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EastEnders' Chantelle actress knew tragic twist was coming as character to be murdered
Mirror

Labour calls for fire safety reforms amid 'shameful' lack of progress after Grenfell Tower disaster

Ministers have made a "shameful" lack of progress in dealing with fire safety concerns since the Grenfell Tower disaster, Labour said. The Labour Party wants to amend key legislation to ensure the Government implements recommendations made by the first phase of the Grenfell Inquiry. A new clause tabled for the Fire Safety Bill would require owners or managers of flats to share information with their local fire service about the design and...
Evening Standard

Urban nomads: the floating population who fall asleep under the stars on Chennai’s rail lines

Feet plastered with cement. Spines laying on a solid stone bench. Bodies sprawled next to plastic water bottles. These are the first dawn images seen by the sleepers in the vast emptiness of Beach railway station in Chennai, as they wake up to a blast of a horn on the first train leaving the platform as day breaks. “It’s a regular affair, I sleep on the benches at railway platforms,” says Parthasarathy, a 56-year-old, heavy-eyed labourer who...
The Independent

Pets' party Dogstival takes place after six-month coronavirus delay
Daily Mail

Coronavirus may lead to increase in human trafficking, expert warns
PA Media

Demand surges for eating disorder helpline after lockdown creates 'perfect storm'
Sky News

Brexit: Johnson to override EU withdrawal agreement

Boris Johnson is drawing up legislation that will override the Brexit withdrawal agreement on Northern Ireland, a move that threatens the collapse of crunch talks which the prime minister has said must be completed within five weeks. Johnson will put an ultimatum to negotiators this week, saying the UK and Europe must agree a post-Brexit trade deal by 15 October or Britain will walk away for good. But progress on the already fragile talks will...
The Guardian

Coronation Street spoilers for next week: Geoff exposed, a huge return and family tragedy
Mirror

Five boats sink at pro-Trump lake parade in Texas

Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a parade in support of US President Donald Trump, officials have said. Boaters began calling for help "almost immediately" after the procession for Mr Trump’s re-election got under way on a lake near Austin on Saturday. Authorities responded to 15 distress calls and received three other reports of boats taking on water, Kristen Dark, from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, said. Pictures from the event...
Evening Standard

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"Bill Oddie on UK bird decline"
The Independent

Man stabbed to death after intervening in fight at illegal rave
Daily Mail

Julian Assange takes extradition fight to Old Bailey
PA Media

Typhoon Haishen heads toward Korea after battering Japan
Reuters

Australia's secures access to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine within months
Reuters

Jacob Blake speaks out as protests continue across US over holiday weekend

Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin last month, spoke out for the first time from his hospital bed as dueling demonstrations over racial justice and policing continued to roil a handful of U.S. cities. In a video posted on Twitter, Blake, dressed in a green hospital gown, described being in constant pain after the shooting that left him paralysed from the waist down. "I got staples in my...
France 24

Vladimir Putin warned by Germany over Alexei Navalny poisoning
Daily Mail

Council 'offered father of autistic boys £100k to move out of county'
Daily Mail

Death knell sounds for some of Japan's oldest department stores
Reuters

No Israeli normalisation without Palestinian statehood, Saudi King tells Trump
Reuters

Underwater: Australia's oil industry faces new indigenous heritage test
Reuters

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