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Mourners line streets to say goodbye to Leah Croucher

She disappeared in 2019, and Police confirmed last year that remains found in a loft in Milton Keynes belonged to the teenager Mourners were in tears as they lined the roads to pay their respects to Leah Croucher as her funeral took place. Ms Croucher vanished on February 15 2019, and police confirmed in October 2022 that human remains found in the loft of a house in Furzton, Milton Keynes, belonged to the 19-year-old. A cortege departed from White HorseRead More

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Fuel prices fall again in February yet diesel drivers continue to be hit

That's according to data from RAC Fuel Watch The cost of both petrol and diesel fell for the fourth consecutive month in February, yet drivers requiring diesel continue to be overcharged at the pump, according to new data. The price of an average litre of unleaded dropped by another penny to 147.2p, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch, while diesel fell by 3.19p to 167.9p. As a result, the cost of filling up an average-size 55-litre family car withRead More

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MP Neil Coyle to be suspended over drunken abuse

The independent MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark “was found to have used abusive language with racial overtones” MP Neil Coyle has been recommended for a five-day suspension for drunkenly abusing two people in a Commons bar, using “abusive language with racial overtones” on one occasion. The Independent Expert Panel found he breached Parliament’s bullying and harassment policy in a report published on Friday over two incidents. One was the “foul-mouthed and drunken abuse” of another MP’s assistant and theRead More

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Jonathan Komagum feels grassroots coaches key for children to fulfil potential

Looking back, the 24-year-old accepts he was a “bad” and “angry” child before being “saved” by basketball after joining a local club in Peckham Grassroots sport coaches continue to play a key role in helping guide children towards fulfilling their potential, according to London Lions player and Uganda international Jonathan Komagum. Research commissioned by the Lions, the capital’s only professional basketball team, revealed 28 per cent of people from ethnic minority groups felt the most valuable figure growing up forRead More

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Alarm after English Channel ferry fire

Three lifeboats from Kent and a French tug were deployed in the Channel on Friday evening after a fire started on a ferry with nearly 200 people on board. HM Coastguard has said it was alerted to a blaze in the engine room of the Isle of Innisfree just after 5.30pm. Irish Ferries, the boat’s operator, said there were 94 passengers and 89 crew members on board, who are all “safe and accounted for”. The boat was midway through itsRead More

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Boris Johnson criticises Sunaks new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland

The former Prime Minister spoke at the Global Soft Power Summit in London Boris Johnson has suggested he may not vote for Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, criticising it as “not about the UK taking back control”. The Prime Minister’s chief political rival said on Thursday he would find it “very difficult” to support the Windsor agreement despite claiming some credit for the new pact being brokered. In his first major speech in the UK since beingRead More

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Older adults who walk more less likely to have a heart attack or stroke

Older people who take fewer than 2,000 steps a day are three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with those who take 4,500 steps a day, new research suggests. The study of people aged 70 or older also indicates that walking an additional 500 steps per day, or an additional quarter mile of walking, was associated with a 14% lower risk of heart disease, stroke or heart failure. Around 3.5% of people who took someRead More

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Egypt unveils newly discovered chamber inside Great Pyramid

Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years. The corridor, on the northern side of the Pyramid of Khufu, was discovered using modern scanning technology. It measures nearly 30 feet long and more than six feet wide, perched above the main entrance of the pyramid. Archaeologists do not know what the function was of the chamber, which is not accessibleRead More

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Ofgem sets out early grid plan that could save billions of pounds

Tapping into the millions of electric vehicles, heat pumps and other devices that are set to be connected to the UK’s electricity grid could save up to £4.7 billion a year by the end of this decade, Ofgem said. The energy regulator set out a skeleton vision of what could be one of the biggest changes in decades to how Britain’s electricity system works. It proposed setting up new bodies with responsibility for regional grid plans, forcing companies to shareRead More

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