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A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a young man who was stabbed at a council headquarters near Wembley Stadium. Emergency services were called to Brent Civic Centre in north London at around twenty-five past two on Tuesday afternoon. Paramedics treated the victim, believed to be a teenager or in his early twenties, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The building has been evacuated and […]

Andy Burnham has promised to keep up the pressure on Russia despite Moscow's outrageous threats, speaking on his first official visit to Ukraine as UK prime minister. Mr Burnham met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and chaired a meeting of the coalition of the willing, established under predecessor Sir Keir Starmer. He said the coalition is doing everything possible while urging the US Congress to ratchet up economic pressure on Russia. […]

Train operator CrossCountry will run a full train service on Monday following major disruption to services across the country. The operator said it plans to run a very limited number of trains from around six o'clock on Sunday evening, and a full service tomorrow. It comes after a power outage affected its control centre in Birmingham, resulting in mass cancellations across the network on Sunday. A spokesperson said their priority […]

Seven people, including two police officers, have died following a collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough. Cleveland Police confirmed the crash occurred in South Bank at twenty to four this morning. The victims include two serving officers travelling in a marked police vehicle and five members of the public who were in a Volkswagen Passat. Redcar MP Anna Turley paid tribute on social media to the officers who lost their […]

A murder investigation is under way after human bones were uncovered at a west London park following a wildfire. Emergency services were called to Bedfont Lakes Country Park in Hounslow on Wednesday evening, the twelfth of August, after a member of the public found the remains in woodland known as The Pits. A post-mortem examination confirmed the bones belong to a woman aged between twenty-five and forty-five. Police say it […]

New footage has been released by the Home Office showing small boat migrants throwing objects at French police as officers attempted to prevent Channel launches. The footage was shared to highlight the impact of a six hundred and sixty-two million pound agreement signed by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood in April. Figures from Paris show a five per cent increase in crossings prevented by French police under the deal. Former Pakistani […]

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to move back to the UK later this month. The couple, who relocated to the United States in March 2020, will live in a non-royal residence outside London for an extended period. Their children, Archie and Lilibet, aged seven and five, are due to start at a British school in September. It is understood there will be no change to their status […]

The MP for Shoreham, Tom Rutland, has offered his condolences after three members of the same family died when getting into trouble in the water off the West Sussex coast. Mr Rutland said he was deeply saddened by the tragic news and praised emergency crews who worked tirelessly in exceptionally difficult circumstances. He added that the entire community would be praying for the recovery of a young girl currently receiving […]

Russia has issued formal threats against the UK following reports that Ukraine is using British drones to strike targets deep inside Russian territory. In a statement, the Russian Embassy in London said the reports demonstrate the UK is deliberately choosing to escalate the crisis while hypocritically claiming a desire for peace. It warned that London's actions will inevitably carry consequences for which it will have to answer. The government is […]