Image copyright PA Media British Airways has cancelled all flights to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a week as a security “precaution”. Passengers about to board a BA flight to the city from London’s Heathrow Airport were told that it was cancelled – and that there would be no alternative flights for a week. The […]
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Image caption Nadhim Zahawi said full regulation of some 16+ accommodation would be a “knee-jerk reaction” to criticism Unregulated accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds may be subject to licensing and registration after claims children were being put at risk. Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi told BBC Newsnight he wanted to eliminate a “rogue element” in some […]
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Image copyright Joseph Okpako London rapper Unknown T, real name Daniel Lena, is due in court on Thursday after being charged with murder. It’s after 20-year-old Steven Narvaez-Jara was stabbed at a party in Islington, London in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2018. Steven was London’s first stabbing victim last year. Police confirmed […]
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Lois Toulson (left) and Eden Cheng also won gold in the women’s 10m synchronised event at the European Championships in 2018 Britain’s Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng secured a place in the 2020 Fina Diving World Series by finishing sixth at the World Championships in South Korea. The teenage pair, who won European 10m synchronised […]
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Image caption Darren Pencille stabbed his victim 18 times A man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. Lee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son when he was “savagely” stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille on the Guildford to […]
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Matt Milnes (pictured) and Darren Stevens took nine of the ten Surrey wickets in eth second innings Specsavers County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day four): Surrey 271-9& 218: Elgar 65; Stevens 5-60, Milnes 4-61 Kent 369& 118-5: Robinson 51*; Morkel 2-22 Kent (23 pts) beat Surrey (5 pts) by five wickets Scorecard Kent survived […]
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Image copyright LFB Image caption At its height, the fire in Rainham covered an area of about two hectares (five acres) East London residents have been told to keep their windows closed as fire crews battle a large grass fire which has been burning for four days. About 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines were […]
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David Raya joined Blackburn Rovers in 2012 Brentford have signed Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper David Raya for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal. The 23-year-old made 98 league appearances for Rovers after making his debut in April 2015. Head Coach Thomas Frank told the club website: “He is a very good goalkeeper and fits the […]
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Frank Lampard has returned to the club he spent 13 years with as a player Chelsea have appointed former midfielder Frank Lampard as their manager on a three-year deal. Lampard, 41, has left Championship side Derby County to take over at a club where he spent 13 years as a player. He succeeds Maurizio Sarri, […]
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Image caption The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon A suspected stowaway who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight into Heathrow Airport has been found dead in a London garden. The body – believed to be that of a […]
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