Image copyright PA Image caption The Empire Windrush ship brought the first West Indies immigrants to Britain in the 1950s London’s Waterloo Station is to house a monument to the Windrush generation, the prime minister has announced. Theresa May said the monument would be seen by “millions of people from all around the world” every […]
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Joe Denly spent most of the early summer at the IPL and with England Specsavers County Championship Division One, Tunbridge Wells (day three) Kent 309 & 277-3: Denly 111*, Bell-Drummond 79; Pattinson 2-67 Nottinghamshire 267: Nash 67, Patel 52; Milnes 5-68 Kent (6 pts) lead Notts (5 pts) by 319 runs Match scorecard England batsman […]
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Image copyright DCMS Image caption The toothy crustacean was created by London pottery merchants the Martin Brothers in 1880 A temporary export bar has been placed on a “grotesque” Victorian crab sculpture to try to keep it in the UK. The toothy crustacean was created by London pottery merchants the Martin Brothers in 1880 and […]
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Image copyright Christel Stainfield-Bruce Image caption Christel Stainfield-Bruce was walking with her three-year-old son when she was stabbed A man has been charged after a mother walking with her three-year-old son asleep in a pushchair was stabbed. Christel Stainfield-Bruce, 36, was attacked after she refused to hand over her phone on Caedmon Road in Islington, […]
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Manchester City have won the Premier League title for the past two seasons The 2019-20 Premier League season will start with Champions League winners Liverpool hosting promoted Norwich City on Friday, 9 August. Champions Manchester City will open the defence of their title the following day with a trip to West Ham. Aston Villa and […]
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Image copyright Charlie Cummings She is still just 18 years-old but London newcomer Arlo Parks’ debut track Cola, released at the end of 2018, fizzed with original confessional lyrics mixed with a smooth funky groove and a dash of jazz for good measure. Its heady delights were such that in April Lily Allen made the […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption Geraldine Winner, a former dancer, married Michael in 2011 but was widowed in January 2013 A woman who claims to have had a relationship with film director Michael Winner has appeared in court accused of robbing his widow of jewellery, art and cash worth £150,000. Geraldine Winner suffered serious head […]
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President Trump has embarked on the first day of his three-day UK state visit, joined by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump. Mr Trump was welcomed with a 41-gun salute as he met the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Here are pictures from the visit, starting on Monday. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption After landing […]
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Image copyright Big Hit Entertainment Image caption The band played a 24-song set that lasted more than two hours BTS have made history by becoming the first South Korean group to headline Wembley Stadium. The boy band blasted through 24 songs on Saturday, assisted by quirky props, glitter cannons, jet sprays… and 60,000 fans screaming […]
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Image caption Julius Agyei says his clothes and passport were removed A letting agency has been illegally evicting tenants and taking their belongings, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. Three tenants said they arrived home to find locks had been changed and rooms emptied. Some said their possessions had not yet been returned. […]
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