London politics

London politics

More than 4,000 police officers were deployed to the capital to manage a so-called "sterile zone" between a rally organised by far-right figure Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Nelson's Column was surrounded by metal barriers. Police officers from Wales in riot uniforms prevented anyone getting from the National Gallery to Pall Mall and Regent Street. Police vehicles lined The Mall from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace. On the steps above Churchill War Rooms, a two-meter-high metal barrier blocked the road past the Foreign Office towards Whitehall.

The rival marches - the Unite the Kingdom rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian Nakba 78 rally - went ahead relatively peaceably, with 4,000 police officers on duty in an unprecedented policing operation preventing clashes between the rival protests. But 43 people were still arrested in the policing operation, with 20 of those detained affiliated with the Unite the Kingdom protest, and 12 with the Nakba protest. Eight further arrests were not affilliated with either rally, or it hasn't been possible to confirm an affiliation, the Met said.

Two occupants in one vehicle, a man aged in his twenties and a man aged in his thirties, were pronounced deceased at the scene. Their remains have been removed to Letterkenny University Hospital where post-mortem examinations will take place in due course. The Coroner for Donegal has been notified.

Jagger, 82, who has lived on the north bank since the early 1960s, as have bandmates Brian Jones and Keith Richards, said the tower made no sense and was totally wrong on every level. Jagger told the Chelsea Citizen in March that he had lived in this area for a long time and I care about what happens to it. If this goes ahead, it could lead to more tall buildings being built changing this wonderful stretch of the Thames riverside forever.

Officers were called to the junction between Whetstone High Road and Chandos Avenue at around 11.30pm following reports of a collision between a Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai. They attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance. Despite the efforts of paramedics, the front passenger of the Volkswagen, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 20,000 reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the killers involved in a drive-by shooting in south London. Keanu Taylor, 25, was shot at a large social gathering on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton in the early hours of 2 May. He died in hospital two days later. Three others, aged 21, 47 and 70, were taken to hospital with not lifethreatening or lifechanging injuries. No arrests have been made.

Hull officials are now issuing corrected versions of newly distributed restricted-parking permits after a resident noticed the permits misspelled the word "parking," the Hull Police Department announced.

Set against the rolling hills and sprawling estates of the Cotswolds, Rivals proves that country life is anything but quiet. The Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's scandalous novels transports viewers to Rutshire, the fictional English countryside, where television executives, polo players, aristocrats, and social climbers spend as much time seducing each other as they do attending black-tie dinners.

Emergency services rushed to Chalton Street at around 11pm, but despite their efforts, Mr Medhanie was pronounced dead at the scene. Four men, aged 27, 32, 30 and 27, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in relation to the death of Mr Medhanie on March 28. The arrests follow a series of dawn raids carried out by officers at seven addresses in Camden, Islington, Enfield, Brentford and Brent on May 12.

Durham regional council won't make a decision on a roughly $1.1-billion 10-year plan for the region's police service until after the municipal election in October. The strategy, created by the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) and regional staff, calls for more funding for the service through a series of property tax hikes over the next decade. The increases could push the region's total property tax increase above 10 per cent in 2027.

Six teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been arrested after a stabbing in Flemingdon Park on Sunday, police said. They said the victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Toronto police said in a news released Wednesday that the suspects got into a fight with the victim and their friends early on Sunday.

Led by pub mogul and family patriarch Charlie, the family have amassed a catalogue of some of Ireland's biggest public houses. The family business currently includes top pubs such as Searsons of Baggot Street, The Bank on College Green, The Old Orchard in Rathfarnham and, of course, the Goat Inn. It employs hundreds of people.

Investor Mel Sutcliffe's asset vehicle Goldstein attempted to 'weaponise' the threat of hefty legal costs, in an attempt to intimidate an auctioneer to stop acting for receivers selling one of its valuable Dublin properties, a High Court judge said.

Many rural pubs are facing an "existential threat" from mounting bills as a growing number are forced to close their doors, it has been claimed.

He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation. He had heard about my work to establish Stonewall-a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating UK lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.