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Hunt for thug who knocked out McDonald’s customer following row in queue at London railway station
The horrific attack happened at Victoria railway station in London
Boy 16, charged with the murder of 15-year-old stabbing victim Michael Irving
The victim was one of SIX teenagers knifed to death in London in just 25 days
Robert Mugabe, one of the most ruthless tyrants of modern times, dies aged 95
Robert Mugabe, former prime minister and president of Zimbabwe whose rule was mired in human rights abuses and corruption, has died aged 95.
#PleaseLeaveMyTown top Twitter trend after Boris Johnson getting told to leave Yorkshire goes viral
The viral exchange rounded off another torrid day for Mr Johnson as his brother quit the Government, he was accused of using police officers in a “political stunt”, and his Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg was criticised by England’s chief medical officer.
Police call for Boris Johnson to apologise for ‘inappropriate’ use of officers as a stunt
A young policewoman became unwell after having to stand in the sun while Boris Johnson spoke and fielded awkward questions.
Boy, 15, is London teen murder victim No 20 this year
Police say Perry Brammer died in hospital six days after being found with multiple knife wounds on the Broadwater Estate in Tottenham, north London, last Friday morning
Record number of right-wing extremists in custody as Islamic terror total drops
There were 266 arrests for suspected terrorism-related activity in the last year.
Call for clampdown on antibiotics spewing into River Thames to halt superbug surge
Experts urged authorities to act to cut the flow antibiotics spilling into the river by up to 80 per cent to stop the superbugs flourishing
Purple haze of heather-rich hills hit by climate change, National Trust warns
Last year’s heatwave and drought and warmer winters mean ‘there will be no mass flowering this year’ at two landscapes in the trust’s care.