The impact of poverty in 21st Century Britain is the focus of a new exhibition which showcases those trying to help their struggling neighbours. Four people making a difference in their communities explain how they became involved. ‘I want to be a spark in the plug’ Image copyright Jillian Edelstein Image caption Micah Lammie says […]
Read moreFA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Southampton highlights Tottenham battled past Southampton in a thrilling FA Cup fourth-round replay to set up a home tie against Norwich City. Spurs went ahead when Tanguy Ndombele’s shot deflected in off visiting defender Jack Stephens, before Shane Long made it 1-1 after Nathan Redmond’s effort had been parried by […]
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Mohamed Salah has now scored 66 goals in the Premier League since he arrived at Liverpool in 2017. Liverpool moved 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a routine win that intensified the pressure on West Ham at the bottom of the table. Mohamed Salah’s first-half penalty and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s composed […]
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Harvey Barnes has scored three goals in his last four games for Leicester Leicester returned to winning ways against West Ham at King Power Stadium but lost the league’s top scorer Jamie Vardy to injury in the first half. Harvey Barnes scored the opener, poking in from a yard out, before turning provider for Ricardo […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Fire services in England suffer from a “toxic” culture, with some firefighters not treating colleagues with “enough humanity”, a watchdog chief has said. Inspectors uncovered cases of bullying and harassment at some services, while some staff were said to find the poor treatment of others to be “amusing”. It is the […]
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Image copyright Facebook/LinkedIn Image caption Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board Tributes have been paid to three British nationals who died when a Ukrainian plane crashed in Iran. Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners, BP engineer Sam Zokaei and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi […]
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Image copyright UK News in Pictures Image caption The Mercedes HGV left the road after colliding with a white Toyota Yaris Three British Airways cabin crew members died in a crash involving a lorry and a car outside Heathrow Airport on New Year’s Eve. A white Toyota Yaris collided with a Mercedes HGV on Bedfont […]
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Image caption Sadiq Khan helped serve 100 Christmas Dinners to guests at City Hall Christmas dinners have been served to Londoners who are reliant on the city’s homelessness services. Hairdressers and opticians were also made available at City Hall before guests were given a three-course meal. Last year, 8,855 people were seen rough sleeping in […]
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The streets of Westminster have some of the highest number of rough sleepers in the UK. But, the borough council’s outreach team is out every night of the year finding those people and offering them support to get them off the street, hopefully for good BBC London spent the evening with Robert White, who leads […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSaskia Jones wanted “to help the world” A woman who was stabbed to death in the London Bridge attack was a “brilliant, caring daughter”, her family have said. Saskia Jones, 23, from Stratford-upon-Avon, and Jack Merritt, 25, were killed by convicted terrorist Usman Khan as they attended […]
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