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P olice have launched a corporate manslaughter probe into the crowd crush at the O2 Academy Brixton as it emerged one victim's young sons are asking: Where's mummy?Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, were fatally injured when ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Asake in December.

The driver in the Croydon tram disaster has apologised to the families of the victims, saying: I'm sorry that I became disorientated.Alfred Dorris, 49, was allegedly going three times the speed he was supposed to be doing before his tram derailed on a sharp curve at Sandilands in south London, killing seven passengers and seriously injuring 19 more.

The Croydon tram disaster driver may have had a micro-sleep when he drove at more than three times the speed limit and derailed, killing seven passengers, a court has heard.Alfred Dorris, 49, is on trial at the Old Bailey over the crash at Sandilands in south London on November 9 2016 in which 19 more people were seriously injured.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A white man and a 10-year-old child are among the gang of people who have been arrested following a brutal racist attack on a Black schoolgirl in Surrey.Surrey Police launched an investigation into the serious racially aggravated assault after the girl was attacked near Thomas Knyvett College, in Ashford, on Monday.

A lot of items have been lost on TfL services.(Image: Canva) New research has found that from 2022 to 2014, more than 250 sex toys were left on public transport.Although most were left unclaimed destined to collect dust, some did return to claim their lost property with 22 reclaimed.The exciting information comes following a freedom of information request from The Sun to Transport for London (TfL).

Dartford man charged after police find knife, cash and phones in stolen car (Image: Met Police) A man from Dartford has been arrested and charged with five offences including vehicle and knife crimes.At 3.40pm on Tuesday (March 21), police spotted a suspected stolen Ford Eco Sport in Princes Road.Officers asked the driver to stop but they failed to do so.

A true hidden marvel of London runs under the Thames next to Tower Bridge, a very early railway tunnel, that's hardly ever been photographed or filmed.Until now that is.The Tower Subway is a tunnel dug under the Thames in 1869/70 just to the west of the Tower of London, and was initially intended to be a railway tunnel linking either side of the river.

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track.The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 6/2/23 featuring funding details for Deep Sentinel, Measurable, Pixxel, and fifteen\ other deals representing $772M in new funding that you need to know about.

A 21-year-old terrorist has admitted plotting a gun attack in London's Hyde Park.Edward Little planned to buy a gun to kill a Christian preacher and her camera crew at Speakers' Corner as well as any police or soldiers in the area at the time, it was alleged.He was on his way into London in a taxi with thousands of pounds in cash when he was stopped and arrested last September 23.

A disgraced police officer and her boyfriend have been jailed for selling sick and dying kittens in a twisted 280,000 scam.Former British Transport Police officer Amy Byrne, 30, and her partner Harry Angell, 31, bought and bred kittens to sell from just 50 to in excess of 1,500.But when customers received their new pets many found they were malnourished, ill and covered in their own urine or faeces.

T he family of a young father vowed never to give up their justice fight as three people who disposed of his body in a bin shed were jailed - but no one convicted of his murder.Justin Bello's alleged killer fled the UK four days after the 38-year-old was choked to death, stripped and unceremoniously dumped in Wembley, north west London.

Two teenagers who murdered a 16-year-old in cold blood in a case of mistaken identity in west London stabbed him 15 times while he was defenceless on the floor, police have said.Vanushan Balakrishnan and Ilyas Suleiman, who are both aged 18 and are from Waylands and St Jeromes Grove in Hillington respectively, were found guilty on Monday of murdering 16-year-old Rishmeet Singh.

A police raid on the Hackney premises of architecture and arts charity Antepavilion in 2021 was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.The Metropolitan Police, whose Territorial Support Group carried out the raid, has now been ordered to pay compensation to Antepavilion for damage caused by the forced entry.

A Minister of State at the Department of Communications has said there is "more than one risky app out there" but said Government advice for official mobile phones does not name specific companies.hinese-owned TikTok has come under fire in the US, Europe and Asia, where a growing number of governments have banned the app from devices used for official business over worries it poses risks to cybersecurity and data privacy or could be used to push pro-Beijing narratives and misinformation.

Content is evolving by leaps and bounds by the second.From blogging being a relatively new commodity 15 years ago to Tik Tok being instrumental to the surge of videos, how content creators and digital marketers keep up with the growing demand of visual storytelling can't be overstated.On today's episode of Startups On Demand, I am joined by Hillel Fuld , Global Speaker, Tech Columnist, and Startup Marketing Advisor.

Today Kyocera has announced that it's officially leaving the consumer mobile phone business, after a struggling period in which the company amassed a JPY 2.27 billion ($16.6 million) loss this February.In other news, it looks like Kyocera was still making phones - even though you, like us, may not have heard of any in the past few months (or years).

