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Female British tourist, 34, ‘stabbed to death in hotel corridor’ at Portugal holiday hotspot
A woman, 34, was stabbed to death in Albufeira, Portugal, pictured (Picture: Shutterstock/maudanros) A 34-year-old British woman has been stabbed to death at a luxury hotel in Portugal, with a fellow Brit arrested on suspicion of murder. The woman was allegedly attacked by the man multi...
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Jay-Z appears at Trafalgar Square pop-up ahead of 30th anniversary tour
The rapper will perform at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 4 and 5 as part of his Jay-Z 30 tour
London bus strikes postponed after ‘significantly improved offer’
Bus drivers working for Arriva North London will no longer walk out this weekend following the improved offer
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James Cleverly: 'We can win big' against Sadiq Khan in London mayor election with classic Tories policies
Exclusive: ‘Personal attributes are at least as important as party affiliations, that's how you win London,’ the former Home Secretary tells The Standard
Boys under spell of the manosphere are refusing to mix with girls in class
Nearly two-thirds of young men watch so-called ‘masculinity’ influencers, according to The Children’s Society (Picture: Shutterstock/Body Stock) The manosphere is driving a surge in misogyny in schools, with teenage boys refusing to acknowledge female teachers or even mix with girl...
Cancer charity worker who stole £92k to pay for wedding and honeymoon jailed
Tameem Choudhury has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering
Milo Yiannopoulos ‘humiliated’ and put in shackles during deportation from US
Milo Yiannopoulos said he is ‘ashamed’ of supporting Trump (Picture: Reuters) A far-right Donald Trump supporter who was deported from the US has said he didn’t understand how ‘brutal’ America was until he was arrested. Right-wing Donald Trump supporter Milo Yiannopoulos was d...
Girl, two, drowned in parents’ garden pond on Christmas Day after disappearing for just ‘minutes’
No one saw her go outside and it was not known which of the three sets of doors Isobel had walked out of.
Rainbow-coloured ‘forgotten’ Poldark sea cave lost forever in cliff fall
A rock slide happened overnight and was noticed by locals (Picture: Shutterstock) A rainbow-coloured sea cave that was believed to have special healing powers and featured in Poldark has collapsed. The multicoloured grotto was once one of Britain’s most mysterious sites and attracted ...
Trump’s ‘Lake America’ announcement gives new life to old map website
The navigation service has refused to change the name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'.
Hundreds injured in stone-throwing festival fiasco
Locals gathered outside Maa Barahi Devi Temple in Uttarakhand for the Bagwal Mela, armed with rocks, sticks and shields.
‘Justice for HeeHaw’ – police shoot and kill baby donkey after it brayed at officer
'He was shot and killed in his own pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger.'
The minutes after Burnham’s first speech showed how different he is to Starmer
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Fraudster forced man to live in dirty shed and called him his ‘scrapyard dog’
The man was forced to stay in disgusting living quarters (Picture: BPM Media) A fraudster forced a man living in his dirty shed – who he allegedly referred to as his ‘scrapyard dog’ – into manual labour and paid him just £20 a day. James Dean Harrison, 51, stole money from the ...
Baby girl was stabbed to death in Sheffield home, police reveal
Paramedics rushed to the scene in a block of flats in Hollywell Heights, Sheffield
Russia behind ‘hybrid warfare’ drone attack on German airport
A drone rigged with explosives and an ‘unknown substance’ was found near a Ukrainian plane (Picture: Getty) Germany has found that Russia was behind an airport drone attack last month in Leipzig and has taken action against the country. A drone rigged with explosives and an ‘unkno...
Notting Hill Carnival clean-up sees 300 tonnes of rubbish cleared from streets after two million party in west London
Around 200 staff worked through the night on Sunday and Monday to clear waste left across the Carnival footprint
Major franchise to close more than 60 restaurants and pubs this week – full list
Fans have shared their disappointment about the closures. (Picture: TripAdvisor) More than 60 restaurants and bars are closing this week as Premier Inn owner Whitbread confirms more shutdowns. Back in July, Whitbread announced that 200 Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants would close...
Death toll from Nepal floods tops 1,000 as rescue squads pull 118 more survivors from rubble
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