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Met officer fined for assaulting woman in wrongful arrest over bus fare | UK News A Metropolitan Police officer was fined £1,500 after manhandling and wrongly arresting a woman for not paying her bus fare. PC Perry Lathwood, 50, was convicted of assault by beating after he grabbed Jocelyn Agyemang by the arm causing bruising in Croydon, south London. Footage of the incident at around 11am on July 21 last year was shared widely on social media. It showed Ms Agyemang being held back by Lathwood, from the Met’s Road Traffic Policing Command, as her seven-year-old son sobs hysterically. In a…

Unknown person buys green space in village and builds fence around it | UK News Residents of a road in a Gloucestershire village have been left baffled and unable to trim their hedges after the appearance of a mysterious fence. Highnam village locals were shocked when they discovered what they thought was public green space had been sold off at auction. The small stretch of land between Oakridge and The Range has been sold at auction in London despite locals believing it belonged to Tewkesbury Borough Council. And now Highnam residents know it’s been sold – but they have no…

Man jailed for secretly removing condom during sex in rare ‘stealthing’ case | UK News A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for secretly removing his condom during sex. Removing the condom without the partner’s consent, also known as ‘stealthing’, is classed as rape in England and Wales but reporting and prosecutions are rare. Guy Mukendi, 39, was arrested after a young woman reported him for sexual assault in Brixton, south London, in May 2023. She had consented to sex with him on the condition that a condom was used – but during sex, he removed the…

Martin Lewis warning to London renters – you could be owed thousands The rental market may be in dire shape right now, but luckily Martin Lewis and his Money Saving Expert team are on hand to help tenants navigate the treacherous landscape. The latest ONS figures show average monthly rents increased by 9% in England, reaching record highs of to £1,293. But things are especially dire in London and the commuter towns around it. In the last year, Zoopla reports the average rent in the capital grew to £2,121 per month (up 4.2%), and tenants – particularly those on lower…

Major fire in north London as 500 tonnes of waste goes up in flames | UK News Residents were told to shut windows and doors as dozens of firefighters battled flames at a waste recycling centre in north London this morning. Grey smoke billowed across the sky as roughly 500 tonnes of mixed waste burned at an industrial site on Nobel Road, Edmonton. No one was injured in the fire, the cause of which is not yet known. A photo posted on London Fire Brigade’s X account shows a large stack of burning waste glowing as it releases smoke. The…

Flight from London to US turns back with all passengers aboard 9 hours | US News A British Airways flight took passengers from London toward Texas only to return to where it departed, making them endure more than nine hours in the air. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flew across the Atlantic Ocean and had just crossed the Canadian border when it started backtracking. It took off from Heathrow Airport at 9.27am on Monday and touched down there at 6.54am on Tuesday after flying 7,779km in nine hours and 27 minutes. A flight from London to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in…

UEFA Euro 2024: Is Austria vs France on TV? Channel, start time and how to watch Euro 2024 fixture online tonight Kylian Mbappe’s France is in action tonight against Austria – kicking off their Euros 2024 campaign.  France crashed out of the 2020 Euros in the last-16 before reaching the World Cup final in Qatar in 2022. Les Blues remain amongst the favourites for this year’s tournament. France’s strength and depth and tournament record should see them progress from a tricky Group D, which includes the Netherlands and Poland, but Austria have been transformed under Ralf Rangnick and are ones…

UEFA Euro 2024 fixtures today – 17/06 Group D Austria vs France (20:00) Venue: Düsseldorf Arena Group E Romania vs Ukraine (14:00) Venue: Fußball Arena München Belgium vs Slovakia (17:00) Venue: Frankfurt Arena

Erik ten Hag reacts to Man Utd star’s Euro 2024 snub | Football Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag suggested Marcus Rashford deserved to be omitted from Gareth Southgate’s England squad for Euro 2024 after his poor club form last season. Alongside former Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, Rashford represented the big-name casualty from Southgate’s original 33-man training squad. It came after a season blighted with off-field incidents where the forward scored just eight goals in all competitions having netted 30 times the season prior. Other stalwarts of Southgate’s England side in recent years, including Manchester City’s Jack Grealish, were left…

Gary Neville slams Arsenal player over Euro 2024 error | Football Gary Neville has criticised Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney for ‘getting carried away’ during Scotland’s harrowing Euro 2024 defeat to Germany. Scotland almost suffered the heaviest Euros defeat of all time as they were thrashed 5-1 by tournament hosts Germany on Friday night. Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musial, Kai Havertz, Niclas Fullkrug and Emre Can all got on the scoresheet as Germany ripped through the Scots to clinch their biggest ever Euros win. Scotland’s cause was not helped by Ryan Porteous’ first-half red card, with the Watford defender dismissed and conceding…