Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson says he has three priorities, to deliver Brexit, unite the county 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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Image copyright @Ael_sheikh Image caption Passengers at London Heathrow were handed letters from BA explaining the suspension of the Cairo flights Lufthansa has resumed flights from Cairo, but British Airways says services will still be cancelled for another six days as a “precaution”. On Saturday BA alerted passengers who were about to board a plane […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Charlotte Huggins was the first person to be stabbed to death in London in 2019 A man has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in the early hours of New Year’s Day in Camberwell, south London. Charlotte Huggins, 33, was fatally stabbed in the […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMissing Aron Kato was filmed being chased down a road A man who was last seen being bundled into the back of a car is feared dead by police. The last known sighting of Aron Kato, 28, was on CCTV footage which showed him being chased and […]
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Ethan Bamber played for England at the Under-19 World Cup in 2018 Gloucestershire have signed Middlesex pace bowler Ethan Bamber on a one-month loan deal. Bamber played against the county in last week’s Championship game at Northwood, which Middlesex won by 78 runs, but only bowled seven overs. However, he achieved his first-class career-best figures […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Post-mortem tests gave Kye Manning’s cause of death as a single stab wound to the heart A teenager stabbed to death near a railway station in Croydon has been named by police as Kye Manning. The 19-year-old was stabbed in the heart on 11 July and was pronounced dead […]
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Konsa joins fellow centre-back Tyrone Mings in signing for Villa this summer Aston Villa have signed Brentford defender Ezri Konsa in a £12m deal. The 21-year-old had been a key target for Villa boss Dean Smith, who managed the England Under-21 centre-back when he was in charge of the Bees. Konsa played 47 times for […]
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Image copyright Network Rail Image caption The train left tracks at low speed between London Victoria and Clapham Junction overnight An engineering train has derailed in south London causing the closure of the Gatwick Express service. The train partly left the tracks at low speed between Victoria and Clapham Junction at about 03:00 BST. No […]
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Liverpool supporters are one of four groups calling for changes from Uefa Fan groups from Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham have been given backing to demand Uefa improve access to major finals. The four clubs contested the Champions League and Europa League finals last season but issues around ticket prices and travel prompted heavy criticism. […]
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Image copyright Getty images British policing resources have been “drained to dangerously low levels”, five ex Met Police chiefs have warned. The former commissioners, who ran London’s police force from 1993 to 2017, said cuts had “contributed to the feeling of lawlessness” generated by knife crime and “county lines drugs.” They called for a royal […]
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