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<p>Adele performs at BST Hyde Park in London</p>
Showbiz

Adele dazzles at sunset concert for BST Hyde Park

Adele wows a crowd of thousands as she belts out ballads in the first of two home concerts

Jul 1, 2022
World

Day visitors to Venice to pay fee or face €300 fine under new scheme

Tourists who choose not to stay overnight will have to sign up online for the day and be subject to a fee ranging from €3 to €10

Jul 1, 2022
UK

Special sick pay for NHS staff with Covid to be scrapped

Special pay arrangements were offered to staff who were off work sick with either Covid or long Covid during the height of the pandemic

Jul 1, 2022
London

Monkeypox cases in London rise to 692 as Pride goers issued warning

Before attending any events or parties, people are being advised to check for blister-like spots and rashes

Jul 1, 2022
Crime

Met officer who ‘turned blind eye’ to husband’s shoebox of £10k sacked

Police who searched the home of constable Inga Gherghel found a shoebox stuffed with £10,000 in cash along with a police vest that hadn’t been issued to her

Jun 30, 2022
World

10 arrested after deadly migrant boat sinking in Channel

French police are holding 10 people suspected to be involved in the November 2021 English Channel drowning, a judicial source claims

Jun 30, 2022
World

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first black woman on US Supreme Court

Justice Jackson, 51, has become part of the liberal bloc of the conservative-dominated court

Jun 30, 2022
UK

Barristers to continue strikes, claim 15% pay offer is ‘nothing new’

The Criminal Bar Association says it will take years - late 2023 or 2024 - for any new payments on new instructions to land

Jun 30, 2022
UK

Airlines asked to cancel 30 flights at Heathrow Airport on Thursday

The airport said it will work with airlines to rebook affected passengers onto other flights later in the day

Jun 29, 2022
World

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking

Prosecutors said the singer demonstrated a “callous disregard” for his victims and showed no remorse

Jun 29, 2022
London

Two arrested after fatal stabbing of Karamjeet Singh Reel in Hounslow

The 32-year-old and 23-year-old men are both from Ealing, the Met Police said

Jun 29, 2022
World

WHO boss calls US abortion ruling a ‘setback’ that will ‘cost lives’

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the ruling has a ‘major impact’ on women from the poorest communities

Jun 29, 2022
World

R Kelly called ‘pied piper’ who lured children by victim at sentencing

Powerful victim impact statements were read at the R&B; singer’s sentencing in New York on Wednesday

Jun 29, 2022
UK

Watch: Stephen Fry urges people to back Extinction Rebellion

The actor and comedian threw his support behind the protest group in a video posted to YouTube

Jun 29, 2022
World

Nato invites Sweden and Finland to join alliance in historic shift

NATO said the accession of the two Nordic nations will make them safe, NATO stronger and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure

Jun 29, 2022
World

Finland and Sweden set to join Nato after Turkey drops objection

A memorandum was signed ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid confirming Turkey will support the invitation of Finland and Sweden to become members

Jun 29, 2022
UK

Dame Deborah James dies aged 40 following battle with cancer

Tributes are paid to bowelbabe campaigner who touched the nation and raised millions for cancer research

Jun 29, 2022
World

Maxwell jailed for 20 years for sex trafficking Epstein victims

The disgraced socialite apologised to the women and says she hopes her sentencing will allow them ‘peace and finality’

Jun 29, 2022
World

Ghislaine Maxwell victims address court

Women read emotional victim impact statements at the sentencing of Ghislaine Maxwell

Jun 28, 2022