Steve Averill, who helped shape U2's visual identity, has reminded us in his podcast series of the importance of art in music.Here are 10 of the best designers and some of their finest creations
Now, Averill tells the story of his work with U2 in a fascinating podcast series, U2-Y.Taking the form of an 'anything goes' conversation with his musician son, Gareth, it's a must-listen for anyone with a love of design and a fascination with Ireland's most famous band.

A man has appeared in court over a series of incidents relating to the so-called Somerset Gimp'.Joshua Hunt, 31, is accused of two counts of affray and one count each of possession of a bladed article and committing an act of outraging public decency.One of the affray charges and the possession of a bladed article charge relates to an incident in Bleadon, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on 9 May.

Greenwich mobile phone thefts reported to police (Image: PA) Mobile phone thefts are rife in London and we all know someone who has had theirs snatched at some point while being here.According to police, criminals often use bikes and mopeds to snatch mobile phones from people, particularly at busy locations such as outside stations, shopping centres or concert venues.

The mobile phones reported stolen in Bexley since 2018 as numbers decrease (Image: PA) Mobile phone thefts are rife in London and we all know someone who has had theirs snatched at some point while being here.According to police, criminals often use bikes and mopeds to snatch mobile phones from people, particularly at busy locations such as outside stations, shopping centres or concert venues.

The British parliament is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from all parliamentary devices and the wider parliamentary network, citing the need for cybersecurity.A parliament spokesperson said: Following the government's decision to ban TikTok from government devices, the commissions of both the House of Commons and Lords have decided that TikTok will be blocked from all parliamentary devices and the wider parliamentary network.

Food security and air quality in the UK are being put at risk by outdated IT systems at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a parliamentary committee has found.MPs have said the situation cannot continue as officials are having to use paper forms rather than digital systems to track fast-moving animal disease and keep food, air and water safe.

Story by The UK's competition watchdog has launched a review of the artificial intelligence market, in an effort to weigh up the potential opportunities and risks of a technology Bill Gates dubs as " revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet."The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) it would investigate the systems underpinning tools such as ChatGPT in order to evaluate the competition rules and consumer protections that may be required.

A new report has raised concerns over the disparity in internet access between women and men in low-income countries.Nine out of 10 young women and teenage girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to the internet, a UNICEF report published on Wednesday says.The wide disparity in internet access poses a serious risk that women will be left behind economically in an increasingly digitally connected world, the report from UNICEF stated.

Members of the public were removed from Holyrood's public gallery as First Minister Humza Yousaf took questions from opposition leaders for the first time.Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone acted after climate change protesters disrupted proceedings on five occasions on Thursday, forcing business to be suspended each time.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Metropolitan Police say they made more than 200 arrests and seized over one million pounds worth of drugs during a week-long crackdown on county lines gangs in London.

A 15-year-old boy has been detained for life for the senseless murder of a shopper after a row in a Redditch supermarket toilet, having travelled to the Worcestershire town planning to rob and deal drugs.The youngster was convicted of the killing following a trial last month, where a jury heard how 53-year-old Ian Kirwan was knifed in the heart by the boy then aged 14 acting as a part of a masked gang which terrorised members of the public.

Theatre workers are suffering from increased anti-social behaviour from audiences, ranging from sexual harassment to physical assaults, new research suggests.A survey among 1,500 members of theatre union Bectu indicated that incidents have become more extreme following the pandemic.Most of those surveyed, mainly working in front of house, hospitality, box office, stage door, sound and lighting, reported having directly experienced or witnessed poor audience behaviour.

The proportion of people struggling to get their finances on track remains concerningly high, according to Which?The consumer group said January tends to be a month when people are particularly grappling with their debts, as bills from Christmas pile up.But this year the numbers struggling have remained high in February and March, according to the Which?

One of the UK's most wanted tax fugitives who was jailed for eight years has had her sentence more than doubled after failing to pay back the millions she stole.Former private school girl Sarah Panitzke, 48, now faces 17 years in prison and will still owe 2.4 million plus interest for her part in the massive VAT fraud.

Russian long-range strikes have killed at least 10 civilians and hurt 20 others in several areas of Ukraine, Ukraine's presidential office said.t comes as a senior Moscow official said the Kremlin's forces are prepared for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive in the coming weeks.Five people died in Kostiantynivka, a town in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province, when a Russian missile hit an aid station.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Mounted police have chased down a driver using his phone at the wheel amid a nationwide clampdown to reduce the number of people using a device while driving.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A teenage boy was killed outside his school gates by two youths who were lying in wait for him wearing balaclavas and carrying knives, prosecutors have told a jury.

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Monitors are a problem.We need them for our daily work, and here at Creative Bloq we often review the latest screens designed for creatives.But historically they've been one of the worst offenders when it comes to unsustainable e-waste.Progress is being made to recycle more components from computers and peripherals, but the small circuit boards in LCD monitors usually contain burnt-in chemicals, including lead and mercury.

