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A man has been arrested after three Jewish women, one of whom was pushing a baby in a pram, reported being assaulted in north-east London.Police were called to the Clapton Common area of Hackney at about 13:40 BST on Monday after a man had been detained by members of Shomrim, a Jewish neighbourhood watch group.Officers arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault. The women are believed to have suffered minor injuries.The Metropolitan Police said it was treating the incident as a suspected antisemitic hate crime and had increased patrols in the area.The man has since been…

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Beyond the emotional, there are also structural elements that Canada have right.Head coach Kevin Rouet, along with plenty of his players, have been gaining experience in England’s PWR.While Canada lacks a professional women’s domestic league, England’s is the strongest in the world, giving Rouet’s players a level of training and match experience they cannot find anywhere else.Canada have brought in some exciting new talents since the last Rugby World Cup who will be interesting teams on this side of the Atlantic. Number eight Lizzie Gibson made her Test debut in April and has been a hard-carrying option at the base…

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Those applying for a licence in Edinburgh must either be in the process of applying for the correct planning permission or have it in place.Campaigners claim some owners are “gaming the system” by submitting planning applications while applying for their licence but then withdrawing the planning application after the licence is secured.Living Rent’s analysis shows 465 of the licensed full property STLs have withdrawn a planning application once, with 110 having withdrawn more than one application.Chas Booth is a Scottish Green Party councillor in Leith who sits on both the licensing and planning committees.He said the council was not doing…

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The Golden Garter holds many happy memories for Paul Stoloff, who was a bassist for the Golden Garter Showband from 1970 to 1982.”It was good fun – happy times,” he said.”It was interesting because it was different music every week.”So if you didn’t like what they’re doing, it’d be different for the next week.”With so many famous faces descending on the club over its 14-year life, there are plenty of tales from behind the scenes.”I remember one night when Dusty Springfield was on, I can even remember the blue dress that she was wearing,” said Margaret Giannini, who worked at…

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The government said the move followed engagement with victims’ families and experts as part of its plan to “put fairness back of the heart of the welfare system”.Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said: “We said we’d act to tackle this gross unfairness and we’re delivering on that promise.”For too long these violent criminals have had their living costs paid by the taxpayer twice over, while their victims and families paid the price.”That ends today because victims and taxpayers deserve a system that is fair and supports only those who genuinely need it.”Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately said:…

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Liverpool and Manchester United are interested in Felix Nmecha, Emiliano Buendia is close to agreeing a new Aston Villa deal and Trent Alexander-Arnold is considering his Real Madrid future.Liverpool and Manchester United are among several Premier League clubs interested in Borussia Dortmund’s Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha, with Liverpool viewing the £84m-rated 26-year-old as an alternative to Bournemouth’s England international Alex Scott, 23. (Teamtalk), externalArgentina midfielder Emiliano Buendia, 29, is close to agreeing a new contract with Aston Villa after positive progress in talks. (Mail) , externalEngland right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold is considering his future at Real Madrid after growing frustrated with…

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Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey has dismissed calls from some Labour MPs to increase Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when he hands down his first Budget.Cabinet ministers Wes Streeting and Louise Haigh both previously voiced support for raising CGT before Andy Burnham became prime minister in July. Ahead of next week’s Budget, Healey ruled out lifting CGT – which is imposed on the profit people make when they sell an asset that has increased in value, such as shares in a company or properties which are not primary residences.The move followed warnings that it could end up costing the government…

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Sander Berge (Fulham): It was a massive game against Hull, a six-pointer and if Fulham lose that they are going down in my opinion. But they got the job done and he was at the heart of everything good for them.Diego Gomez (Brighton): He scored from the halfway line, nothing more needs to be said.Pedro Neto (Chelsea): Two goals, wins the game for Chelsea. He is one of those players when you look at him you think ‘he is good, but I don’t know why he is good’, but in this game he put it all together. With all the…

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Chipfupa and a friend decided to start an Instagram page to find others like them in Manchester who were looking to join a community. “We created the platform because we needed to find somewhere where people could congregate and come together,” he explained.”It was just organic.”If we saw different events we wanted to go to we would post about them.”Chipfupa said he noticed a “disconnect” between the community he had created and the types of professional events on offer.”We realised there weren’t that many events to post and maybe we should start doing events of our own,” he said.”People are…

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