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Rough sleeping in London increases by almost a third
The number of people found sleeping rough in London has increased by 31 per cent on the same period last year, according to the latest figures. GLA’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) quarterly report has revealed a total of 3,217 people were spotted between January and March 2019. Of these, 1,558 people were sleeping rough for the first time – 55 per cent higher than the 1,008 found a year earlier. But more than eight in 10 of the...
County cricketer who raped woman has been jailed for five years
Alex Hepburn, 23, attacked the woman after she had consensual sex with cricketer and ex-England Lions player Joe Clarke
“Evasive” Theresa May dodged almost 75% of questions during 2017 General Election campaign
Theresa May dodged almost 75 per cent of questions in broadcast interviews during the 2017 General Election campaign, researchers have claimed. May scooped the mantle for the most evasive Tory leader in decades after a team from the University of York found she answered just 27 per cent of questions in four broadcast interviews. This was similar to the figure from two interviews Mrs May conducted just after she became prime minister in 2016. By contrast, her predecessor David Cameron...
Drunk woman who had sex with 14-year-old at party is cleared of abuse
Kimberley Abell, 33, told jurors she believed the schoolboy was 18 when she seduced him
Police revealed they are hunting suspected double rapist Joseph McCann on suspicion of THIRD attack
McCann is the prime suspect in a kidnapping and rape on April 21, as well as two more horror kidnappings and rapes four days later.
Suspects caught on CCTV appearing to celebrate shocking knife attack
Two men, both aged 24, were attacked in the early hours of Sunday (28/4) in Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham
“Michael has missed a moment” – Extinction Rebellion share disappointment after meeting with Gove
Extinction Rebellion has shared its disappointment following a planned meeting with Michael Gove, saying it was "less shit” than they thought it would be, “but only mildly”. The activist group say the Environment Secretary has “missed a moment” after he failed to promise concrete action to tackle climate change, despite admitting that the UK is not a world leader on climate. Clare Farrell of Extinction Rebellion said: “It was less shit than I thought it would be, but only mildly....
Property millionaire denies charges over burning Grenfell Tower model in ‘joke’ video
Paul Bussetti, 46, is accused of sending the video which went viral on WhatsApp and uploading it to YouTube
Police hunting “extremely dangerous” man over abduction and rape of two women
Joseph McCann, 32, is being hunted by cops after two women, both in their 20s, were grabbed off the street and bundled into a people carrier in separate attacks on the same day.