Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Universities are looking at replacing class lectures with online teaching Face-to-face lessons are being cancelled at some universities due to concerns about coronavirus. Universities including Loughborough, Durham, Manchester Metropolitan and the London School of Economics are offering online teaching instead. They said they were taking the measures as a […]
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Image copyright Metropolitan Police Image caption The Met said the officer’s status is “under review” The arrest of a serving Metropolitan Police officer relates to the outlawed neo-Nazi group National Action, it is understood. Counter-terrorism officers arrested the 21-year-old police constable in north London. He is being held on suspicion of membership of a proscribed […]
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Image copyright PA Media Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling. The government’s decision to allow the expansion was unlawful because it did not take climate commitments into account, the Court of Appeal said. Heathrow said it would challenge the decision, but the government […]
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Image copyright @MurshHabib Image caption A crime scene is in place at the London Central Mosque near Regent’s Park in central London A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing inside a central London mosque. The victim, who is in his 70s, was found seriously injured after emergency services were […]
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Cyrus Christie has made 19 appearances for Fulham this season Fulham full-back Cyrus Christie has criticised social media companies’ inaction on racist abuse. The 27-year-old Republic of Ireland defender revealed racist abuse and death threats he received after their 5-1 defeat by Denmark in November 2017. The Football Association of Ireland referred the posts to […]
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Image caption Damage to a wire near Luton caused the disruption, Network Rail said Rail commuters on Thameslink train services were disrupted because of a damaged overhead wire. Two of the four lines between London St Pancras and Bedford were closed during the morning rush hour. Thameslink initially expected disruption to last all day, but […]
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Saracens were the Premiership champions in the last two seasons Premiership Rugby has opened a public consultation into its salary cap regulations in the wake of Saracens’ relegation for spending over the limit. The governing body last month announced a “comprehensive review” of the rules, which is being led by former government minister Lord Myners. […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRatcliffe: “I want to ask him to be brave” Boris Johnson must be “brave” to secure the release of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran, her husband has said. Speaking ahead of a meeting with the prime minister, Richard Ratcliffe said he wanted to hold Mr Johnson […]
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Martin Samuelsen had six loan spells away from West Ham Hull City have signed West Ham forward Martin Samuelsen for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract. The 22-year-old Norwegian previously worked with Tigers boss Grant McCann during a loan spell with Peterborough. “The manager was a big influence on me during my time there […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Jay Sewell was fatally stabbed through a car window The mother of a teenage boy who was stabbed to death by a love rival and his parents has called the sentences his killers received “a joke”. Jay Sewell, 18, was attacked by a group led by Daniel Grogan, who […]
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