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A murder investigation has been launched after a young man was found unconscious following a stabbing in Westminster. Officers were called to Abbey Orchard Street in SW1, minutes from Parliament Square, just after 10pm on Friday, March 27. Two men, aged 18 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody.…
The A40 Westway is due to close for more than a month in both directions in order to carry out essential maintenance works from this week, TfL has confirmed. The flyover link road, which typically handles more than 95,000 vehicles a day, will be closed to traffic for a period of five weeks starting this…
A man has been handed a prison sentence after colliding with a group of students, killing a young woman and injuring two others. Christopher Jackson careened into Aalia Mahomed while driving recklessly on the Strand in Aldwych on the morning of March 18 last year. Jackson, 27, had arrived near Bush House, at King’s College…
A primary school kitchen was closed down after staff were spotted placing a freshly baked loaf of bred on mice droppings. Inspectors found evidence of rodent activity ‘throughout’ the kitchen at Ark Atwood Primary Academy in Westbourne, documents obtained by FOI request show. A report said that droppings were also found near canned food in…
Restaurant workers threw chairs and tables during a visit by immigration officers last year, a council committee heard. Al Balad was fined more than £200,000 after immigration officers repeatedly found breaches on at least five separate occasions at the premises on Edgware Road near Paddington. Home Office documents show, that during one enforcement visit last…
Britain’s oldest Indian restaurant could close after the landlord has declined to renew its lease in order to carry out works to the building. Veeraswarmy, which is due to celebrate a centenary on Regent Street next year is facing an uncertain future after the Crown Estate announced plans to refurbish the building. The 100-year old…
A councillor elected for Labour has defected to the Conservatives, citing ‘stagnation, security and Sadiq’ in an attack at the Mayor of London. Paul Fisher, who has represented West End ward since 2022, has crossed the floor leaving Labour on a slender majority of two, with just 28 councillors to the Tories 26. One more…
Police have launched a fresh appeal for a suspect believed to have been involved in the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy in Pimlico. Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir, 16 was ‘hunted down’ and stabbed to death by a gang of men on January 27 2013. Five of his attackers were sentenced to a total…
Three separate protests will take place across central London this weekend, Metropolitan Police has confirmed. A march organised under the banner ‘For the Children’ will start on Park Lane near Wellington Arch at 1pm on Saturday. A separate static demonstration will also take place on Saturday afternoon, Kensington Road, near the Embassy of Israel in…
Police have launched a fresh appeal for the son of an Arab billionaire suspected of raping and murdering a student 17 years ago. Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was discovered dead in the basement of a home on Great Portland Street on March 16 2008 after she was reported missing by friends. A post-mortem examination found…
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