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London celebrity haunt the Groucho Club has closed after claims a "serious crime" took place there.The swanky Soho joint had its licence suspended by Westminster City Council on Tuesday after a request by the Metropolitan Police. It's understood the members-only venue co-operated with the council and acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations."This decision follows reports that a serious crime may have taken place at the premises in circumstances linked to a […]

A fugitive wanted for more than two decades by the FBI has been caught in North Wales, the agency has said.Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was one of the FBI's "most wanted terrorists" for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003. Two bombs exploded about one hour apart on the campus of a biotechnology corporation in Emeryville in August that year, according to authorities.Then, in September of the […]

The world's oldest man has died at the age of 112, the Guinness World Records has announced.John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912, the year the Titanic sank. He was a lifelong Liverpool FC fan, born just 20 years after the club was founded. He died on Monday at a care home in Southport, Guinness World Records said.In a statement, his family said: "His last day was […]

The Met Office has said it is "committed to learning the lessons from Storm Bert" after criticism of its weather forecasts.The weather service also defended itself, pointing out that "observed rainfall totals were broadly in line with the forecast and the severe weather warnings issued in advance". Check forecast in your areaThrough the end of last week and into the weekend, the storm brought torrential rain and winds over 80mph […]

Ed Sheeran has apologised to Manchester United's new manager for interrupting him during a live Sky Sports interview.Ruben Amorim was speaking after United's 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday when the singer walked up to hug analyst Jamie Redknapp. His intervention brought the interview to a halt before Redknapp told Sheeran to "come and say hello in a minute".Some people on social media said Sheeran had been "rude" and called […]

A 19-year-old woman has been left with potentially life-changing injuries after a crash with an unmarked police car that was responding to an emergency in South Gloucestershire.The police car was using blue lights and a siren at the time of the collision, which happened around 6.30pm on Sunday, Avon and Somerset Police said. The teenager was treated at the scene by officers and paramedics and was taken to hospital with injuries "which […]

Microsoft has said it is "investigating an issue" after users reported problems with Outlook and Teams.In a post on X, Microsoft 365 Status said: "We're investigating an issue impacting users attempting to access Exchange Online or functionality within Microsoft Teams calendar." Microsoft Exchange Online is a platform for business communication that has a mail server and cloud apps for email, contacts, and calendars.Down Detector, a website that tracks outages, said […]

A former Metropolitan Police commissioner has urged ministers to "look closely" at a thinktank report calling for non-crime hate incidents to be abolished.Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe served as the chief of the UK's largest police force from 2011 to 2017. He has backed a new report from the thinktank Policy Exchange, released on Monday, that calls non-crime hate incidents (NCHI) a "distraction" from policing priorities.A NCHI, as defined by the government, […]

Bar staff will be trained to deal with incidents of drink spiking under government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.Workers in the night-time economy will be instructed on how to spot and prevent cases as well as help "collect evidence" under a new pilot programme to be rolled out from December, Number 10 announced. The plan is for up to 10,000 bar staff across the country to be […]