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Keir Starmer announces £53,000,000 support for households hit by rising heating oil prices

About 1.5 million households relying on heating oil already face soaring costs, with the price per litre doubling since the start of the crisis.

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Upmarket London cafe is selling a pot of just six blueberries for £1.50

The posh London cafe, in the 62-storey skyscraper 22 Bishopsgate, offers blueberries as toppings for porridge.

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How Donald Trump is transforming the White House into his own ‘palace’

He's already unveiled plans for an ornate ballroom, for which he destroyed the historic East Wing of the White House.

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London protests LIVE: Pro-Iran protesters hold ‘boom boom Tel Aviv’ placards as thousands gather for Al-Quds rally

Police have deployed more than 1,000 officers as thousands gather in central London for the annual pro-Iran Al Quds Day protest, with a counter-demonstration also planned

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Police investigate 'death to IDF' chants led by Bobby Vylan at Al Quds rally as 12 arrested

Twelve people were arrested during the rally, which saw hundreds gather for a static protest

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Pictured: ‘Hateful’ drunk who asked barrister ‘are you Jewish?’ before punching him in face

Tony Steer was convicted of racially aggravated assault after targeting Nathaniel Bor at Finchley Cricket Club

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Dubai isn’t just arresting influencers – three held for sharing bomb pictures privately

Instead, they were detained by Dubai Police, who requested to see the photos on their phones, according to Detained in Dubai.

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M25 crash LIVE: Accident near Godstone shuts lanes as drivers face two-hour delays - travel updates

Two lanes and a key slip road on the M25 have been shut following a crash near Godstone, sparking major congestion for commuters heading clockwise

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Drone strike hits fuel tank near Dubai Airport grounding flights

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Stringfellows plans new Mayfair strip club but locals fear it will ‘undermine neighbourhood’

The famous Covent Garden strip club has applied to open a new venue in Mayfair — but police and residents fear it could bring more crime and noise to the area

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Mother faces court charged with murder of 18-day-old baby girl in Westminster

Zahira Byjaouane, 43, of Horseferry Road, Westminster, was charged with murder on Sunday

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This cafe owner featured in Labour’s manifesto – now he says its policies sting

Charlie Weale made an appearance in the party’s book of election pledges (Picture: 2024 Labour Manifesto/Getty) On the front of Labour’s 2024 general election manifesto, you can find a big black-and-white picture of Keir Starmer: sleeves rolled up, jacket off, serious look on his fac...

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TikTok and Meta ‘pushed harmful content’ on people’s feeds for views

One engineer at Meta was allegedly told by senior management to allow more 'borderline harmful content', like misogyny and conspiracy theories, to compete with TikTok.

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Epstein ‘recruited models who looked like teenagers’ after 2008 child sex conviction

The dead financier recruited numerous young adult female 'assistants' that he abused and would coerce into bringing more women into his orbit.

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Drug ‘more dangerous than heroin’ is chillingly easy to source

Metro has uncovered how a deadly drug is being pushed on the Telegram app (Picture: Metro) Thousands of people are using an app popular with teens to buy a killer drug more dangerous than heroin which is responsible for rising deaths in Britain. Nitazenes – a synthetic opioid – is b...

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Meningitis outbreak that has killed two young people ‘linked to Kent nightclub’

'She simply wanted a nice evening with her friends for her birthday.'

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Iran’s new supreme leader ‘secretly flown to Russia’ for life-saving surgery in Putin palace

A protester holds up a picture of Mojtaba Khamenei during the Al-Quds Day rally in Albert Embankment (Picture: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock) Iran’s new supreme leader nearly killed in a US airstrike, was allegedly flown to Russia for life-saving leg surgery. Despite US repo...

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Rachel Reeves ‘chose to cut winter fuel allowance rather than legalise cannabis’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced difficult choices in her first weeks in the role (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Rachel Reeves was given the option of legalising cannabis to raise much-needed cash in the aftermath of the 2024 election, according to reports...

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Woman’s ‘web of lies’ exposed after catfishing lonely men on Facebook

Robson, a mother of six whose own children have been taken into care, even told one of the victims her daughter had taken her own life.