25 h. ago Athol Fugard, South African political dissident playwright, dies aged 92

A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The IslandThe South African playwright and director Athol Fugard, whose works included the plays Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island and the novel Tsotsi, has died at the age of 92.A major political dissident playwright of the 20th century, Fugard wrote more than 30 dramas including Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act (in 1972) and “Master Harold” and the Boys (1982). Both of those drew upon the time in the 1950s when he could only find employment as a clerk in one of the courts where black South Africans were charged (and inevitably convicted) of breaches of the “pass laws”, designed to control the movements of a racially segregated population under the apartheid system. There, he witnessed hourly the dehumanisation of those who had chosen the “wrong” streets or people. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Man, 32, is charged with murder after teenage boy, 16, gunned down near Tube station

Lathaniel Burrell, 16, from Stockwell, died at the scene after being attacked in Paradise Road, Stockwell, on Tuesday.

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28 h. ago Man, 32, is charged with murder after a boy, 16, was gunned down near south London Tube station

Lathaniel Burrell, 16, from Stockwell, died at the scene after being attacked in Paradise Road, Stockwell, on Tuesday.

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28 h. ago Man charged with south London murder of teenager Lathaniel Burrell

Man charged with south London murder of teenager Lathaniel Burrell  The Guardian

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28 h. ago Man charged with murder of boy, 16, shot dead in south London

Lathaniel Burrell died at the scene in Paradise Road, Stockwell, on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Man held in murder probe after boy, 16, shot dead in south London

Lathaniel Burrell died at the scene in Paradise Road, Stockwell, on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Two men charged with murder 40 YEARS after attack near London Tube station

Anthony Littler died after being found with head injuries in an alleyway near East Finchley Tube station on May 1, 1984.

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5 d. ago Teenager shot dead in south London named as Lathaniel Burrell

Teenager shot dead in south London named as Lathaniel Burrell  The Guardian

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5 d. ago Boy shot dead in south London by assailant dressed as delivery driver on moped

Police have named the teenager killed in Stockwell on Tuesday afternoon as Lathaniel Burrell.

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5 d. ago Police issue major update in murder investigation of Swansea woman Leanne Williams

South Wales Police confirmed that Matthew Battenbough, 33, has been charged with the murder of Leanne Williams

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5 d. ago Boy, 16, shot dead in south London: Police launch murder probe as they hunt for gunman

The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene in Paradise Road, Stockwell, after police received reports of a shooting at around 3.20pm on Tuesday.

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5 d. ago Boy, 16, shot dead in southwest London as police hunt gunman in murder investigation

The boy died after being shot in Paradise Road in Clapham on Tuesday afternoon

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5 d. ago Boy, 16, shot dead in south west London as police hunt gunman in murder investigation

Boy, 16, shot dead in south west London as police hunt gunman in murder investigation  The Independent

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6 d. ago Hackney ‘murder’ victim’s body found after suspect walks into London police station

Man aged in his 60s discovered at an address in Homerton Road on Monday morning

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7 d. ago A South African woman goes on trial charged with kidnapping and selling her daughter

A South African woman has gone on trial charged with kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter in a case that gained national attention

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8 d. ago Wetherspoons Lewisham murder probe as man dies in 'disturbance' outside The Watch House

A man, aged 63, was killed following an attack outside The Watch House, a Wetherspoons pub, in Lewisham, south-east London, on Saturday night with a murder investigation launched

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8 d. ago Murder probe launched after woman, 45, is found dead in west London: Cops charge man, 50, after 'disturbance' at property

Police have launched a murder probe after a woman was found dead in west London after an alleged 'disturbance' at a property in Perivale, Ealing, on Friday.

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8 d. ago Murder probe launched after woman, 45, is found dead in west London: Cops charge man, 50, after 'disturbance'

Murder probe launched after woman, 45, is found dead in west London: Cops charge man, 50, after 'disturbance'  Daily Mail

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1 week ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman killed in Ealing

The victim’s family has been made aware of her death and is being supported by specialist officers

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1 week ago Man jailed for life over 2017 gang murder of teenager Kacem Mokrane in east London

Christopher Wilson, 23, was part of a gang who fatally ambushed Kacem Mokrane

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