image copyrightMPS Hackney image captionMatt Ratana moved to the UK in 1989 and joined the Met Police two years later Detectives investigating the murder of a police officer in south London have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying a firearm. Sgt Matiu Ratana, from New Zealand, died in hospital on Friday after being shot […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Flowers being laid outside Croydon Custody Centre where a police officer was shot by a man who was being detained in the early hours of Friday A long-serving police officer has been shot dead at Croydon Custody Centre in south London. The male sergeant was shot in the chest […]
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A press conference for Usyk v Chisora took place in March before the bout was postponed Briton Dereck Chisora’s heavyweight bout against unbeaten Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, originally scheduled for May, will take place on 31 October. The venue of the fight is yet to be confirmed and there will be no fans because of new […]
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QPR players took the knee prior to the final nine games last season, but have not done so this campaign Queens Park Rangers director of football Les Ferdinand says the impact of taking a knee “has been diluted”. QPR and Coventry City did not carry out the gesture in support of the Black Lives Matter […]
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Line-ups Leeds 1Meslier 2Ayling 5Koch 6Cooper 15Dallas 23Phillips 20Rodrigo 17Hélder Costa 43Klich 22Harrison 9Bamford Substitutes 7Poveda-Ocampo 10Alioski 11Roberts 21Struijk 25Caprile 44Bogusz 46Shackleton Fulham 1Areola 2Tete 3Hector 4Odoi 23Bryan 29Zambo Anguissa 21Reed 17Cavaleiro 25Onomah 47Kamara 9Mitrovic Substitutes 7Kebano 10Cairney 11Knockaert 12Rodák 13Ream 14De Cordova-Reid 18Lemina LAWRO’S PREDICTION These two promoted teams both lost last weekend. Those […]
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image copyrightDawn Mellor A giant George Michael mural has been unveiled in the area where the late-singer grew up. The artwork is in Kingsbury, north west London, where the Wham! star lived and went to school until his early teens. Featuring scenes from Michael’s 80s music videos, the nine-metre high mural has been installed as […]
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Alex Morgan has more than 15m combined followers on social media Tottenham Hotspur captain Josie Green says the signing of double World Cup winner Alex Morgan will galvanise both Spurs and the Women’s Super League. Morgan has scored 107 goals for USA in 169 international appearances, and is viewed as one of the world’s most […]
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Image copyright Free Nazanin Campaign Image caption Richard Ratcliffe has campaigned for Nazanin’s release for several years Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran, has not been taken to court to face new charges as expected, her husband has said. Iranian state media had said she would be required to face fresh charges four […]
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A mother has been charged with the murder of her five-year-old daughter. Sayagi Sivanantham was discovered with knife wounds at a property on Monarch Parade in Mitcham, south London, at 16:00 BST on 30 June and died in hospital. Her mother, Sutha Sivanantham, was also found with knife injuries. The 35-year-old appeared by video-link at […]
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A man who faced an unprecedented five trials over four years for the shooting of a mother-of-nine and her nephew has been found guilty of murder. Annie Ekofo, 53, and Bervil Ekofo, 21, were killed in their home in East Finchley, north London, in 2016. Obina Ezeoke first went on trial in 2017 but it […]
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