Summary

  • Updates on 9 April

  1. XR protesters smash windows at HSBC headquarterspublished at 09:56 British Summer Time 22 April 2021

    The activists say they targeted HSBC because the bank is contributing to the climate crisis.

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  2. Grenfell Tower management 'was a mini-mafia'published at 20:22 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    A resident who predicted a "catastrophic event" would happen at Grenfell gives evidence to the inquiry.

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  3. Man who threatened passengers on plane jailedpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    A judge said David Nolan was the "type of passenger that all air travellers dread" during a flight to London.

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  4. Law-change call after girl dies from air pollutionpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah's mother calls on the government to "reduce air pollution immediately".

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  5. Terror attacker shouted 'I'm going to blow you up'published at 17:39 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    A former prisoner sprayed a fire extinguisher to try and stop Usman Khan after seeing his 'suicide belt'.

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  6. PM: I did right thing over Dyson ventilatorspublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of being at the centre of government "sleaze" amid a fresh lobbying row.

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  7. Son helped billionaire father hide divorce moneypublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    A judge says the Akhmedov family is "one of the unhappiest ever to have appeared in my courtroom".

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  8. Why politicians dived into the ESL football rowpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Loads of people hated the European Super League. Here's why politicians did.

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  9. 'Common sense has prevailed' on ESL planspublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Conservative MP Saqib Bhatti asks if fans should be at the heart of football decision-making.

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  10. 'Fire and rehire abuses spreading like a virus'published at 14:24 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Labour MP Kim Johnson asks what the government will do about fire and rehire practices.

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  11. Convicted neo-Nazi Met Police officer sackedpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Benjamin Hannam is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey having been found guilty of a terrorist offence.

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  12. SNP's Blackford urges PM to publish Dyson textspublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Ian Blackford also asked Boris Johnson "how many more Covid contracts he had personally fixed".

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  13. Starmer: NHS staff didn't get a text from PMpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    At PMQs on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer has said nurses can't text the prime minister, and have had a "kick in the teeth".

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  14. Starmer: Is it right to text James Dyson?published at 13:43 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    The Labour leader challenges the prime minister on his texts with businessman Sir James Dyson.

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  15. Downing Street scraps White House-style briefingspublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    After spending £2.6m on the new briefing room, it will now be used by Boris Johnson and officials instead.

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  16. PMQs: As it happenedpublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clashed over accusations of government "sleaze and cronyism"

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  17. Johnson told Dyson he would 'fix' tax issuepublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    The prime minister and businessman sent text messages over plans for ventilators during the pandemic.

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  18. Mother gives birth in dramatic Uber hospital dashpublished at 08:23 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Victoria White's waters broke as she was being driven to hospital to give birth to her second child.

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  19. Where is the line on lobbying government?published at 06:02 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Rules on ministers' behaviour aren't just about what they discuss, but about how conversations are had.

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  20. Majority believes NI will leave UK within 25 yearspublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    People on both sides of the Irish border were polled for centenary programme.

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