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The Metropolitan Police has confirmed five people have been arrested during demonstrations outside a Bob Vylan performance at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town on Tuesday evening. The arrests occurred as opposing groups gathered to protest and support the controversial punk-rap duo’s concert.Among those detained was a participant from the pro-Palestine demonstration who faced arrest over chants concerning the Israeli Defence Forces. Another individual supporting the Stop the Hate campaign was detained following allegations of assault after a confrontation with a fellow demonstrator.Officers have made five arrests during two protests outside the O2 Forum in Kentish Town this evening.One man…

Tammy McDaidTammy McDaid says she is hoping Tate can be accepted on to clinical trials which are only available outside the UKThe mother of a four-year-old boy has said her “heart is broken” after he was diagnosed with a form of childhood dementia.Tammy McDaid, from Swansea, said her son Tate has Sanfilippo Syndrome and is not expected to survive to adulthood.She has set an £11,000 fundraising target for her “handsome little man” to potentially take part in clinical trials abroad in the hope of slowing the development of the disease.Tammy, 33, said her main focus was on making precious memories…

Former St Helens and Great Britain scrum-half Sean Long has stepped down as head coach of Championship club Oldham.Long guided the Roughyeds to the League 1 title and last season they finished fourth in the second tier.The club say his departure is by “mutual consent” and details of their 2026 coaching team will be announced in due course.Long was previously head coach of Featherstone before leaving them in 2023 to become assistant coach at Wakefield.As a player, he was 2000 Man of Steel and won Super League, Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge honours.Oldham won 15 of their 24 games…

Yahoo Sports senior NFL reporter Jori Epstein and former Buffalo Bills head coach Phoebe Schecter take a look at the potential play-off contenders and pretenders as the NFL season reaches its business end.WATCH: The Whole 10 Yards – Contenders or Pretenders? (Available to UK users only)

A pensioner with dementia has been removed from her Shropshire care home with only two days’ warning after her quarter-million-pound life savings were depleted through care expenses. Brenda Miles, 98, had lived at Innage Grange in Bridgnorth for five years before being relocated on October 31, when her funds dropped below the state assistance threshold.The retired bookbinder, who requires constant supervision due to dementia and mobility difficulties, was transferred to Hilton Brook House, a less expensive facility in the same town.Upon arriving at her new accommodation, the elderly widow reportedly asked: “Where are all my friends?” according to her niece…

Reform is expected to make further gains tomorrow, but Britain’s top elections guru has warned Nigel Farage against complacency. There are five by-elections taking place across the country this week, with two Lib Dem seats up for grabs. Reform has good reasons to be optimistic – it’s storming ahead in national polls on 26 per cent and it has a string of by-election wins under its belt.However, a polling guru told the People’s Channel that formidable challenges still lie ahead for Reform ahead of the next general election. “Nobody is popular because all parties are minorities now,” polling guru Sir…

King Charles and a 105-year-old Second World War veteran shared a hug during a veterans’ reception at Windsor Castle. Yanvar Abbas, who served as a combat cameraman in the British Army during the conflict, had already met Charles and Queen Camilla at a service of remembrance in Staffordshire earlier this year. He gave a surprise address to Charles and Camilla, thanking them for attending the VJ Day event despite the ongoing cancer treatment for the King, and it appeared to move the couple to tears.Charles and Mr Abbas shared a few words before hugging, afterwards he said: “I told him,…

Some 622,000 Universal Credit recipients have faced benefit sanctions over a 17-month period from February 2024 to July 2025. The Department for Work and Pensions imposed payment reductions or stoppages on these claimants for failing to meet their benefit conditions.Most benefit sanctions were given to people who missed mandatory meetings with work coaches at Jobcentre Plus, affecting 561,630 claimants. Another 18,900 people lost some of their payments for not attending employment programmes aimed at helping them find work.A further 9,380 were sanctioned for leaving their jobs without an acceptable reason, according to the latest figures from August 2025. The overall…

Eighties singer Richard Darbyshire has died at the age of 65, his family has confirmed.The vocalist of synth-pop group Living In A Box died on Monday, November 10, leaving behind a musical legacy that touched fans worldwide.His relatives shared their grief with the BBC, stating: “We are all very sad but his memory and songs will live on.”The Sheffield-formed group’s frontman had been a defining voice of the late eighties pop scene, with his distinctive vocals powering chart-topping tracks that became era-defining anthems.Richard Darbyshire had been vocalist of synth-pop group Living In A Box | GETTYThe cause of his death…

Allies of the prime minister are making it clear he would fight any challenge to his leadership from Labour MPs.There are fears from those loyal to Sir Keir Starmer that his job might be under immediate threat, perhaps as soon as shortly after the Budget in a fortnight’s time.Critics say it is evidence that Downing Street is “in full bunker mode” which “won’t help the government out of the hole we’re in.”Friends of Sir Keir are deeply worried about what they see as plotting going on to try to replace him and are seeking to make clear what they see…