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The Guardian

John McVicar obituary

Former armed robber dubbed "Public Enemy No 1" by the press whose 1974 memoir was turned into a film John McVicar, who has died aged 82 of a heart attack, was a former armed robber who famously escaped from Durham prison in 1968 and became the subject of a film starring Roger Daltrey of the Who. He would ...

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The Guardian

John McVicar obituary

BBC

Duke of Norfolk banned from driving

Edward Fitzalan-Howard had hoped his ceremonial duties might lead to him being spared a ban.

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BBC

Duke of Norfolk banned from driving

The Guardian

"Everything in Oxford was built with dodgy money" " iconoclastic professor and fourth plinth artist Samson Kambalu

As he prepares to unveil his fourth plinth sculpture, the cigar-smoking, boxing-glove-wearing artist talks about hat-banning colonialists, his journey from Africa to Oxford " and the joys of renouncing ambition Samson Kambalu's solution to running late for an interview is characteristically swashbuckling: ...

3 hours ago

The Guardian

"Everything in Oxford was built with dodgy money" " iconoclastic professor and fourth plinth artist Samson Kambalu

BBC

Molly Russell: Instagram posts seen by teen were safe, Meta says

The 14-year-old girl viewed material about self-harm and suicide before she took her own life.

4 hours ago

BBC

Molly Russell: Instagram posts seen by teen were safe, Meta says

The Guardian

Ofcom investigates Sky News over Chris Kaba protest mix-up

Presenter wrongly suggested people marching over police shooting were heading to palace to mourn the Queen Sky News is being investigated by the media regulator after it wrongly suggested that a protest march over the police shooting of Chris Kaba was a crowd of people mourning Queen Elizabeth II. ...

7 hours ago

The Guardian

Ofcom investigates Sky News over Chris Kaba protest mix-up

Bing News

Why "digital literacy" is now a workplace non-negotiable

Digital skills once meant having a basic grasp of computers. Now, it means being able to work adaptably and strategically across tools, devices and platforms.

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Why "digital literacy" is now a workplace non-negotiable

Bing News

MAFS UK star April flashes her midriff in a pink cropped jumper as she heads out in London

MailOnline exclusively revealed on Monday that April is in therapy following the end of her marriage to divorced father-of-four George Roberts. Out and about: Traumatised Married At First Sight UK ...

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Bing News

MAFS UK star April flashes her midriff in a pink cropped jumper as she heads out in London

Bing News

Aida review – dour staging gains colour from the pit

Robert Carsen's new production of Verdi's opera of Egypt and Ethiopia has ditched the cliches of exoticism to replace them with troubling images of contemporary conflict ...

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Aida review – dour staging gains colour from the pit

Bing News

How my friends struck gold with a TV show about badly behaved city boys

Friends succeeding is more like one of those CIA-designed tortures designed to leave no mark but wreck you from the inside. You would do anything to make it stop. In my case, it is twice as bad, ...

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Bing News

How my friends struck gold with a TV show about badly behaved city boys

Bing News

Meta apologises for harmful Instagram posts seen by Molly Russell

A senior Meta executive has apologised for enabling a British teenager who took her own life to view graphic posts related to self-harm and suicide on Instagram that should have been removed, but ...

8 hours ago

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Meta apologises for harmful Instagram posts seen by Molly Russell

BBC

Iranian embassy: Protesters clash with police in London

The Met Police says several officers were hurt in the clashes and five people were arrested.

8 hours ago

BBC

Iranian embassy: Protesters clash with police in London

Bing News

UK lenders pause new mortgages amid market turmoil

Some of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders, including Virgin Money and Skipton Building Society, have stopped offering new home loans in response to the market volatility triggered by the government's ...

8 hours ago

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UK lenders pause new mortgages amid market turmoil

Bing News

Burberry London fashion week show is a blockbuster display of its firepower

Riccardo Tisci's fingerprints were all over the high-gothic Victoriana of long, intricate lace dresses ...

9 hours ago

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Burberry London fashion week show is a blockbuster display of its firepower

Bing News

Ovingdean cliffs: Man arrested after boy 'fell from height'

Details of the incident have not been released, but police were seen guarding the area under the cliff at Ovingdean after the fall at about 17:00 BST. Police said the Oxfordshire man was arrested on ...

9 hours ago

Bing News

Ovingdean cliffs: Man arrested after boy 'fell from height'

Bing News

Train strikes: new date added for October rail walkouts

Rail unions are staging a series of train strikes targeting the Conservative Party Conference in October. Union leaders have called off a truce with company bosses after cancelling industrial action ...

9 hours ago

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Train strikes: new date added for October rail walkouts

BBC

TfL cleaners and security guards to get free transport in London

Cleaners and security guards who work on London's transport network will get free travel, the mayor announces.

9 hours ago

BBC

TfL cleaners and security guards to get free transport in London

Bing News

Arsenal news LIVE: Gunners eye Villarreal star Alex Baena, Kieran Tierney injury BLOW, Women beat Tottenham 4-0

ARSENAL are reportedly eyeing up a move for Villarreal winger Alex Baena as a possible alternative to Mykhalo Mudryk. It has been claimed that Mudryk's price tag of &163;44.6million is too high ...

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Arsenal news LIVE: Gunners eye Villarreal star Alex Baena, Kieran Tierney injury BLOW, Women beat Tottenham 4-0

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Bella Hadid wows in a leggy bodysuit as she joins glamorous Irina Shayk at Burberry's London Fashion Week show after it was ...

The British heritage brand had originally planned to showcase their SS23 line on September 17 but cancelled the show in the wake of the Queen's death on September 8.

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Bing News

Bella Hadid wows in a leggy bodysuit as she joins glamorous Irina Shayk at Burberry's London Fashion Week show after it was ...

Bing News

Duke of Norfolk: organiser of King's coronation banned from driving

A senior peer who drove through a red light while using his phone tried to avoid a driving ban by claiming he needs his licence to arrange the King's coronation. The Duke of Norfolk, 65, was caught ...

10 hours ago

Bing News

Duke of Norfolk: organiser of King's coronation banned from driving

BBC

London runner creates 'animal art' using GPS

A runner from London is creating "animal art" using GPS to raise money for charity.

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BBC

London runner creates 'animal art' using GPS

BBC

Hounslow hit and run: Man arrested at Heathrow Airport

A 20-year-old man is detained at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of attempted murder.

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BBC

Hounslow hit and run: Man arrested at Heathrow Airport

The Guardian

Barking council boss given nearly £10k in West Ham tickets after studio deal

Darren Rodwell denies conflict of interest and has invited disabled people and looked-after children to box at stadium A town hall leader bidding to become an MP has accepted close to £10,000 worth of free Premier League tickets from a Los Angeles movie company after his council approved plans for ...

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The Guardian

Barking council boss given nearly £10k in West Ham tickets after studio deal

The Guardian

TfL cleaners, caterers and security staff to get free transport in London

Sadiq Khan taking "unprecedented" action to ease financial pressure for lowest-paid transport workers Workers who clean the underground and other public transport in London are to be given free travel,

1 day ago

The Guardian

TfL cleaners, caterers and security staff to get free transport in London

The Guardian

New Met police chief snubs head of National Black Police Association

Exclusive: Andy George "baffled" by Mark Rowley's refusal to meet when confidence among BAME officers at rock-bottom The new Metropolitan police commissioner is at loggerheads with the National Black Police Association after refusing to meet its president and suggesting he will ban officers from 'taking ...

1 day ago

The Guardian

New Met police chief snubs head of National Black Police Association