Image copyright PA A woman has won an appeal against a court ruling that would have seen her mentally ill daughter forced to have an abortion. She appealed a decision made last week granting permission for specialists to end the pregnancy. Three Court of Appeal judges in London upheld the appeal, overturning the previous decision. […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson refuses to answer questions about the reported row with his partner Boris Johnson has refused to answer questions about reports of a row between him and his partner in which police were called. Speaking at a Tory Party hustings in Birmingham, Mr Johnson said people […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionClimate change protesters interrupt Chancellor Philip Hammond’s speech Climate change protesters disrupted the beginning of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Mansion House Speech. They were removed from the City of London event after several minutes and Mr Hammond was able to continue soon afterwards. “The irony is that this […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The royal couple have sent their best wishes to the woman, called Irene An elderly woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a road accident involving the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s police escort. Prince William and Kate were travelling from London to Windsor when the woman, […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption The RMT will resume strike action after suspending it in February Rail commuters on some of the country’s busiest routes are facing disruption due to a planned five-day strike over the future of train guards. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) plan to walk out on Tuesday […]
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Image copyright Google Image caption The man died a short while after emergency services got to him A murder investigation has started after a teenager was stabbed to death in south London. The man, believed to be in his late teens, was found in a critical condition by police just before 17:00 BST on Deeside […]
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Image copyright Tanya O’Connell Image caption Tanya O’Connell said the lack of water delayed her taking medication while she recovered at home from an operation Schools have been closed and hospital appointments cancelled due to a burst pipe that has left 100,000 properties in London with little or no water. Thames Water said the fault […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLocal resident: “The whole thing was an inferno”. A barbecue on a balcony could have caused a block of flats to be engulfed by fire, according to its builders. Twenty flats with wooden balconies were destroyed and 10 more damaged in Sunday’s fire in Barking, east London. […]
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Justin Edinburgh, who has died aged 49, managed sides in three Wembley finals Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh has died at the age of 49 – five days after suffering a cardiac arrest. Edinburgh, who guided Orient back into the English Football League in 2018-19, had been taken to hospital on Monday. “We are completely […]
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Image copyright Other Image caption Guests and staff at the hotel were evacuated from the Ramada hotel as a precaution The death of a woman in a north London hotel is being linked to the discovery of heroin, police have said. Staff found the woman, in her 30s, unresponsive at the Ramada on Leisure Way, […]
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