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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Greg McKenzie
A mother and her three children have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called at about 01:20 oin Saturday to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, where they found the victims - a 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four. Two terraced three-storey homes were gutted in the fire. A 41-year-old man was arrested outside the properties on suspicion of murder and remains in custody, the Met Police said.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Aoife Walsh |Greg McKenzie
The husband of a British-South African woman found dead at her house in France has said he cannot imagine "the terror and the fear she must have gone through". Karen Carter, 65, was found by her friend lying near her car with stab wounds in the village of Trémolat in the Dordogne on Tuesday evening, the state prosecutor said. Mrs Carter's husband, Alan, who is in South Africa, said she was "such a decent, lovely person", and spoke of the family's shock.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Aoife Walsh |Greg McKenzie
Woman killed in France was lovely person, says husbandAoife Walsh & Greg MckenzieAlan CarterThe husband of a British-South African woman found dead at her house in France has said he cannot imagine "the terror and the fear she must have gone through". Karen Carter, 65, was found by her friend lying near her car with stab wounds in the village of Trémolat in the Dordogne on Tuesday evening, the state prosecutor said.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Aoife Walsh |Greg McKenzie
7 hours agoFrance has recognised additional sites at which Harkis – Muslims who fought alongside the French during the Algerian War – faced harsh living conditions following Algeria's independence. While the move will allow up to 6,000 more Harkis and their descendants to claim compensation, groups …
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
msn.com | Mallory Moench |Greg McKenzie
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mallory Moench |Greg McKenzie
Mallory Moench - BBC News and Greg McKenzie - BBC NewsJuly 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM·1 min readTwo British men have been reported missing in Sweden, the Foreign Office has said. It comes after Swedish police said two people were found dead in a burned-out car on Sunday afternoon in Malmö, with the deaths being investigated as a suspected double murder.
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May 11, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Greg McKenzie
A service has been held at Southwark Cathedral for Richard Taylor, the father of murdered schoolboy Damilola. Damilola was 10 when he was stabbed in the leg and left to die in a south London stairwell in November 2000. Mr Taylor, who founded the Damilola Taylor Trust to campaign against knife crime, died from prostate cancer in March aged 75. Home Secretary James Cleverly was one of more than 600 people who attended the memorial service.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Greg McKenzie
A witness who came to the rescue of a three-year-old girl who was assaulted in the Clapham attack said she thought "she was going to die in my arms". The woman - who wishes to remain anonymous - told the BBC she went to hospital with the child after seeing her "being slammed to the ground". The girl, her sister, eight, and mother, 31, were attacked with a corrosive substance on Wednesday. A nationwide manhunt is still ongoing for suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
news.nestia.com | Adriana Elgueta |Greg McKenzie
Image source, Met police Image caption, Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson's families still do not know what happened By Adriana Elgueta & Greg McKenzie BBC News, London On 15 December 2022, a crush at Brixton Academy concert claimed two lives, and a third person remains critically ill. Social media footage showed long queues of people, many thought to be ticketless, trying to gain entry to the sold-out gig by Afrobeats artist Asake.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Adriana Elgueta |Greg McKenzie
On 15 December 2022, a crush at Brixton Academy concert claimed two lives, and has left a third still critically ill. Social media footage showed long queues of people, many thought to be ticketless, trying to gain entry to the sold-out gig by Afrobeats artist Asake. A year later, the victim's families feel they still don't have answers and they've had no contact with the artist. The police and the families are calling on the public for further evidence to find out how it happened.
