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Thousands of people are taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest in London for the second consecutive weekend. The Met Police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which was due to end in a rally near Downing Street, as of 14:00 BST. Smaller demos have taken place in Birmingham, Cardiff and Salford. It comes as the first aid ...

Murder detectives are asking for the public’s help in solving a cold case after the corpse of a man was discovered in a derelict pub freezer nearly ten years after he vanished. Roy Bigg, who could only be identified through dental records, was around 70 when he disappeared in February 2012, police believe. His body was found “wrapped in cling ...

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party suffered two damaging by-election defeats to Labour on Friday, boding ill for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party’s chances at the next general election. The elections were in traditionally safe Tory seats, but Labour managed to overturn huge majorities in both on a notable evening for the opposition party, AFP reports. Labour had played down ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday said that “Hamas are the new Nazis” and urged continuous support from UK PM Rishi Sunak in their “long war” against Hamas. In a joint statement with Sunak, who arrived in Tel Aviv earlier today, Netanyahu said, “…this is a long war and we’ll need your continuous support. There’ll be ups and downs and ...

Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel, commencing a two-day trip to the wider region amid growing concerns the conflict with Hamas could escalate. The prime minister will hold a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, before travelling to a number of other regional capitals in a diplomatic bid to prevent fighting from spiralling. Downing Street ...

LONDON, 18 OCTOBER : British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday that the government still expected inflation to “keep falling this year,” after September data showed annual consumer price inflation was unchanged from August’s 18-month low. “As we have seen across other G7 countries, inflation rarely falls in a straight line, but if we stick to our plan then ...

LONDON, Oct 18 : Climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged by British police on Wednesday after she and others were arrested at a protest outside a London hotel where an oil and gas conference was taking place. Thunberg was charged with a public order offence for failing to comply with conditions that police said had been imposed to prevent “serious ...

UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan speaks at a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) regional conference in Bangkok on the Rohingya crisis on Tuesday The UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, on Tuesday announced further UK funding of £4.5 million to provide vital humanitarian services to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh. She made the announcement at a ...

Winners of the annual Black British Business Awards (BBBA) were announced at a glitzy central London ceremony. The awards, held at the InterContinental London Park Lane, saw winners including a Netflix marketing executive, an Extreme E-racing engineer and a leading fashion creative for ASOS. The BBBA’s celebrate black excellence in expansive industries including business, arts, media, STEM and finance, with ...

The Conservatives expect to lose half their vote share at two upcoming parliamentary by-elections this month, a leaked internal memo suggests. The document, written for the Tory Party chairman Greg Hands, cites canvassing data from canvassing in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire – which are selecting a new MP on 19 October. It predicts the Tories would win between 28 per ...