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Gang member stabbed 18-year-old footballer who had trials with Arsenal in gangland postcode feud
Jonathan Abora was 17 when he knifed Israel Ogunsola, who once had trials with Arsenal.
Russian model and Smirnoff vodka heiress hired fake bailiff to burgle oligarch ex’s home
Reality TV star Marinika Smirnova, 34, whose family founded the Smirnoff empire, hired bailiff to seize £2,000 of property from Sergei Windsor's Chelsea home
Orangutan numbers ‘continue to decline – despite Indonesian claims’
The great apes are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, and are classified as "critically endangered"
Police probing fatal stabbing of London teenage college student arrest 17-year-old suspect
Malcolm Mide-Madariola, also 17, was fatally stabbed outside Clapham South tube station in south London
Update: police appeal to find makers of “vile” footage of burning effigy of Grenfell Tower
The video, which has been shared online between groups on Whatsapp, appears to have been taken over the weekend, and shows people laughing as the cardboard 'building' went up in flames.
How did Vote Leave cheat?
Details of how Vote Leave cheated were laid out in full today as the nation comes to grips with the news that one of the campaign's leading donors is to be investigated by the National Crime Agency. Funding from Arron Banks will now be investigated as part of a possible criminal conspiracy that links donations to impermissible sources. It comes after Vote Leave was fined and reported to police by the Electoral Commission for overspending on their campaign to the tune of £675,000....
Former EDL chief Tommy Robinson’s contempt case officially sent to the Attorney General by Old Bailey judge
Judge said he was minded to refer the case but now has done so.
Privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5bn per year plus increased fares
The privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5 billion per year and driven up fares by 20 per cent, according to analysis released to mark the 25th anniversary of the legislation that put British Rail into the hands of the private sector. Commuters have endured a “catastrophic” privatisation of the rail network since 1995, Labour research has concluded, with taxpayers putting billions of pounds into the system at the same time as ticket prices have been driven up...
Air pollution causes more than 500,000 premature deaths in Europe every year
Air pollution is the cause of more than 500,000 premature deaths in Europe every year, fresh figures from the European Environment Agency have revealed. With the majority of Brits now citing air pollution as a daily concern, a study conducted to coincide with the EEA figures found 74 per cent now admit they could do more to lead an environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Londoners are most concerned about the effects of air pollution, followed by those in Edinburgh and Manchester. The study, of...