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1 week ago | 
mylondon.news | Chris Head |Chris Ballinger |Mathilde Grandjean PA
Hundreds of barbershops have been targeted by police in a three-week crackdown on money laundering and modern slavery, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. The NCA-co-ordinated operation saw police and other law enforcement officers visit 265 cash-intensive premises across England and Wales, including nail salons and vape shops, with 10 shops shut down and further closures expected.
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1 month ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Linda Steelyard |Mathilde Grandjean PA
Two RAF engineers have admitted breaking in half a newly-installed Paddington Bear statue and ripping it off the bench where it was displayed, before stealing it. William Lawrence, 22, of John Street, Enderby, and Daniel Heath, 22, of Oakhall Park, Thornton, West Yorkshire, both admitted an offence of criminal damage. The statue, in Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire, was damaged before being stolen shortly after 2am on Sunday, March 2, Reading Magistrates' Court heard.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Chris Head |Chris Ballinger |Mathilde Grandjean PA
The aunt of murdered East London law graduate Zara Aleena says the justice system needs to be stricter to "ensure murderers face their sentencing" after triple killer Kyle Clifford refused to attend his sentence hearing for the murders of Louise, Hannah and Carol Hunt.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Emma Fradgley |Mathilde Grandjean PA
Three women have been charged after pro-Palestine protesters sprayed red paint on an insurance company's offices in the City of London. Seren John-Wood, 29, of Timberyard Cottages, Lewes, Hannah Miles, 28, of Gilmore Road, Hither Green, and Anna Letts, 43, of no fixed abode, have all been charged with criminal damage and aggravated trespass, City of London Police said.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Emma Fradgley |Mathilde Grandjean PA
A man accused of stalking actress Anna Friel for nearly three years has denied the offence in court. Phil Appleton, 71, is alleged to have sent "numerous messages", visited the actress's home address on several occasions and "left unwanted gifts" between January 1 2022 and December 11 2024, a judge sitting at Reading Crown Court heard on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Mathilde Grandjean PA |Alya Zayed
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Alya Zayed |Mathilde Grandjean PA
Eurostar have resumed its services between London and Paris post the successful removal of an unexploded World War II bomb discovered close to the tracks in the French capital. The train operator had to put a halt to all 32 trains that were slated to run on Friday, March 7, after workers stumbled upon the explosive device near railway lines in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
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1 month ago | 
chroniclelive.co.uk | Kathryn Riddell |Mathilde Grandjean PA
Gene Hackman, the esteemed actor and two-time Oscar winner, died at 95 from heart disease after the death of his wife Betsy Arakawa, who succumbed to a rare infectious disease, a pathologist has confirmed. The Sheriff of Santa Fe in New Mexico revealed during a Friday press conference that Hackman was likely alone with his late wife's body for a week before he died himself.
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2 months ago | 
mylondon.news | Emma Fradgley |Mathilde Grandjean PA
The investigation into the cause of a massive sinkhole that swallowed large parts of the high street in a Surrey town has been delayed because the area is not deemed stable enough, a local councillor has said. Residents from 30 properties were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared in Godstone last Monday night, closing roads and forcing traffic to be diverted. A second sinkhole, thought to be linked, appeared in the front garden of a property on Tuesday afternoon.
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2 months ago | 
chroniclelive.co.uk | Mathilde Grandjean PA |Rob Freeman
A police investigation has been launched after human remains were discovered on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police believe the body to be that of a man in his 40s, with his next of kin having been informed. The grim discovery was made between junction 20 at the Almondsbury Interchange with the M5 and junction 21, near Awkley, in south Gloucestershire. Several drivers alerted the police to something on the road from around 6.40pm on Saturday, according to the force.
