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Fireworks are returning to the capital for New Year (Picture: Getty Images) Londoners will once again be able to ring in 2023 with a spectacular fireworks display in the capital, with crowds returning to watch the spectacle for the first time since before the pandemic. The plaza in front of the London Eye will welcome…
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Ten men are wanted by police following investigations into crimes against women and girls (Picture: File images from UK police forces) They are wanted in connection with serious crimes against women and girls ranging from murder to a high value romance fraud. The 10 men on this list have been identified as a result of…
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Rebecca Ikumelo was killed in the crush outside of a gig last week (Picture: Met Police / Tik Tok) A mum-of-two who was an autism campaigner was killed after a crowd crush outside of Brixton Academy. Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, from Newham, east London, died after being injured when fans tried to get into the gig…
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Newham Council has proposed a Public Space Protection Order for Romford Road (Picture: Getty) Police may exploit increased powers against sex workers in east London, a campaign group has claimed. The English Collective of Prostitutes has dubbed Newham Council’s proposal for a Public Space Protection Order for Romford Road as a ‘crackdown’ on sex workers, adding…
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Female firefighters have spoke of facing horrific bullying and misogyny at work, which is dismissed by managers as ‘banter’ (Picture: Getty) Pornographic videos, helmets filled with urine and stories of racist bullying are among the accounts of the culture within the London Fire Brigade. A damning report lays bare the scale of the ‘toxic culture’…
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Marina Litvinenko has a warning for the world as she continues to speak out on the 16th anniversary of her husband Alexander’s death (Picture: Susannah Ireland) Sixteen years ago, Alexander Litvinenko warned that Vladimir Putin was capable of starting a war in Europe that would claim millions of lives. A week later, the former intelligence…
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Demand for food through charities has surged as the cost of living crisis impacts millions of struggling people (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire) A food redistribution charity is looking to the winter with ‘horror’ as hundreds of organisations wait on its books for supplies. The Felix Project, which delivers surplus produce across 1,000 community partners in…
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Harrowing memories are seared into the minds of former Afghan interpreters in an exhibition by British veteran Andy Barnham (r) and Dr Sara De Jong (Picture and design: © Andy Barnham 2022) Their faces are obscured, nameless participants in a war that now seems a distant memory. To their British comrades, however, they should be…
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Nicholas lives with his girlfriend Amelia (Picture: Susannah Ireland) Welcome back to What I Own – Metro.co.uk’s weekly property series. This week we are in Croydon talking to Nicholas, who moved in earlier this year – after renting in south London. He pays £2,100 a month for his mortgage and bills. This is what Nicholas…
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The popular play is the fourth longest-running production in West End history (Picture: PA) The Woman In Black is to close in London’s West End after 33 years, much to the dismay of generations of fans. The stage play, based on the 1983 book of the same name by Susan Hill, will have its final…
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