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Manchester City must pay the price

In the past fortnight, the Premier League has been rocked by an independent commission’s finding that Manchester City are guilty of 114 of the 115 charges brought against them for breaches of its rules. The findings detailed a disguised funding scheme involving sham contracts, artificially infl...

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£20,000 reward offered to help find missing Turkish Cypriot woman Nazire Koreli as family pleads for answers

The Metropolitan Police has renewed its appeal for information about the disappearance of Turkish Cypriot mother-of-two Nazire Koreli, who vanished from her southeast London home two years ago, as independent charity Crimestoppers offers a reward of up to £20,000 to help solve the mystery.Nazire, 56...

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Edmonton business Sugarbake and owner Ismail Colak ordered to pay over £10,000 for serious hygiene failures

A North London cake manufacturer and its director, Ismail Colak, have been ordered to pay £10,698.96 in fines, costs and surcharges after inspectors discovered mouse droppings and serious hygiene failures.Sugarbake (London) Limited, based in Nobel Road, Edmonton, admitted six food hygiene offences....

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Work visas drove a surge in UK migration, but how many foreign workers and their families will settle permanently?

A new Migration Watch UK report argues that Britain’s work visa system has become a route to permanent settlement for hundreds of thousands of workers and their families, equivalent to a city “the size of Glasgow”, arguing this will pose serious long-term social and economic problems.“A country...

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Newcastle named Britain’s top property investment location for 2026/27

Newcastle upon Tyne has been named Britain’s strongest major property investment location heading into 2027, outperforming Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester in a new study of 30 cities and investment markets.The Beyond Stays Group Property Investor Index 2026/27 ranked locations across England,...

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George Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix by a whisker after dramatic Baku finale

British driver George Russell won Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix by just 0.196 seconds, holding off Max Verstappen in a thrilling finish on the streets of Baku. Isack Hadjar completed the podium for Red Bull.Russell (pictured top) had secured pole position for Mercedes and led throughout the race....

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Hackney Bombacılar gang member jailed for life over shooting outside Dalston restaurant

Beytullah Gündüz plotted to kill a man whose family he had accused of paying £100,000 to a rival gang, the Old Bailey heard.A senior member of the Hackney Bombacılar gang (dubbed the ‘Hackney Turks’ by British media) has been jailed for life for conspiring to murder a man who was shot outs...

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The Divided Island filmmaker seeks investment for Mediterranean film studio

Filmmaker Cey Sesiguzel is seeking £450,000 to expand Two Fresh Studios, an independent film company in London that is focused on stories with “Mediterranean roots and international appeal”.The British Turkish Cypriot filmmaker presented the company’s plans to a group of angel investors and business...

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Enfield supermarket boss evicted after turning council allotment into commercial storage site

A British businessman and his supermarket company have been evicted from a council-owned allotment in north London after the land was unlawfully converted into a commercial storage and access area.Suleyman Tekagac, director of Öncü Food Centre, and the company were ordered by Wandsworth County Court...

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UK updates Türkiye travel advice as international protests grow over LGBT crackdown

Britain has updated its official travel advice for LGBT+ visitors to Türkiye following the country’s sweeping raids on LGBT organisations and activists, as protests against the crackdown spread to more than 50 cities worldwide and over 450 civil society groups issued a joint condemnation.The Foreign...

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