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Brit WW2 veterans attend official service of remembrance at Bayeux Cemetery during D-Day 74th anniversary commemorations

June 7, 2018

They laid wreathes, saluted, then stood solemnly among the graves of thousands of Allied soldiers who perished in Normandy during the largest seaborne invasion in history. Around 156,000 troops from nations including the UK, France and US launched a combined naval, air and ground assault at dawn on June 6, 1944. The invasion weakened the Nazis' hold on Western Europe […]

British Airways pilot tried to fly 300 passengers while FOUR TIMES the alcohol limit after downing vodka in the morning

June 7, 2018

Julian Monaghan, 49, faces jail after he was arrested by armed cops at Gatwick airport when a flight technician smelt booze on his breath. He had drank a vodka and coke at 10.30am before turning up to fly part of the 12-hour flight from Gatwick to Mauritius. Monaghan was set to be the third pilot on the Boeing 777 due […]

Currys ‘misled customers into buying costlier cables’

June 7, 2018

Currys ‘misled customers into buying costlier cables’ which make no difference to picture quality when plugged into a laptop The electrical retailer sells three options of one metre HDMI cables in store They were priced at £39.99 for black, £59.99 for silver and £79.99 for gold Sales assistants used false information to promote the more expensive cables Currys PC World is […]

LSE gets lowest mark for teaching among the UK’s elite universities

June 7, 2018

LSE gets the lowest mark for teaching among the UK’s elite universities – lower than some former polytechnics London School of Economics regarded as one of the best in the world Teaching rankings introduced amid fears universities focusing on research Last year LSE was bottom but didn’t enter rankings this year meaning still worst The university insisted that it has […]

Only ten per cent of knife robberies in London were solved last year

June 7, 2018

Data from the Metropolitan Police showed a slump in the so-called sanction-detection rate for those crimes since 2015. These are cases that result in some form of sanction for example a charge, summons, caution, penalty notice or the offence being taken into consideration when a defender is sentenced. During a meeting of the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on […]

Woman and 11 men throw punches and kicks in 4am mass brawl outside takeaway

June 7, 2018

A women and 11 men were filmed in a mass brawl outside a takeaway. The mobile phone vision shows dozens of bewildered onlookers watching as the gang throw punches and kick one another. A bald man lies injured in the middle of the street as another male kicks him in the head. A brunette woman – wearing high heels – […]

Horrified landlord left with £17k bill after 'feral' tenants wreck home and leave it full of rubbish

June 7, 2018

Travis Adams, 34, said the home was crawling with cockroaches and rats after he evicted the family of six. The landlord, of Perth, Australia, had been leasing his home to them for three years, but things took a sudden hit when he finally asked them to leave, news.com.au reports. He told Nine News: “Just furniture, rotten food, rats, cockroaches, dirty […]

European leaders are warning businesses on the continent not to use British parts in their goods after Brexit

June 7, 2018

Manufacturers in the EU have been told products that are partially made in the UK could be harder to export to the rest of the world. In a notice to its companies the Dutch government advised switching to suppliers based within the bloc. And eurocrats added fuel to the fire by warning trading partners could challenge EU businesses to prove […]

University student, 22, 'raped undergraduate after Freshers' Week pub crawl before phoning her to say he was sick and twisted'

June 7, 2018

Liam Allen, 22, is accused of forcing himself on the 20-year-old woman at her uni digs in Brighton, East Sussex. The alleged victim woke up to find Allen on top of her and she was left covered in bruises following the alleged attack on October 12, 2016, it is claimed. Allen and the alleged victim were both students at the University […]

Man who stole grandfather's life savings to pay for girlfriend's boob job found guilty

June 7, 2018

Shameless Luke Quatrini, 34, claimed late widower Clifford Bartlett, a retired docker, said: "No problem at all" when asked if he could pay a £500 deposit for the breast boosting surgery. But a jury did not believe his widowed grandad would splash out his savings to pay for the boob job for his girlfriend Emma Hodges, 34. Hairdresser and wannabe […]

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