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Andrew Akingbaje, 23, of Brixton, has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm over the attack in Clapham.

Tudor Simionov, 33, was stabbed to death in the early hours of New Year's Day on posh Park Lane in central London

Leading economists have warned Brexit will be either ‘bad or awful’ for UK prospects in 2019 with damage likely to be inflicted even if Britain manages to avoid a disorderly Brexit. The UK can expect no more than 1.5 per cent economic growth over the next year in the best case scenario, according to a Financial Times survey. Nina Skero, head of macroeconomics at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, said that whatever its long-term effects, “in 2019, Brexit...

UK companies in the manufacturing and service sector have indicated that they are struggling to recruit skilled staff because of uncertainty around Britain's future with the European Union.  Brexit has been blamed as 81 per cent of manufacturers and 70 per cent of service sector firms report difficulties recruiting the right skilled staff for their organisations. At the same time they are being hit with rising costs and a reduction in sales. This perfect storm could send many businesses to...

“Currently if people come here and claim asylum and it is found they claimed asylum in another EU country they can be returned to that EU country. If we are out of the Dublin Agreement we would be out of that.”

We're just two days into the year - also 'Veganuary' as animal product avoiders like to call this month - and Greggs bakers have caused a social media storm. By announcing a vegan sausage roll. In perhaps the news of the year for plant-eaters, and anyone else concerned by the World Health Organisation's recent warnings about processed red meats, Greggs are rolling out the vegan treat with pastry made with vegetable oils and a “bespoke Quorn filling” in 950 high street...

At its height, at least 15,000 people a day - probably more - were being killed in three notorious Polish death camps, suggests the study

They reduce the need for dumping thousands of tonnes of dredged sand on eroded coastlines which is expensive - and wipes out organisms living between the grains.

Tudor Simionov, 33, suffered fatal knife wounds in the early hours of New Year's Day on Park Lane, central London