Image copyright Metropolitan Police Image caption Stella Frew was pronounced dead at the scene in Sutton on Friday A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who died after she was struck by a van. Stella Frew, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene in Tonfield Road, Sutton, south-west London, just before […]
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The Science Museum in London is reopening on 19 August after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, an exhibition opened at the site that told the stories of previous pandemics. The museum says it has started collecting objects from this latest one – such as signage and medical technology – to tell […]
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David Moyes took over at West Ham with the club 17th in the Premier League, one point above the relegation zone West Ham boss David Moyes expects a chance to “improve a great club with big ambitions” after keeping them in the Premier League for a second time. The Hammers secured safety with a 1-1 […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Plastic on the banks of the River Thames The River Thames has some of the highest recorded levels of microplastics for any river in the world. Scientists have estimated that 94,000 microplastics per second flow down the river in places. The quantity exceeds that measured in other European rivers, […]
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Image copyright Sheerin Khosrowshahi-Miandoab Image caption The first time Babak was able to talk to his daughter Sheerin was after 30 days in hospital. Babak Khosrowshahi was taken to hospital with coronavirus at 4am on 22 March – a day many people in the UK had spent on FaceTime talking to their mums on Mother’s […]
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Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 12 Premier League games Manchester United have “earned the right” to challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League after a “fantastic” spell of post-lockdown form, says boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United maintained their relentless pursuit of a place in the Champions League with a hard-fought win […]
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A Jewish woman saved nearly 75 years ago from a Nazi concentration camp has met the family of the man that set her free. Lily Ebert survived the horrors of Auschwitz but lost her mother, brothers and sister in the death camps. Nearly eight decades later, she met the American family of the soldier who […]
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Image copyright Google Image caption The two victims were discovered injured near Crossharbour DLR Station in the Isle of Dogs A man has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death at a Docklands light railway station in London. The 19-year-old died on Friday after the knife attack at Crossharbour DLR station in Poplar, […]
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Image copyright LBT/Family handout/PA Media Image caption Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August An inquest into the death of a London teenager found dead while on holiday in Malaysia is scheduled to begin next month. Nóra Quoirin, 15, whose mother is from Belfast, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort […]
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Eric Dier’s ban means he will miss all but one of Tottenham’s remaining Premier League fixtures Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he wants the fan who abused Eric Dier to return to watch the club once crowds are permitted at stadiums again. Spurs and England midfielder Dier received a four-match ban and £40,000 fine after […]
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