33 h. ago Police Scotland ramps up patrols around synagogues after Bondi Beach terror attack

POLICE Scotland is ramping up patrols around synagogues after a terror attack at a Hanukkah party in Sydney left multiple people dead. The force urged the Scottish public to remain alert in the wake of what is being described as a targeted attack on Jewish people in Australia. Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales,...

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3 d. ago Two men jailed over fatal attack at south London Wetherspoons pub

Charlie Prodromou, 63, was described as ‘a real family man’ and leaves behind three children and five grandchildren

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5 d. ago Harrods vs Wetherspoons – BOTH are selling a £15 Christmas dinner so we went to see which tasted the best

WHEN it comes to Christmas dinners, Brits take it very seriously, from getting the right amount of crunch on roast potatoes to whether Yorkshire puddings belong on the plate. So when I found out that the luxury department store Harrods and the bargain pub chain Wetherspoons both offer festive dinners for the same price, I...

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7 d. ago Inside life of Netflix star Ghetts from ‘gritty’ upbringing to Glastonbury – as rapper faces jail over fatal crash

UK RAPPER and Netflix star Ghetts today pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving over a fatal hit-and-run. The Glastonbury performer, 41, failed to stop after hitting a 20-year-old Yubin Tamang with his BMW in Ilford, east London on October 18. The artist first rose to fame in the early 2000s and has since...

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1 week ago Bulldozer smashes into South Wales pub and flattens car in 'targeted attack'

South Wales Police have arrested a 35-year-old man after

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1 week ago Killer who beat shopper to death in 'random attack' outside Sainsbury's is facing years behind bars as he admits manslaughter

Demiesh Williams, 29, was arrested following a savage attack on Andrew Clark, 43, outside the supermarket in Beckenham, south London, on March 16.

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1 week ago Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?The novichok attack on Salisbury in south-west England in March 2018 was an extraordinary event, sending shock waves across the world. The targeted man, the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, recovered from an audacious assassination attempt, but an innocent British citizen, Dawn Sturgess, died. An inquiry was heard in Salisbury and London last year investigating the attack on the Skripals, the response of the emergency services and other public bodies, and how Sturgess was tragically caught up in an international incident. Here are some of the key questions it examined. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Matthew Perry's family get their wish as doctor who sold him fatal ket is jailed

Perry's doctor has been handed a two and a half year prison sentence, following his earlier guilty plea for supplying the actor with drugs

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1 week ago Matthew Perry doctor jailed for supplying ketamine to tragic actor

A Los Angeles doctor who admitted to illegally selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the actor’s fatal overdose has been jailed.

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1 week ago Central London could be getting a new Wetherspoon pub – right next to a major train station

Central London could be getting a new Wetherspoon pub – right next to a major train station  Time Out Worldwide

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1 week ago Croydon to get grand new Wetherspoons pub just in time for Christmas

Croydon to get grand new Wetherspoons pub just in time for Christmas  My London

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1 week ago Wetherspoons bids to open new pub next to busy central London train station

The pub chain wants to run the bar on the Strand until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays

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2 w. ago Horror as two sailors discovered dead on board yacht after suspected 'pirate attack'

Two friends on the 'adventure of a lifetime' have been found dead on a yacht off the coast of South Africa after a suspected pirate attack, authorities had responded to a distressing call

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2 w. ago ‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo?

A controversial Netflix documentary follows an investigation into the truth behind one of the most important wartime photos ever takenIt is one of the most recognizable photographs of the 20th century: a naked girl – arms wide, face contorted, skin scorched and peeling – running toward the camera as she flees a napalm attack in South Vietnam. To her right, a boy’s face is frozen in a Greek tragedy mask of pain. To her left, two other Vietnamese children run away from the bombed village of Trảng Bàng. Behind them, an indistinguishable group of soldiers and, behind them, a wall of black smoke.Within hours of publication in June 1972, the photo, officially titled The Terror of War but colloquially known as Napalm Girl, went the analog version of viral; seen and discussed by millions of people around the world, it’s widely credited with galvanizing public opinion against the US war in Vietnam. Susan Sontag later wrote that the horrifically indelible image of nine-year-old Kim Phúc in di...

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2 w. ago Australia shark attack leaves woman dead and man critical in horror double mauling

A woman has died and a man is critically injured after a double shark attack on a beach in the Australian state of New South Wales

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2 w. ago Woman killed in Sydney shark attack as man seriously injured at popular beach

A woman has been killed and a man seriously injured in a shark attack on the east coast of Australia. The attack happened at a popular beach in Crowdy Bay, New South Wales

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2 w. ago Crowdy Bay shark attack: woman killed on NSW beach and man taken to hospital in critical condition

Swimmers aged in their 20s bitten at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has died after a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast at Kylies beach.NSW police said the woman, aged in her 20s, had been killed at the beach at Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mansion tax on properties over £2m, up to £7,500 a year, will COST Treasury before it comes in with less taken from stamp duty & CGT and will drag in more homes over years

Labour's mansion tax attack will hit 'normal' properties in London and the South East - and initially cost the government money, experts have warned.

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2 w. ago Woman killed in shark attack on NSW beach and man rushed to hospital in critical condition

Pair aged in their 20s bitten near Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning with woman dying at the sceneA woman has died following a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast.NSW police said the woman, aged in her 20s, was killed at a beach near Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman killed in shark attack on NSW beach and man taken to hospital in critical condition

Pair aged in their 20s bitten at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has died after a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast at Kylies beach.NSW police said the woman, aged in her 20s, had been killed at the beach at Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning. Continue reading...

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