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A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murder after a teenager was stabbed during the school run in Hayes, west London.Jalan Woods-Bell, 15, died on the street on Friday morning, close to Global Academy - a college for students aged 14-19. Police said they were called to reports of a fight on Blyth Road and that Jalan was found with stab wounds.Teacher Tia Rek-Williams, 21, told the PA […]

"It is time for the country to unite. Full stop!" Gareth Southgate said, with added purpose as Euro 2020 finally got under way in Rome.He is steadfast in his support for his England players choosing to still "take the knee" before kick-off - despite booing from some sections of the limited number of England fans in stadiums in recent games. "I'd say it's been about 30% of the fans that […]

Wales have drawn their opening match of the European Championships, coming from behind to draw 1-1 against Switzerland.Wales fell behind in the 49th minute, with Breel Embolo getting a free header from a set piece to put the Swiss in the driving seat. The breakthrough came just moments after Daniel Ward had denied Embolo with an acrobatic save.But Kieffer Moore, bandaged after an earlier collision, levelled things up in the […]

A second person has been charged in connection with the shooting of black equal rights activist Sasha Johnson at a party in south London in late May.Devonte Brown, 18, of Southwark, was charged with conspiracy to murder, the Metropolitan Police said, nearly two weeks after Cameron Deriggs appeared in court charged with the same offence. Brown was charged on Friday evening and was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court […]

Boris Johnson has admitted he is less optimistic about the easing of lockdown restrictions than he was last month and offered a strong hint he will delay the 21 June reopening.The prime minister, speaking to Sky News at the G7 summit in Cornwall, said he was prepared to be "cautious" over the fourth and final stage in his roadmap for lifting COVID measures. Although Mr Johnson previously hoped to remove […]

Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man. The four boys, one aged 14 and three aged 15, were among six people arrested as part of an investigation into the death of a man in Shropshire. A 42-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man have also been taken into custody on suspicion of assisting offenders.West Mercia Police were called to a footpath near Stonebridge […]

For the second year running, the Queen's official birthday has been marked by an event dubbed a mini Trooping the Colour at Windsor Castle.The pandemic meant the military commemoration of the monarch's official birthday was staged in the quadrangle of her Berkshire home. It is only the third time the event has been staged at Windsor. Image: Trooping the Colour The Duke of Kent, a colonel in the Scots Guards, […]

Boris Johnson has been warned by the EU to "implement what we agreed" on post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.Ahead of the second day of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay and amid a lingering row over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the prime minister held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mr Johnson also sat down for discussions with European Commission president Ursula von der […]