35 m. ago A new Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley want to tell you a story

There’s a new Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, and they want to tell you a story

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36 m. ago ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worseIn the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol (not her real name), a traffic manager at a local council, was not a typical client for Davison. As the director of investigations at AnotherDay, a crisis consultancy in London, Davison usually works for wary companies and wealthy individuals. A former police detective, Davison has recovered stolen cryptocurrency, uncovered secret properties owned by bankrupt business people and tracked down fraudsters to Cyprus.Davison’s speciality is private prosecutions, a little-known area of law that allows victims to pay for justice. These cases are heard in the same courts used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the public prosecutor for England and Wales, and they can carry the...

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36 m. ago A2 traffic UPDATES: Major commuter road from Kent to London CLOSED due to lorry fire

Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Kent Police are in attendance to a lorry fire, which has shut a large stretch of the A2 eastbound from Gravesend to the M2 junction

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37 m. ago Every line and station closure on the London Underground this weekend

Every line and station closure on the London Underground this weekend  Richmond & Twickenham Times

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1 hour ago Don Ciccio owner makes savage dig at Highgate locals buying takeaways elsewhere

Don Ciccio, an Italian restaurant on Hampstead Lane in affluent Highgate, north London, shut its doors for the final time this week - and owner Marco Claudio Valente explained why

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1 hour ago New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions

Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and also pressing for more government investment in health and educationAn estimated 100,000 nurses, teachers and public sector staff walked off the job in New Zealand on Thursday to call on the government to better fund and resource public services, in one of the country’s largest ever strikes.The so-called “mega strike” brought together workers from multiple sectors, including more than 60,000 school teachers, 40,000 nurses and salaried medical specialists and 15,000 public service staff. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa fling zingers in New York mayoral debate as they try to win over voters

Final debate was marked by heated exchanges between the frontrunners, while Sliwa quipped at Cuomo’s expenseNew York City’s three mayoral contenders had a fiery debate on Wednesday night in their final televised face-off less than two weeks before voters decide the city’s next leader on 4 November.Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa participated in a tense and often chaotic discussion. The current mayor, Eric Adams, who dropped out of the race weeks earlier, once again did not attend. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago TikTok migrant films deluge of small boat UK arrivals and boasts ‘we’re coming to London’ on record

TikTok migrant films deluge of small boat UK arrivals and boasts ‘we’re coming to London’ on record-breaking day  GB News

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4 h. ago Jobsworth council vows not to hand out any more fines for pouring coffee down drain after quashing woman's £150 penalty

Burcu Yesilyurt, from Kew, West London, has welcomed the common sense decision by Richmond-upon-Thames Council after she was fined for pouring away the remnants of her coffee.

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4 h. ago James Corden's neighbours accuse him of 'illegally' paving over front garden of his £11.5m London mansion

The comedian, 47, has been criticised by residents after destroying a large planting bed in the strict conservation area of north London in which his home sits.

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4 h. ago Fan interactions & international touchdowns | Rams London Recap

Fan interactions & international touchdowns | Rams London Recap  Rams

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5 h. ago London police to deploy drones for faster emergency response

London police to deploy drones for faster emergency response  Reuters

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5 h. ago Met Police roll out ‘eye in the sky’ drone fleet to fight crime across capital

As part of an emergency response, the aircraft will arrive in just two minutes and stream live footage back to control room

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5 h. ago Met Police roll out ‘eye in the sky’ drones to fight crime in London

Met Police roll out ‘eye in the sky’ drones to fight crime in London  London Evening Standard

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5 h. ago Tony Blair Institute urges shift in focus from clean to cheaper power by 2030

A paper by the former Labour PM’s think tank is the latest intervention in an increasingly fractious energy debate.

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5 h. ago Drones to be launched remotely to support police officers in London trial

The Metropolitan Police has launched the trial which will see drones feeding intelligence to assist both officers on the ground and in a control room.

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5 h. ago Two Doors Down cast to reunite for LIVE stage show in Glasgow next year

TWO Doors Down will hit the Hydro next year after a massive stage show was announced. The entire cast of the popular Beeb comedy will reunite for three dates at the Glasgow venue after years of rumours. A Christmas special will air first after the sitcom made a shock comeback following the sudden death of...

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5 h. ago Killer teen who stabbed schoolboy Harvey Willgoose to death had 'long

Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, stabbed Harvey Willgoose in the heart during a confrontation in front of other pupils during their lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.

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5 h. ago The Big RED Apple: TOM LEONARD's definitive portrait of Zohran Mamdani... the man on track to be Gotham's first 'communist' mayor

Mamdani insists he's not a communist, but previous remarks suggest otherwise. And those who can remember when New York almost went bankrupt - say his plans could bring the city to its knees.

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6 h. ago Restricting sugar in first two years of life ‘has lasting benefits for heart’

A recent study included 40,063 people exposed to wartime sugar rationing, which lasted from 1940 to 1953.

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