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The fire broke out in Sutton on Thursday evening Four children, all believed to be related, have died in a house fire in south London after firefighters battled to save them as the blaze tore through the building. Firefighters in breathing apparatus entered the mid-terrace house in Collingwood Road, Sutton, on Thursday evening, as it was being ravaged by an “intense blaze”, before removing each of the four children and […]

It is in an attempt to counter the spread of the Omicron variant France will introduce tougher rules for travellers from the UK in an attempt to counter the spread of the Omicron variant. French government spokesman Gabriel Attal told BFM television: “We will put in place a system of controls drastically tighter than the one we have today. “We will reduce the validity of the test to come to […]

The defending PDC champion beat Ritchie Edhouse 3-1 Defending champion Gerwyn Price survived a scare to come from behind and beat Ritchie Edhouse 3-1 to move into the third round of the William Hill World Championship at Alexandra Palace. The Welshman had won the title with victory over Gary Anderson in the 2021 final, which was played behind closed doors in January. The walkout proved a somewhat frosty reception for […]

Steve Smith will skipper the side in his absence Australia captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test after coming into close contact with a positive coronavirus case. The dramatic development emerged just hours before the start of the pink-ball match in Adelaide, leaving the hosts scrambling to replace their skipper. Cummins went for an evening meal in the city, in line with the team guidelines, […]

Katie Price has been handed a 16-week suspended jail sentence for drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance following a crash near her home in Sussex. The former glamour model, 43, was also banned from driving for two years over the collision on the B2135 near Partridge Green on September 28. She was driving to visit a nearby friend when the crash occurred at around 6.20am, Crawley Magistrates’ Court heard previously. […]

The “pure evil” woman who murdered 16-month-old Star Hobson has been told she must serve a minimum of 25 years in prison. Bouncer and security guard Savannah Brockhill, 28, was jailed for life at Bradford Crown Court alongside Star’s mother, Frankie Smith, 20, who was handed an eight-year sentence for causing or allowing her daughter’s death. The killing of Star and details of how she was subjected to months of […]

A double murderer who sexually abused more than 100 dead women and girls in hospital mortuaries will never be released from prison. David Fuller, 67, beat and strangled Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, to death before sexually assaulting them in two separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 1987. He also filmed himself abusing at least 102 corpses, including a nine-year-old girl, two 16-year-olds, and a 100-year-old woman […]

Jurors trying four people accused of toppling a statue of Edward Colston have been told the fact he was a slave trader is “wholly irrelevant”. Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, Jake Skuse, 33, and Sage Willoughby, 22, are on trial at Bristol Crown Court after denying criminal damage. The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7 […]

The reality star says irreconcilable differences “continue to exist” Kim Kardashian has requested that her marriage to rapper Kanye West be immediately terminated, saying that no reconciliation will be “of any value at this time”. The reality star, 41, said irreconcilable differences “continue to exist” between the pair and that she had requested several times that West agree to the split. In legal documents obtained by the PA news agency, […]