Mario Ledwith

Angela Rayner’s Grenfell demolition meeting an ‘aggressive car crash’ The deputy prime minister grew ‘flustered and angry’ before she was escorted from the room in tense scenes, according to those who attended

"A car crash": Inside the heated meeting between Angela Rayner and Grenfell families where she revealed the tower would be destroyed

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Quite the claim from former Post Office boss Paula Vennells on the penultimate day of the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal.

Witnesses, her lawyers say, will seek to point the finger of blame at her because of how she been "portrayed in the media" and "their desire for self-preservation".

Gregg Wallace investigated by Channel 5 over new allegations The presenter often made inappropriate comments about sex, including spanking and domination, said a woman who worked with him on Gregg Wallace’s Big Weekends

The BBC is facing questions about how it dealt with Gregg Wallace - contestants and staff say they've been complaining since at least 2008

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Groucho Club closes while police investigate ‘serious crime’ The private members club in Soho, central London, had its licence revoked at the request of the Metropolitan Police

What happened at the Groucho Club?

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Strongly-worded column here from Ian Hislop about Justin Welby's appearance at a British Museum trustees' dinner the day after he announced his resignation

Harshita Brella: woman found in car boot deserves justice, says family Pankaj Lamba, 23, who has fled the country, is suspected of murdering his wife, 24, whose body was found in east London on Thursday

New: the family of a woman found murdered in a car boot in London have called for UK/Indian authorities to work swiftly to find her fugitive husband

"Her voice must be heard," they say.

Pankaj Lamba, 23, is wanted over the murder of Harshita Brella, 24.

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RSPB may sell off smallest reserves due to funding crisis With the conservation charity struggling under financial pressure, some shops, cafés and visitor centres have been earmarked for closure

Sad news.

The RSPB is selling off about 1% of its land, including potentially offloading some of its smallest nature reserves, as the conservation charity struggles under financial pressure. Some shops, cafés and visitor centres will also be closed.

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Northamptonshire Police has released these images of Lamba and urged anybody with information to get in touch.

New: Police have launched an international manhunt for the husband of Harshita Brella, whose body was found in the boot of a car in east London last Thursday.

Police believe Pankaj Lamba, 23, fled the country after killing her.

Lucy Manning: A sexually obscene phone call - and my two-year ordeal getting police to act BBC correspondent Lucy Manning describes having to fight at every moment to keep her case on track.

Yet another grim episode of police incompetence. The Met involved, again.

Officers telling victims that they need to do the investigatory work, dragging their feet to carry out basic police work.

Really not on.

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The rise of Bluesky and what it could mean for Elon Musk’s X The app has had more than a million sign-ups since Donald Trump’s election, as X users seek sanctuary from bots, offensive posts — and its owner’s politics

We are all here but where are we?
Useful piece here on the inception of Bluesky and who owns it, from @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/6c9a...

Stop students ‘self-policing’, coroner says after Oxford suicide Warning follows inquest for Alexander Rogers, 20, who was ostracised by peers

New article: A coroner has raised concerns about the dangers of "self-policing" on university campuses following the death of an Oxford university student.

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