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KOKO London, a music venue in the city’s Camden Town district, caught fire on Monday night. Dozens of firefighters are on the scene. Images from scene show the roof of the club almost completely engulfed in flames. The venue has been closed for around a year and was due to open this year after a […]

United States President Donald Trump is set to attend a NATO leaders’ summit in the U.K. in December. The meeting was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday. “[The meeting will be] an opportunity for Allied Heads of State and Government to address the security challenges we face now and in the future, and to ensure that […]

Zimbabwe’s economy is under strain. Liquidity shortages, renewed worries of inflation and diminishing delivery on social programmes are putting citizens under pressure and testing resilience. The post-election government has multiple policy priorities including tackling debt, reducing the government’s wage bill and reviving international investment. The agriculture and mining sectors have shown growth but to translate […]

A mother and child who fell onto the track at a busy Tube station only avoided serious injury by scrambling into a pit to allow an oncoming train to pass above them, police said. Police said the woman was pushing a buggy along a platform at Baker Street station in London at 22:15 on Friday as she checked the […]

Three people have been hurt in a shooting outside a London Tube station on Tuesday evening. No arrests have been made and a cordon has been put in place around the crime scene. A tweet from the MET police confirmed the incident is not terror related and the people taken to hospital are not suffering […]

Voting is underway across London and England for the local council elections. Elections are being held in around 150 councils, including all 32 London boroughs, with polls open from 7am until 10pm. Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford will elect mayors, and the first-ever mayor for the Sheffield City region will also be chosen. […]

A woman has suffered life-changing injuries after she was sprayed with acid in east London, police have confirmed. Scotland Yard said the 36-year-old was walking alone near Canary Wharf when she was hit. Detectives have begun an investigation after the victim was attacked with a “noxious substance” while walking alone in Canary Wharf on 27 December. […]

On Saturday the 9th of December MDC-T members gathered together with families and friends for a Christmas party. An estimate of about 80 people braved the bad weather and came to the fundraiser. The sole reason for the party was to fundraise for the upcoming 2018 elections in Zimbabwe. Discussions where about the situation in […]

LONDON — Snow caused travel disruptions across central England and northern Wales on Sunday, grounding flights, shutting down roads and triggering traffic accidents. Birmingham, London Stansted and London Luton airports briefly suspended flights as runways were cleared. The airports advised passengers to contact their airlines to check the status of flights. Heathrow Airport just outside London, […]

A teenager has been stabbed to death during an attack at a park in south London. Scotland Yard today launched a murder probe after the man, believed to be in his teens, was fatally knifed at Betts Park, in Penge, at 7.20pm on Thursday. Officers rushed to the scene and discovered the victim with several […]