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Two youths have admitted murdering a 14-year-old schoolboy in a machete attack on a London bus. Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times as he travelled home on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on Tuesday January 7. Emergency services were called to Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm. Kelyan, an aspiring rapper, had sustained a severed femoral artery and died shortly after medics arrived […]

Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “emboldening Hamas”, after the British Prime Minister joined the leaders of France and Canada in calling for a halt to Israel’s military offensive and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. Earlier this week, Sir Keir, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney condemned the Israeli government’s “egregious” actions in Gaza, warning the UK and allies will take “concrete actions” unless Mr Netanyahu changes […]

Ivan Toney has earned a recall to the England squad for forthcoming games against Andorra and Senegal, with Trevoh Chalobah handed a maiden call-up. Toney has not represented his country since Euro 2024 following his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli last summer. But boss Thomas Tuchel has handed him a lifeline after he scored 29 goals in 43 games for the Saudi Pro League champions. The former Brentford striker […]

A woman who was diagnosed with rare blood cancer while pregnant with twins has launched an appeal to find a stem cell donor. Katie Matthews, 32, has been told she has just six years to live without a transplant. Abnormalities were initially detected at the scan where she and husband Tommy, 37, found out they were having two babies. Following a biopsy, Mrs Matthews was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a type […]

Household energy bills will fall by 7% from July, Ofgem has confirmed. The typical bill will drop by £129 to £1,720 per year when the regulator’s new price cap – which sets the limit on how much firms can charge customers per unit of energy – comes into force. This is £660 (28%) lower than at the height of the energy crisis at the start of 2023 when the government […]