London declares COVID-19 a major incident and Netherlands locks down for Christmas as tighter measures return across Europe

Nations across Europe have moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Key points: The Netherlands is being locked down... Read more »
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Covid Omicron news live: Lockdown fears as UK sees 90,000 new cases and London declares major incident

Sadiq Khan declares ‘major incident’ over huge surge of Omicron cases The UK has reported 90,418 new Covid-19 cases, and 125 deaths, marking a slight decrease from yesterday’s reported figures which saw... Read more »
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Covid: UK Omicron cases grow by more than 10,000 as major incident declared in London

A major incident has been declared in London as the number of UK Omicron cases grew by more than 10,000. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the new Covid variant’s “rapid spread” is “hugely concerning” and he... Read more »
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Man shot dead by armed police in Kensington, London, after incident involving firearm

A man has died after sustaining gunshot wounds in an incident involving armed officers close to Kensington Palace. The Metropolitan Police said offices were called to reports of a man with a... Read more »
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Kensington incident: ‘Armed’ man shot dead by cops near palace after going into bank

Metropolitan Police said shots were fired and despite the best efforts of the emergency services the man was pronounced dead at the scene – it is not being treated as terrorism. Video... Read more »
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Kensington incident: Huge police presence after ‘three loud bangs’ close to Palace

Eyewitnesses reported a huge police presence near Hyde Park in Central London as roads remain closed and footage from the scene shows multiple police cars and a large cordon in place Video... Read more »
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‘Rocked me to the core,’ says man charged in Costco incident

David Lavoie, the man accused of assaulting a Muslim man in a Costco parking lot last month, is speaking out and tells a much different story of how events transpired. “It has... Read more »
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Man charged with murder in Wharncliffe Road incident

One man has died and another has been charged after an incident in southwest London. Emergency crews responded to 256 Wharncliffe Rd. S., south of Horton Street, around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Police... Read more »
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Travel chaos as passengers stuck on trains for hours after ‘serious incident’

Passengers reported being stranded in the middle of the night after a serious railway incident caused chaos in the capital. An accident reportedly involving a person between London Euston and Watford Junction... Read more »
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Passengers stuck on trains for hours as serious incident shuts major rail line

We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story People have been waiting at Euston for their trains ( Image: @craig75ellison/Twitter) Passengers have been stuck... Read more »