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The Finnish telecoms firm sold its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014, though Nokia-branded phones are still sold by HMD Global.If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.See our ethics statement.Finnish telecoms firm Nokia has redesigned its logo to remind the world that it doesn't make mobile phones anymore.

It's a sad day for Snake fans.Nokia has announced the change of a logo that has been used across its products since the 1980s.The logo refresh is part of a complete rebrand from design consultancy Lippincott which seeks to reflect Nokia's heritage "as the inventor of essential technologies, while giving it a fresh, contemporary, dynamic feel", Lippincott states.

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getty It's a shame to confess, but my vanity plate is mine.Be careful what you think.It was included with your vehicle.I love it, actually - it's fun to talk to people about how I ended up with the custom plate and bought the car in the first place.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Former detectives have shared eight key areas they think police should be investigating in order to gain insights into Nicola Bulley's disappearance.The search for the mother-of-two has entered its third week and despite combing the village of St Michael's on Wyre, opening more than 500 lines of inquiry and looking all the way to Morecambe Bay, police are still at a loss as to what happened to Ms Bulley.

T wo men have been jailed after a 28-year-old was stabbed to death outside his home in Newham.Rayhan Yasin Ali, 20, and Junaid Sulaiman, 22, were found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter following a trial at the Old Bailey in July.The court heard how Ali and Sulaiman met on the December 29, 2020, with the intention of meeting 28-year-old Abiola Akerele at his home in Stondon Walk, East Ham.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A prison officer who was caught smuggling class A drugs into a top security jail has been sentenced to more than six years behind bars.Heather McKenzie, 31, secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Rishi Sunak is resisting calls to ban Government officials from using TikTok.It comes amid renewed concerns from some Tory MPs about the use of the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app by government and parliamentary staff following the European Commission decision to suspend the use of TikTok on devices issued to staff or personal devices that staff use for work.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A murder investigation has been launched in Greenock after a man was shot in what police described as a targeted attack.Neil Canney, 37, was seriously wounded on the doorstep at his home on Nairn Road in the Inverclyde town at around 1.15am on Tuesday February 28.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a preliminary report in relation to a mid-air crash between two sightseeing helicopters on the Gold Coast which resulted in the death of a British couple.Diane and Ron Hughes, from Neston, Cheshire, died in the collision at around 2pm local time 4am GMT on Monday January 2 in Main Beach, not far from Sea World in the state of Queensland.

A parasitic fraudster has been found guilty of killing a vulnerable older woman and hiding her body in a graveyard in a plot to plunder her money.Serkan Kaygusuz, 42, conned and cajoled 70-year-old Norma Girolami out of her wealth after flirting with her in the hot tub of swimming baths in Archway, north London, in 2017.

A pigeon fancier's drug dealing operation was busted by police after his love of birds gave away the location of his loft.Stephen Gildea, 37, was caught after police tracked down his home after he shared pictures of his bird loft to gang members on an encrypted messaging service.He was jailed for 11 years and three months at Liverpool Crown Court on 7 February after he admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin.

OREO is kicking off the year with some out-of-this-world news.Today, the brand introduces a new limited-edition cookie, The Most OREO OREO, unveils the OREOVERSE - an interactive, digital world where OREO fans can play and explore - and invites none other than Martha Stewart to navigate the virtual world.

Two more teenagers, who each face a second-degree murder charge in connection with what police have called a "swarming" attack on Ken Lee in Toronto, were granted bail Friday.Lee, a 59-year-old Toronto man, was pronounced dead in hospital after he was allegedly beaten and stabbed by a group of girls not far from a downtown shelter in the early morning hours of Dec. 18, 2022.

A police raid on an east London arts space where four people were arrested has been deemed unlawful by the High Court.In June 25, 2021, police officers raided the Antepavilion arts exhibition space in Hackney.After entering the Columbia Wharf complex, police officers arrested four people and seized tools, materials, documents and mobile phones.

Grime star Dizzee Rascal has told a court that he did not assault his ex-fiancee and that she attacked him with a mobile phone.The musician, 38, whose real name is Dylan Mills, was giving evidence at Inner London Crown Court during an appeal against his conviction for assaulting Cassandra Jones on June 8 2021.

European Union lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on a candidate to replace a disgraced former parliament vice president, after a key suspect in the cash-for-influence corruption scandal rocking the assembly made a plea bargain with prosecutors, raising the prospect that more names might surface.Former parliament vice president Eva Kaili was removed from her post after she was taken into custody early last month facing charges of corruption, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization.

Paramilitaries imprisoned for domestic crimes in Northern Ireland are using their associates to continue to stalk and intimidate former partners while they are in jail, MPs have been told.A Westminster committee heard that abuse victims find it more difficult to escape the coercive influence of their abuser, or report them to the police, when paramilitarism is involved.