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3 weeks ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson |George Lithgow PA
No arrests have been made, but officers are investigatingSeven statues were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights protest in London on Saturday. Parliament Square was packed with thousands of supporters who gathered for what was billed as an 'emergency demonstration' days after a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | George Lithgow PA |Lea Dzifa Seeberg
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Lea Dzifa Seeberg |George Lithgow PA
The UK's biggest police force will cut 1,700 officers and staff, despite receiving funding increases from central and local government. The Metropolitan Police said it also needs to axe services including the Royal Parks Police, a decision described by one council leader as a "huge mistake". Scotland Yard admitted the move to plug the £260 million budget shortfall would put an "extraordinary stretch" on its staff.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Chris Head |Chris Ballinger |George Lithgow PA
Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 in damages to one of his victims, her lawyers have said. The woman sued Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, following his 2015 conviction for abusing her when she was 12, as well as two other young people between 1975 and 1980. The six-figure sum included £381,000 in lost earnings and £7,800 for future therapy and treatment.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Emma Fradgley |George Lithgow PA
A 60-year-old woman has been charged as part of an investigation into the alleged stalking of Madeleine McCann's family. Karen Spragg, of Caerau, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress between May 3 2024 and February 21 this year, Leicestershire Police said. She will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Emma Fradgley |George Lithgow PA
Three storms which battered the nation within the space of a week leaving 1.4 million households without electricity were caused by a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth, scientists have said. Four people lost their lives when storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin hit the UK in February 2022, bringing 120mph winds and severe flooding. It marked the first time three named storms have been recorded within seven days since the storm-naming system began in 2015.
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1 month ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson |George Lithgow PA
Fox is alleged to have sharing an upskirting photo on social mediaLaurence Fox has been charged with a sexual offence after allegedly sharing a compromising photo on social media. In a tweet posted in April 2024, the 46-year-old is said to have shared an upskirting image. Police have charged the former GB News presenter after an 11 month investigation. He is due to appear at court next month.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | David Lynch |Caitlin Doherty |George Lithgow PA
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2 months ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Ramazani Mwamba |George Lithgow PA
The landlady of a pub where a woman was tragically shot on Valentine’s Day has described hearing two loud bangs that she initially thought were fireworks. Michelle Thomas, who runs The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt, Kent, told Sky News that patrons began "screaming, shouting and crying" as they realised what had occurred. A woman in her 40s sadly died at the scene following a shooting in the pub’s car park, according to Kent Police.
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2 months ago | 
mylondon.news | Alya Zayed |George Lithgow PA
A missing woman at the centre of a police murder investigation has been named. Julie Buckley, 54, from the village of Christchurch in Cambridgeshire, has not been seen since late January. They now believe she is “likely to have come to serious harm”, Cambridgeshire Police said. A 47-year-old man from Christchurch remains under arrest on suspicion of murder, but police are yet to find her body. Police declared the case a no-body murder investigation on Friday, February 15.
