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Murder probe launched as man, 35, dies in double stabbing in east London

Victim found fatally wounded in garden in Pankhurst Avenue, Silvertown

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No10 hits back as JD Vance blames Henry Nowak's murder on 'mass invasion of migrants'

The US politician claimed Mr Nowak would be alive if European elites had resisted ‘the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants’.

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British PM criticizes Vance over comments about UK teen's stabbing death

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office has condemned comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who blames immigration for the death of a university student

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Trump’s legal team object to revealing financial records in BBC defamation case

The broadcaster’s lawyers dismissed claims of a ‘fishing expedition’, saying the details are needed to assess the president’s claim.

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New Green Mayor of London borough hikes own salary by almost £5,000 despite vowing to cut pay before election

Lewisham Mayor Liam Shrivastava vowed to take a 20% pay cut but instead hiked his wage by £4,832 and said 20% would be donated to ‘food justice initiatives’

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Two men convicted of wounding journalist in London ‘on orders of Iran’

Pouria Zeraati of Iran International TV was stabbed three times outside his London home in attempt to ‘silence’ himTwo men have been found guilty of involvement in a targeted knife attack on an Iranian journalist in London said to have been carried out on behalf of the regime in Tehran.Pouria Ze...

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Cyclist 'fighting for life' after crash in East Dulwich

Air Ambulance dispatched to scene after collision involving car and bike in Dog Kennel Hill in south London

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JD Vance blames ‘invasion’ of migrants for Henry Nowak murder

US vice president JD Vance said the murder of Henry Nowak was ‘as tragic as it is enraging’.

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Innocent man who served 17 years ‘insulted’ as real rapist could be out in 14

Andrew Malkinson said he was left to ‘rot’ behind bars by the real culprit Paul Quinn who was jailed on Friday.

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London Green Party by-election candidate apologises for 'rapey Indians' post

Esther Lie said of the now-deleted post from 2013: ‘It is clearly inappropriate and I apologise’

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Sir Jeremy Hanley obituary

Popular and cheerful party chair under John Major whose career fell victim to vicious infighting over EuropeThe once promising political career of Jeremy Hanley, a cabinet minister in his role as chair of the Tory party, who has died aged 80, fell victim to the vicious Conservative infighting over E...

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Jon Snow reveals he has been privately battling Alzheimer's for years as former Channel 4 news anchor announces diagnosis

Veteran journalist will discuss the reality of living with the condition, the most common form of dementia, in new documentary

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Cooper condemns ‘desperate’ Russian sanctions on UK schoolboy and journalists

Britons including Alexander Browder and The i Paper journalist Richard Holmes have been banned from entering Russia.

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Prince of Wales attends 125th anniversary of naval base’s submarine service

He later met with service families at a community centre in the neighbouring town of Helensburgh.

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People of Aberdeen have asked me to save ‘dying’ city, says Badenoch

Voters in the Aberdeen South Westminster seat will go to the polls for a by-election on June 18.

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Social media driving increase in weapon-carrying among teens – senior officer

The comments came after two teenagers were convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of murdering of 16-year-old Kayden Moy on Irvine beach last year.

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Space station astronauts stood ready to evacuate during air leak repairs

Nasa told five members to take refuge in a docked spacecraft in case they needed to escape quickly from the orbiting laboratory.

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Antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes surge in London in Met-recorded data

Barnet accounted for nearly a third of antisemitic hate recorded by the Met in May

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Nottingham attacks have parallels to Henry Nowak case, mother says

The inquiry into the Nottingham attacks heard from its final witness on Friday.

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Stars remember ‘incredible’ and ‘inspiring’ Mobo Awards founder Kanya King

King died peacefully on June 3 aged 57, following a ‘courageous’ battle with colon cancer.