35 h. ago England star Trevor Sinclair bankrupt after 'burying head in sand' over £36k debt

Former Manchester City, West Ham and Queens Park Rangers winger Trevor Sinclair failed to turn up for court as the ex-England star turned football pundit was declared bankrupt

Economics

35 h. ago England legend Trevor Sinclair bankrupt after 'burying head in sand' over £36k debt

Former Manchester City, West Ham and Queens Park Rangers winger Trevor Sinclair failed to turn up for court as the ex-England star turned football pundit was declared bankrupt

Economics

3 d. ago Boy, 14, stabbed to death on way to play football in park, court hears

Three teenagers are accused of the murder of Ibrahima Seck on Sunday afternoon in Manchester.

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4 d. ago Aaron Rodgers reveals he’s been married for ‘a couple of months’ at Steelers training camp

Rodgers said he was in a ‘serious relationship’ back in April

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5 d. ago 'I saw a lioness trying to EAT my husband, with his head in its jaws': Heroic wife relives moment she HIT lion in the face in doomed bid to save partner

Conny Kebbel, 57, was on a wildlife expedition camp in northern Namibia with her businessman husband Bernd, 59, last month when a starved lion pounced on him and killed him.

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9 d. ago Yoga classes return to San Diego beachfront park after appeals court deems them 'protected speech'

A federal appeals panel has ruled that a 2024 local law to bar yoga classes for larger groups in San Diego's shoreline parks violates instructors' rights

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1 week ago Brave sex assault victim fought off attacker and texted pal 'I'm being raped' after being dragged into bushes in a park at 4am, court hears

A 19-year-old woman sent a text message to a friend saying 'I am being raped' after being picked up by a fake Uber driver and into dragged into bushes in a park, a court heard.

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1 week ago London mayor reverses TfL ban on ads calling for abortion decriminalisation

Sadiq Khan seeking ‘urgent review’ of decision to ban adverts from British Pregnancy Advisory ServiceThe mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has stepped in to reverse a ban on adverts on the London transport network calling for abortion to be decriminalised.It is understood that the mayor is seeking an “urgent review” of a Transport for London (TfL) decision to ban the adverts from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas) charity on the grounds they may bring the Metropolitan police into disrepute. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago TFL seeking to increase Congestion Charge on motorists driving through central London

TFL seeking to increase Congestion Charge on motorists driving through central London  Southwark News

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3 w. ago Those who object to music events shutting off parks are branded nimbys. But this time, I’m on their side | Moya Lothian

A high court dispute over a south London park shows the limits of private interests encroaching on public spaceA grassy south London oasis erupted into a turf war this week. From Monday, visitors to Brockwell Park would have seen calling cards left by both sides. The provocation? A sturdy 3-metre-high boundary fence, encircling large swathes of the 50-hectare (125-acre) stretch that has been designated for music festivals this summer. Daubed on the structure were signs of discord: graffitied messages in stark white lettering. “You fucked our park,” read one. “We fucked your wall.”Brockwell is now the hottest front in a conflict that has started to rear its head in the capital every summer. A week ago, it made the front pages in the form of a bombshell high court ruling against Lambeth council. The authority responsible for the park lost a case brought by Protect Brockwell Park (PBP), a group of local residents and park users who argued that the council had not obtained the proper pl...

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3 w. ago Woman and police 'assaulted' in Glasgow park as man appears in court

A 36-year-old woman was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.

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3 w. ago Park Lane homeless camp to be cleared after court order granted

Almost two dozen tents have been erected opposite the luxury Park Lane Hilton hotel

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3 w. ago Neighbour fought to save man's life after park stabbing, court hears

Margaret Jones said she tried to save James Brogan while others 'just watched me'

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3 w. ago Bhutanese Nepalis fled ethnic cleansing for the US. Trump is returning them to the refugee camps

They lost their Nepalese citizenship years ago and are now living in a ‘stateless limbo’ amid Trump’s deportationsAasis Subedi, a Bhutanese Nepali refugee, finds himself back in the same Nepal refugee camp he spent part of his youth, once again stateless.Last month, Subedi and two dozen community members from across the US were deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers to Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan country where they had never previously set foot. At least four, including Subedi, were immediately rejected by Bhutanese authorities and then expelled to India, where they fled to a refugee camp in Nepal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago TfL seeks court order to clear new Park Lane homeless camp just months after it was last dismantled

People have again set up a makeshift campsite opposite the luxury Park Lane Hilton hotel, bringing furniture and cooking equipment

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3 w. ago Middle class mom hires bodyguard for court appearance after she was filmed committing obscene road rage act

Christina Solometo, 44, appeared at Prospect Park District Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing into the wild offense that was caught on camera last month.

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3 w. ago TfL again seeking court order to clear Park Lane homeless camp as new tents emerge

People have again set up a makeshift campsite opposite the luxury Park Lane Hilton hotel, bringing furniture and cooking equipment

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3 w. ago London's Brockwell Park music festivals to proceed despite High Court ruling

Despite a successful legal challenge against Lambeth Council, South London's Brockwell Park is still set to be the venue of back-to-back music festivals this summer, including City Splash and Wide Awake

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3 w. ago London music festivals insist they won't be cancelled after court sided with residents including Mark Rylance who sued council over decision to use park for events

London music festivals insist they will go ahead despite a High Court ruling that found the use of parts of the park as an event space for more than 28 days was 'irrational'.

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3 w. ago London park festivals to go ahead as planned after court ruling, organisers say

Brockwell Live said that the series planned for 2025 will continue after a High Court ruling last week.

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