Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago Revealed: Why you should ALWAYS put your luggage in the hotel bath tub

After arriving your destination, it's easy to want to quickly put your suitcase on the hotel bed or sofa to unpack. However, a travel expert has urged tourists to put their case in the bathroom.

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17 h. ago 'Fully furnished studio flat' that is actually a shed with room for only a bed and sofa

The property is available to rent for 1,100 a month, not far from the local average for a one bed home

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