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‘Set up by my own gang’: man convicted of London stabbing in 2009 looks to reopen case
When 18-year-old Wahab Zaaki was found bleeding to death from five stab wounds on an east London estate, police were under immense pressure to find his killer.
and knife crime in the capital had been branded an epidemic. Zaaki was one of four …Equity urges Bristol city council to drop cuts to arts and culture budget
The country’s largest performing arts and entertainment union has urged Bristol city council to drop plans to cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from the arts and culture budget including by closing a number of museums.
the council warning that cuts would …Royal Mail on track to return to annual profit after strong Christmas
Three people arrested after fatal stabbing of boy, 14, on London bus
Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy on a London bus have arrested three people.
Kelyan Bokassa was travelling on a 472 bus to Abbey Wood when he was attacked at about 2.30pm on Tuesday as the bus was on Woolwich Church Road.
Paramedics treated him at the …
Europe must take responsibility for its own security, says Polish minister
Europe must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty.
its six-month presidency as Donald Trump prepares to return to the …Great Britain’s energy system operator pauses access to grid connection queue
Great Britain’s energy system operator has been forced to block new electricity projects from joining the decade-long queue for a grid connection, to stop the growing logjam from delaying vital green developments.
The National Energy System Operator (Neso) says it plans to use the “short pause” to overhaul application rules …
German economy shrinks for second year in a row
Germany’s economy has shrank for a second consecutive year for the first time in more than two decades, highlighting the challenges the next government will face after snap elections in February.
As voters prepare to head to the polls amid heightened political uncertainty in Europe’s largest economy,
Gerry Adams ‘in line for compensation’ if Labour repeals Troubles legislation
The former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and 400 others interned during the Northern Ireland Troubles would be in line for compensation from the British government if Labour’s plan to ditch controversial laws dealing with the period goes ahead, it has been claimed.
Jonathan Caine, a former government adviser to …
Currys says national insurance change has caused period of ‘depressed hiring’
Currys has announced it is to bring in more automation and that it is entering a period of “depressed hiring” after changes to employers’ national insurance, though it said the consumer environment “perked up” over the festive period with shoppers snapping up coffee machines and AI-enabled laptops.
The electrical goods …
Chimney sweep whose death changed law honoured with blue plaque
An 11-year-old chimney sweep whose death after getting stuck in a flue led to a change in Victorian child labour laws is to become the youngest person in the UK to be honoured with an official blue plaque.
George Brewster, a “climbing boy”, died in 1875 after getting jammed while …