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WIRELESS FACES SERIOUS BACKLASH FOR HEADLINING KANYE WEST FOLLOWING ANTISEMITISM CONTROVERSY

Wireless Festival is facing major backlash, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer voicing his “concern” and Pepsi withdrawing its sponsorship of the London festival following the announcement that Kanye West is set to headline the three-day event.

FBI ARRESTS UK-BASED NIGERIAN FRAUDSTER IN MULTIMILLION-NAIRA 'WICKED' BROADWAY TICKET SCAM

Ajibola Oduntan, 47, has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly running a ticketing scam that cost the Kentucky Performing Arts over $100,000 during the Broadway run of Wicked in late 2023. Prosecutors say Oduntan stole U.S. citizens’ credit card details to buy tickets, which he resold on StubHub, routing profits through PayPal and Irish bank accounts. Arrested in August, he has pleaded not guilty, with trial set for November 10.
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BLACK WOMEN FACE SYSTEMIC NEGLECT IN MATERNITY CARE MPS WARN

A new Commons committee report reveals that Black women in England continue to suffer significantly worse maternity outcomes than white women because of structural racism, poor leadership and failing accountability together with inadequate data collection and pervasive bias, stereotyping and racist assumptions that leave their concerns ignored during pregnancy and childbirth, campaigners warn.
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SADIQ KHAN’S PAY RISES TO £170K, MAKING HIM UK’S HIGHEST-PAID POLITICIAN

Sir Sadiq Khan has accepted a pay rise of £5,281, raising his annual salary from £165,001 to £170,282, a move that makes him the highest-paid politician in the UK. The increase of 3.2% follows the local government settlement, and is based on recommendations from an independent panel, ensuring impartiality in its determination.
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DR WHO LEFT PATIENT ON THE OPERATING TABLE FOR SEX CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK

A married doctor who abandoned a patient mid-surgery to engage in sexual activity with a nurse has been cleared to return to work after a tribunal deemed him at “very low risk” of repeating such behaviour. Consultant anaesthetist Dr. Suhail Anjum, 44, was caught in a “compromising position” with an unnamed nurse — referred to as Nurse C — at Tameside Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne.‍
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STEPHEN GRAHAM DELIVERS HEARTWARMING SPEECH AFTER EMMY WIN

At the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday evening, Lancashire-born actor Stephen Graham delivered one of the night’s most powerful moments. Accepting the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series for his career-defining role in Netflix’s Adolescence, the 52-year-old described himself humbly as “just a mixed-race kid from Kirkby.”
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OVER 110,000 ATTEND TOMMY ROBINSON'S 'UNITE THE KINGDOM' RALLY IN LONDON

More than 110,000 people flooded central London as Tommy Robinson led what he called the “biggest protest in British history.” The far-right rally triggered a massive counter-protest by anti-racism groups, prompting a heavy police presence and growing concern over public safety and community tensions.
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DOCTOR LEAVES UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT MID-SURGERY TO HAVE SEX WITH NURSE

A consultant anaesthetist at Tameside Hospital asked a nursing colleague to watch over a male patient under anaesthetic so he could take a comfort break, then left theatre and was later found having sex with a nurse in a different operating theatre, a medical tribunal has been told. The doctor admitted what happened and acknowledged it could have put the patient’s safety at risk while expressing remorse.
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UK’S FIRST ‘SUPER UNIVERSITY’ FORMED AS KENT AND GREENWICH MERGE

Two major institutions, the University of Kent and the University of Greenwich, will unite in autumn 2026 to establish a pioneering multi-university called the London and South East University Group, preserving individual identities and campuses, led by a single vice-chancellor, in what is described as a groundbreaking model amid growing financial pressures across higher education.
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'RAISE THE COLOURS' ORGANISER PREVIOUSLY JAILED FOR ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO UK

The main figure behind the “Raise the Colours” flag-raising campaign in England was previously convicted in 2016 for attempting to smuggle four Vietnamese migrants into the UK, a fact confirmed by reputable reporting, adding a controversial layer to the patriotic displays across towns and cities.
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