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Police appeal for information on cyclist who seriously assaulted group of people

Police appeal for information on cyclist who seriously assaulted group of people

The Metropolitan Police have released CCTV footage of a cyclist who seriously assaulted a group of people.The assault took place in the early hours of 13 August on City Road, London.Three victims were walking on the road and collided with a cyclist. The cyclist then approached the group and launched an attack, punching one man unconscious and breaking a womans nose.  
Oct 2, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Video shows robbers wearing ponchos raiding store

Video shows robbers wearing ponchos raiding store

Police are looking for information on two men who robbed a shop in Etwall, Derbyshire while wearing ponchos. The men stole cigarettes, alcohol and the till and tied up the staff before fleeing the scene.
Sep 29, 2017
By Staff Reporter
EUs Guy Verhofstadt mocks UK PM Theresa May over Florence speech and Brexit

EUs Guy Verhofstadt mocks UK PM Theresa May over Florence speech and Brexit

Verhofstadt, the European Parliaments lead negotiator in the Brexit talks, said that May chose Florence to make her speech about leaving the EU because Florentine politics in the 15th Century made her feel at home. He said, backstabbing, betrayal, noble families, fighting for power and so on, so I think that it is an environment that she recognised very well.
Sep 29, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Officers Release CCTV After Hit And Run Driver Collides With Mother And Pram

Officers Release CCTV After Hit And Run Driver Collides With Mother And Pram

A 28-year-old woman was crossing the road with her four-day-old baby in a pram in Great Barr, West Midlands, when they were hit by a passing car. Police were called to the A34 Walsall Road, near to Beeches Road at 6pm on Saturday 23 September following a collision between a car and a pedestrian.
Sep 26, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Who is Tennessee church shooting suspect Emanuel Samson

Who is Tennessee church shooting suspect Emanuel Samson

Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, has been charged with murder and attempted murder…after opening fire at Burnetts Chapel Church of Christ Antioch in Tennessee. A 39-year-old woman, Melanie Smith, was killed in the church parking lot. Six others were wounded inside the church after Samson entered through the back entrance. Robert Engle, a church usher, interfered quickly, resulting in Samson being shot in the left pectoral. Police said Samson had previously attended the church within last two years. The shooting is still under investigation and it is unknown if Samson has a criminal record. He is scheduled to appear in court on 27 September.
Sep 26, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Uber loses London license

Uber loses London license

Transport for London (TFL) have decided not to renew the license to operator for the minicab company, after years of pressure from the citys black cab drivers. TFL said in a statement that the controversial company is not fit and proper to hold the operating license.
Sep 22, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Zimbabwes Mugabe embarrassed by biblical giant gold goliath Donald Trump

Zimbabwes Mugabe embarrassed by biblical giant gold goliath Donald Trump

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe gave a scornful speech at the United Nations General Assembly on 21 Septmeber, calling U.S. President a giant gold Goliath. Africas oldest ruler at 93, who has ruled the southern African nation since its independence from Britain in 1980 called on Trump to blow your trumpet in a musical way towards the values of unity, peace, cooperation, togetherness, dialogue.
Sep 22, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Over 80 arrested at Stockley protest

Over 80 arrested at Stockley protest

A third night of protests started peacefully but turned violent following the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white former St. Louis officer found not guilty in the 2011 shooting death of black driver Anthony Lamar Smith.
Sep 19, 2017
By Staff Reporter
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