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A woman fleeing a burning hotel feared for her life as she crawled through through thick, black smoke, an inquiry has heard. Pauline Booth, 52, and her husband, Scott, escaped the blaze at the five-star Cameron House Hotel in December 2017. The inferno claimed the lives of Simon Midgley, 32, and his partner, Richard Dyson, 38, from London. A Fatal Accident Inquiry into the fire at the hotel on the […]

A plumber has been found guilty of murdering a Deliveroo driver in a road rage attack captured on shocking CCTV footage. Nathan Smith, 28, swung out with a knife and stabbed part-time delivery driver Takieddine Boudhane, 30, on the evening of January 3, 2020 following a minor road incident. Smith in a white VW Caddy van and moped rider Mr Boudhane had made a right turn in Finsbury Park, north […]

Some of England’s European Championship winners are set to return to competitive action this week as Manchester City play in the Champions League first qualifying round in Madrid, but Ellen White will not be involved. City take on Khazakh side Tomiris-Turan in the Spanish capital on Thursday, with the winners then facing either Real Madrid or Sturm Graz on Sunday. Seven City players were part of England’s triumphant squad at […]

The Minister for Housing said families and business-owners affected by floods have suffered “a lot of trauma” after torrential rain hammered parts of Wexford. Dozens of homes and businesses sustained damage after more than 40mm of rain fell in an hour in New Ross on Monday. The freak weather also saw heavy hailstones and rainfall damaging premises and flood water entering businesses and homes. A major clean-up operation is now […]

A man is in a serious condition in hospital and two other people were injured after they were shot in north-west London. Police including armed officers were called to Dog Lane in Brent just after 7pm on Monday. A 17-year-old boy suffered non-life changing injuries, a 21-year-old man has a potentially life-changing injury and the third victim, thought to be in his early 20s, is in a serious but stable […]

Joachim Andersen has been bombarded by death threats and a torrent of abuse online following Crystal Palace’s 1-1 draw at Liverpool. The Eagles defender was headbutted by Darwin Nunez, who was red-carded by referee Paul Tierney and now faces a three-match ban for violent conduct. Andersen was booked in the same incident, but took to Instagram to share what he said was a sample of hundreds of abusive messages he […]

Heavy rain and thunderstorms could cause “dangerous” flooding in both cities and rural areas, but will not end the drought, experts have warned. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for most of the UK on Monday and Tuesday as conditions could cause flash flooding, transport disruption and power cuts. The weather warning will stay in place for southern England on Wednesday, where communities could be cut off […]

Three gangsters have been found guilty of murdering one of their own, nicknamed Billy the Kid, in what is believed to be a legal first. Billy McCullagh, 27, was killed by gang rivals when his side’s revenge ride-out ended in “crushing defeat”, the Old Bailey heard. He was shot twice in the back amid a hail of bullets and died in a street on the Stonebridge Estate in Harlesden, north-west […]

Sir Keir Starmer has set out a “very strong, robust, costed plan” to stop energy bills rising over the winter – paid for in part by an extension of the windfall levy on the profits of the oil and gas companies. The Labour leader said the £29 billion plan to address the “national emergency” would freeze the energy price cap at its current level of £1,971 for six months from […]