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6 days ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips |Michael Howie |Megan Howe |Matt Watts |Bill Bowkett
Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. After he was unveiled as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he spoke to huge crowds from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica. “Peace be with all of you'”, were his first words as pontiff. White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel shortly before 5pm on Thursday, signalling a new pope had been elected.
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6 days ago | 
aol.co.uk | Jacob Phillips |Michael Howie |Megan Howe |Matt Watts
Black smoke again emerged from a chimney on the Sistine Chapel on Thursday indicating no pope has yet been elected in the biggest conclave in history. The red-hatted “princes of the Church” resumed voting after starting the heavily ritualised process of choosing a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on Wednesday. No new pope has been elected after three rounds of voting, two on Thurrsday and one on Wednesday. The result of a fourth vote is expected soon.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips
Many parts of the UK will enjoy dry, bright weather into next week (PA Wire)London will see “classic” spring weather into the weekend as temperatures creep up towards the mid-twenties. The capital is set to bask in a week of sunshine with the mercury forecast to reach 24C on Sunday, according to the Met Office.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips |Michael Howie |Megan Howe |Matt Watts
Conclave LIVE: Cardinals return for second day of election to choose new pope after black smoke on first nightThe biggest conclave in history resumes on Thursday when cardinals will return to the Sistine Chapel to settle a wide-open papal election. The red-hatted “princes of the Church” started the heavily ritualised process of choosing a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on Wednesday, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips
Fire rips through flat in east London months after blaze at same developmentA fire has broken out at a block of flats in Canary Wharf (Anay Patel/Facebook)A fire has ripped through the side of a tower block in east London, making it the third blaze to take place in the same development in recent years. Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were called to a flat fire at New Providence Wharf in Poplar at around 8.45pm on Tuesday evening.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips
UZI Mobile and Vape in Eltham was caught selling vapes to teenagers (Greenwich Council)Two Greenwich businesses have been fined thousands of pounds after selling vapes to underage children. Two teenage test purchasers were sold vapes at UZI Mobile and Vape in Eltham, following complaints from residents and parents about children buying the products in May 2024. Then, in August 2024, a 16-year-old test purchaser was also sold a vape at Thamesmead Post Office.
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2 weeks ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Anthony France |Jacob Phillips
Anthony France and Jacob Phillips29 April 2025 at 12:19 pm·2-min readA young man has been arrested after a 39-year-old man was stabbed to death in a “very quiet” street in south London. Officers were called to Maple Close, Mitcham, at around 7.30pm on Monday, alongside the London Ambulance Service. Paramedics arrived at the scene in under a minute, and the victim was taken to a major trauma centre. But he sadly died in hospital, the Metropolitan Police said.
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3 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips
This is the moment a dive-bombing squirrel interrupted an Easter service at a south London church. The rodent dramatically plunged from the ceiling of All Saints Church in Kingston, 44 minutes into a Good Friday Service. Gasps were heard in the church as the animal whacked into a chorister’s folder while hymns were being sung. Footage of the fall captures choir singers flinching, surprised by the squirrel’s bumpy landing, while others manage to keep their composure and continue singing.
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3 weeks ago | 
aol.co.uk | Daniel Keane |Jacob Phillips |Megan Howe
The Prince of Wales and Sir Keir Starmer will be among world leaders and dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope Francis this weekend. The funeral will be held at St. Peter's Basilica after his death aged 88 of a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican confirmed on Tuesday. Cardinals met in the Vatican at 8am before announcing the funeral will take place at 10am (8am GMT).
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4 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jacob Phillips
Strikes at Gatwick Airport over the Easter holidays will go ahead after hundreds of workers rejected a last-minute deal. Baggage handlers and flight dispatchers from Red Handling will take industrial action at the UK’s second biggest airport over several issues, including unpaid pensions, late payments and “illegal” shift patterns, the Unite union announced last week.
