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Three men raped girl, 13, they found alone at tube station | UK News Three men raped a 13-year-old girl they found ‘alone and vulnerable’ at a London Underground station. Paul Maxwell, 24, Kayon Bhola, 29, and Jeremiah Jackson 24, encountered the girl at Hammersmith tube station when she was travelling from her home into London. CCTV shows them travelling towards Maxwell’s flat, where they raped her. A short video clip of the attack, which police found through in-depth phone analysis, along with forensic evidence helped convict the three men, police said. In a victim impact statement she read to…

Alex Salmond death – latest: Nicola Sturgeon pays tribute to SNP ‘mentor’ who brought Scotland close to independence Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond dies aged 69 Tributes have poured in for the longtime Scottish first minister Alex Salmond after his sudden death aged 69 shocked the world of politics in which he was a senior figure for decades. The current Alba leader passed away on Saturday afternoon at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Forum in the North Macedonia lake-resort town of Ohrid, the party’s general secretary Chris McEleny confirmed. He had made a speech at the event, and…

The new Map shows which London which London Underground stations are faster to walk than to tube Most of central London’s tube stops are less than a 10-minute walk from one another in the central zone. A new map shows which London Underground stations are faster to walk than to tube and we have broken it down for you. So when you are heading out for a day out in the capital, Londoners usually always ride the tube, hop on a bus or book an Uber. But is that actually the most efficient way of travelling around London? The tube,…

Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions. The engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.” So begins an advert for the Ram 1500, a pickup truck slightly bigger than the Panzer I tanks of Nazi Germany and almost as heavy. It is growing in…

‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home. Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019. She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she…

UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s centre-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years. But after weeks of stories about feuding, freebies and fiscal gloom, polls suggest Starmer’s personal approval rating has plummeted, and Labour is only slightly more popular than a Conservative Party that was rejected by voters after years of infighting and scandal. “You couldn’t really have imagined a worse start,”…

Starmer risks ministerial rift with slap down of transport secretary after £1bn investment loss Keir Starmer has risked deepening a rift in his own government after he used an interview with the BBC to criticise his transport secretary Louise Haigh. The prime minister appeared on the BBC News Newscast podcast with Adam Fleming and Chris Mason, where he was pressed on Ms Haigh’s comments to ITV earlier this week where she suggested a boycott of P&O ferries. The transport secretary had been discussing widespread anger with the ferry company over its decision to fire and rehire 800 employees to save…

No 10 appalled by Israel’s attacks at the UN. A Downing Street spokesperson says the government is “appalled” by reports that Israel has deliberately fired at an observation post belonging to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. It follows a statement from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon which said an Israeli tank fired on Unifil facilities in southern Lebanon yesterday, hitting an observation tower and wounding two peacekeepers. Andrea Tenenti, Spokesman for Unifil in Lebanon said that the Israeli attacks on UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon are a breach of international humanitarian law. Additionally, the United Nations…

Grzegorz Braun a Polish MEP calls for Israel to be declared a terrorist state to solve the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon. Polish MEP calls for Israel to be declared a terrorist state During a European Parliament discussion on the Middle East, The MEP Grzegorz Braun for Poland accused the EU of enabling Israeli aggression, labeling Israel as a “terrorist state.” To solve the conflict in Gaza, Israel must be declared a terrorist state, Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun said during a debate in the European Parliament on Monday, marking the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks calling Mr Netanyahu…

China & Russia celebrate 75th anniversary of peace and diplomatic ties as president Xi sent a congratulatory message sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a view to expand ties. China & Russia celebrate 75th anniversary of peace Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that he stands ready to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to take the opportunity of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties to continue expanding all-round practical cooperation. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 75 years ago, the two sides have continuously upgraded the quality of bilateral ties based on the fundamental interests of the two…