41 m. ago Tech firms and bosses face large fines for failing to remove knife crime content

The Government has announced plans to expand sanctions in an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill.

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3 h. ago London home to a third of knife crime with offence every 30 minutes, new figures show

London home to a third of knife crime with offence every 30 minutes, new figures show  London Evening Standard

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6 h. ago French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary school in the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast. The attack took place at around 12.30pm (11.30am BST), before teachers overpowered the boy. One female student was killed. At least one other student is in a critical condition in hospital. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Grim figures show rise in shoplifting and knife crime as Tories blamed for crisis

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals shoplifting cases hit a record high in 2024, while there were almost 55,000 knife crime incidents recorded in England and Wales

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12 h. ago Revealed: Third of country’s knife crime is happening in London with an offence every 30 minutes

Met Police recorded 16,789 offences involving a knife in 2024 – averaging around 46 a day, ONS figures show

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36 h. ago London talks collapse: What happens and why US Secretary of State skips Ukraine meeting

London talks collapse: What happens and why US Secretary of State skips Ukraine meeting  RBC-Ukraine

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50 h. ago Russia thrilled as Donald Trump plans to 'hand Putin Crimea' in bid to force Ukraine peace deal

Donald Trump's plans to recognise Crimea as part of Russia are expected to be put to Ukraine at crunch talks in London tomorrow - despite Volodymyr Zelensky insisting it will 'not happen'

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56 h. ago Ange Postecoglou to 'leave' Tottenham even if Celtic hero wins the Europa League

Postecoglou is heading out of the North London club no matter what happens in the Europa League or Premier League

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67 h. ago Map reveals the loneliest countries in the world... and America's shocking standing

Loneliness is an epidemic across age groups, but none more so than seniors. Yet in the US, it's not the elderly who experience the highest rates of loneliness.

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4 d. ago ‘We went on London’s roughest pub crawl – what happened left us red

EXCLUSIVE: After a YouTuber dubbed four East End boozers 'London's roughest pub crawl', it only felt fair to journey to these establishments ourselves to find out what really goes on

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4 d. ago The world's fattest countries revealed: DEEP DIVE's extraordinary charts show how YOUR country's waistline has ballooned and where the UK and US really rank

The monstrous scale of the world's obesity crisis can today be laid bare in extraordinary detail. Eye-opening analysis by DEEP DIVE shows obesity levels have snowballed 20-fold in parts of the world.

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6 d. ago Burnley close on promotion with comeback win at Watford amid EFL drama: football

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendHave any thoughts? Send them over to Niall via emailIt was an interesting night for Chelsea. They are through to a European semi-final but they got booed off the pitch as it happened. From west London, Jacob Steinberg wrote:Losing 2-1 to Legia Warsaw on the night was embarrassing. Chelsea, who seemed intent on giving the fifth-best side in Poland hope of pulling off a comeback for the ages at a disgruntled Stamford Bridge, were shambolic and easily could have crashed out.No wonder Maresca is not feeling the love from the crowd. Nobody celebrated Chelsea squeezing into a Conference League semi-final against Djurgården after winning 4-2 on aggregate. The defending was miserable and the attack was poor. Filip Jörgensen, Robert Sánchez’s understudy, was jittery in goal and the worries around Cole Palmer’s slump are not going away.It was a poor performance. We had a 3-0 lead – maybe that played a part in taking our foot off the gas. M...

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6 d. ago Championship updates; Holland sacked; Slot’s ‘big summer’: football – live

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendHave any thoughts? Send them over to Niall via emailIt was an interesting night for Chelsea. They are through to a European semi-final but they got booed off the pitch as it happened. From west London, Jacob Steinberg wrote:Losing 2-1 to Legia Warsaw on the night was embarrassing. Chelsea, who seemed intent on giving the fifth-best side in Poland hope of pulling off a comeback for the ages at a disgruntled Stamford Bridge, were shambolic and easily could have crashed out.No wonder Maresca is not feeling the love from the crowd. Nobody celebrated Chelsea squeezing into a Conference League semi-final against Djurgården after winning 4-2 on aggregate. The defending was miserable and the attack was poor. Filip Jörgensen, Robert Sánchez’s understudy, was jittery in goal and the worries around Cole Palmer’s slump are not going away.It was a poor performance. We had a 3-0 lead – maybe that played a part in taking our foot off the gas. M...

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6 d. ago Derby v Luton on a big day in EFL; Holland sacked and Slot’s ‘big summer’: football – live

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendHave any thoughts? Send them over to Dave via emailIt was an interesting night for Chelsea. They are through to a European semi-final but they got booed off the pitch as it happened. From west London, Jacob Steinberg wrote:Losing 2-1 to Legia Warsaw on the night was embarrassing. Chelsea, who seemed intent on giving the fifth-best side in Poland hope of pulling off a comeback for the ages at a disgruntled Stamford Bridge, were shambolic and easily could have crashed out.No wonder Maresca is not feeling the love from the crowd. Nobody celebrated Chelsea squeezing into a Conference League semi-final against Djurgården after winning 4-2 on aggregate. The defending was miserable and the attack was poor. Filip Jörgensen, Robert Sánchez’s understudy, was jittery in goal and the worries around Cole Palmer’s slump are not going away.It was a poor performance. We had a 3-0 lead – maybe that played a part in taking our foot off the gas. Ma...

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6 d. ago Derby v Luton kicks off a big day in EFL; European reaction and more: football – live

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendHave any thoughts? Send them over to Yara via emailIt was an interesting night for Chelsea. They are through to a European semi-final but they got booed off the pitch as it happened. From west London, Jacob Steinberg wrote:Losing 2-1 to Legia Warsaw on the night was embarrassing. Chelsea, who seemed intent on giving the fifth-best side in Poland hope of pulling off a comeback for the ages at a disgruntled Stamford Bridge, were shambolic and easily could have crashed out.No wonder Maresca is not feeling the love from the crowd. Nobody celebrated Chelsea squeezing into a Conference League semi-final against Djurgården after winning 4-2 on aggregate. The defending was miserable and the attack was poor. Filip Jörgensen, Robert Sánchez’s understudy, was jittery in goal and the worries around Cole Palmer’s slump are not going away.It was a poor performance. We had a 3-0 lead – maybe that played a part in taking our foot off the gas. Ma...

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6 d. ago New York, Paris, and London limited the use of cars. Here's what happened next

New York, Paris, and London limited the use of cars. Here's what happened next  Hindustan Times

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6 d. ago I travelled the world for a year on £19 a day, this is how I did it without working

365 days, £7k, 15 countries, and a lifetime of memories. Travel writer Lydia Swinscoe reveals how she backpacked around the globe on a seriously low budget — and how you can do it too

Economics

7 d. ago Woman charged with causing cyclist's death was driving at 53mph in 20mph area prior to collision, court told

Music student Harry Webb died two days after the crash, which happened as he cycled to London Fields lido

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8 d. ago Everything we know about the felling of Enfield's ancient oak tree: cause, consequences and reactions

Toby Carvery's decision to cut down a centuries-old oak tree in Enfield has led to public anger and an investigation into its legality

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8 d. ago The beautiful country with the highest annual salary for expats revealed

New research from Remitly has revealed the countries that have a much higher average annual wage than the UK.

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