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Doreen Lawrence’s fury as new suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder named for first time The Independent says A furious Baroness Doreen Lawrence has called for officers to be sacked after a new suspect was named in the murder of her son Stephen 30 years after he was stabbed to death in the UK’s most notorious racist killing. The Metropolitan Police has named Matthew White as a suspect in the case, two years after he died, aged 50, in 2021. He first came to the Met’s attention as a witness in 1993 during the trials of two men who were convicted…

Met police name new suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder The Guardian says The Metropolitan police have named a major new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder, admitting too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation. Matthew White, who died in 2021 aged 50, was named after a BBC investigation into the killing of the black teenager, who was murdered in a racist attack in south-east London in April 1993. The BBC reported that five prime suspects became widely known after the murder, but the public inquiry said there were “five or six” attackers. In 2011, White was named publicly…

Stephen Lawrence: BBC names new suspect in UK’s most notorious racist murder BBC News says A major suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder is publicly named today for the first time, after a BBC investigation. He is Matthew White, who died in 2021, aged 50. The BBC has found the Met Police seriously mishandled key inquiries related to him. In response, the Met has taken the almost unprecedented step of naming White as a suspect. “Unfortunately, too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation,” says Scotland Yard. “The impact of them continues to be seen,” reads the statement from…

Met ‘reviewing’ fresh information into racist murder of Stephen Lawrence as new suspect is named LBC says Scotland Yard is “reviewing” fresh information into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after a new suspect was named. Mr Lawrence was stabbed to death in Eltham, south-east London, on April 22, 1993. A sixth suspect has now been named as Matthew White, who died in August 2021. White first came to police attention as a witness in the same year – he told officers he had visited the home address of two other suspects on the night of Stephen’s murder. He was…

Sir Elton John plays final UK live gig in perfect Glastonbury set Sir Elton John, one of Briton’s shining music stars, played his final UK live gig as part of his farewell tour at Glastonbury on Sunday.  John, 76, treated fans to his greatest hits including Bennie And The Jets, Tiny Dancer, Your Song, I’m Still Standing – for two hours.  It was his first Glastonbury gig. “I’m so happy to be here,” he told the crowd. “I won’t ever forget this.” Elton’s set started just after 21:00 BST with Pinball Wizard – a song not played live in over…

Prince William vows to end homelessness as he launches new campaign Prince William is set to launch a major five-year campaign to end homelessness, which he says should not exist in a “modern and progressive society.” His charity foundation is putting £3m of start-up funding to help make homelessness “rare, brief and unrepeated.” He will unveil the six locations across the UK to test ideas to cut homelessness. “Everyone should have a safe and secure home and be treated with dignity,” says Prince William. Ahead of the launch of his campaign, Homewards, the prince spoke to Labour leader Sir Keir…

Cineworld screens stay open despite administration Cineworld has said its screens will remain open despite the company planning to file for administration in the UK.  The company is planning to restructure the world’s second-largest cinema chain which will see its shares being suspended.  The company filed for bankruptcy protection in the US last year as it struggled with debts of $5bn. Despite this, cinemas will remain open for business. “Cineworld continues to operate its global business and cinemas as usual without interruption and this will not be affected by the entry of Cineworld Group plc into administration,” it said. “The…

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Titan sub: British teenager took Rubik’s Cube to break record, mother says in BBC interview In a recent interview, the mother of teenager Suleman Dawood, who died on the Titan sub, told the BBC that her son took his Rubik’s cube on the submersible because he wanted to break a world record. Suleman, 19, applied to the Guinness World Records and his father, Shahzada, who also died, took a camera so he could capture the moment.  Christine Dawood and her daughter were on board the Polar Prince when communications were lost with the Titan. The vessel was the sub’s support. In…