A number of McDonald’s workers went on strike calling for a pay rise and improved conditions. They want a rise in pay to £15 an hour, an end to youth rates, the choice of guaranteed hours of up to 40 hours a week, notice of shifts four weeks in advance and recognition of their union, […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Zakaria Bukar Sharif Ali was trying to act as a peacemaker when he was attacked A man has been extradited back to the UK over the murder of a young father who tried to break up a fight. Zakaria Bukar Sharif Ali, 26, was attacked outside the Rolling Stock […]
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Image copyright @SiobhanBenita Image caption Leroy Logan (l) announced he would join the Liberal Democrats, alongside Siobhan Benita (c) and Chuka Umunna (r) Sadiq Khan’s former policing adviser has joined the Liberal Democrats, saying his children were no longer safe in London due to rising violence. Leroy Logan, a former police superintendent, said he quit […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson says he has three priorities, to deliver Brexit, unite the country and beat Jeremy Corbyn Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes […]
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Harry Kane scored a stunning injury-time winner against Juventus in Singapore Harry Kane produced a moment of magic, scoring from the halfway line in injury time as Tottenham beat Juventus 3-2 in a magnificent game in Singapore. It was the final decisive moment in an International Champions Cup game in which both sides had led. […]
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Image copyright PA Media A pro-Brexit activist who shouted abuse at MP Anna Soubry outside Parliament has pleaded guilty to public order offences. James Goddard, 29, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, has admitted causing alarm and distress using threatening or abusive language. He also admitted to a racially aggravated public order offence against a police officer. […]
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Sebastien Haller was part of the Eintracht team that finished seventh in the Bundesliga and reached the Europa League semi-finals last season West Ham have signed striker Sebastien Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt in a club record £45m deal. The 25-year-old former France under-21 international has signed a five-year deal with the option of a further […]
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Morgan Smith has scored one try in 17 games for the Broncos Former Warrington Wolves half-back Morgan Smith has signed a new two-year contract with London Broncos. The 21-year-old left the Wolves for the capital club in pre-season and has since played 17 games, scoring one try. His most memorable moment so far for the […]
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Image copyright Royal Collection Trust Image caption The baby teeth box has satin-lined compartments with blue velvet lids A casket containing the baby teeth of Queen Victoria’s children and casts of their limbs will go on show in the summer exhibition at Buckingham Palace. This year’s display will demonstrate how the monarch turned the palace […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption Joe Xuereb was said not to have known either of his victims A man who critically injured two women when he attacked them with a hammer has admitted their attempted murder. Joe Xuereb, 28, of Greenwich, hit city worker Anna Gos, 30, and her mother Marianna Hoelinaki-Gos, 64, on 19 […]
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