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A driver who smashed through a school fence in a Land Rover Defender leaving two schoolgirls girls dead is facing a fresh investigation.Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau – both eight years old – were at an end-of-year tea party when the car crashed into them at The Study prep school in Wimbledon in July last year.Driver, Claire Freemantle, 47, wasn’t charged with any offence after reportedly suffering an epileptic seizure behind the wheel.A review has exposed shortfalls in the way detectives carried out the initial investigation into the crash, prompting London’s Metropolitan Police to reopen the case, according to MailOnline.Issues…

King Charles was given a brutal eight-word introduction to a traditional Samoan practice during his and Queen Camilla’s visit to the island.Following their tour of Australia, the monarchs headed to Samoa for a day of welcoming ceremonies, one of which involved traditional tattooing.Tattooist John Lemisio introduced the king to the practice, where he saw a woman grimacing in pain on the floor as she received the ink.John admitted that the sacred art, known as Tatu, is “very, very painful” something that King Charles thought required a drink, but the artist insisted no pain medication is used.The King asked if the…

Meghan Markle has “lost friends and allies everywhere”, claims one royal expert – who says they are no longer an ally, too.Broadcaster and royal biographer Hugo Vickers has taken a swipe at Meghan, stating that it “can’t be a coincidence” that the former working royal has lost so many supporters and friends.Singling out author Tina Brown as someone that Meghan has upset, he said: “Megan does seem to have a capacity for losing friends and allies all around the place and Tina Brown, of course, is a very intelligent observer of the scene, and she’s been doing it for a…

Sir Keir Starmer has lost hope of meeting Kamala Harris before the US election next month despite previously hoping to do so, it is understood.The Prime Minister met with Donald Trump in New York last month while attending the UN General Assembly but was unable to meet the Democratic presidential nominee.There are understood to be no plans for Sir Keir and the US vice president to meet ahead of the November 5 ballot.Sir Keir had said last month that it would be “very good to meet both of them at some stage before the election”.The Prime Minister has likely been…

A woman who was allegedly stabbed at a football stadium train station in the Midlands has tragically lost her life – as her heartbroken family pay tribute.British Transport Police reported that the woman, Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, was found with “injuries consistent with being stabbed”. Despite being rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, the 27-year-old woman tragically died three days later after the alleged late-night attack. The incident occurred at Bescot Stadium, Walsall, where emergency services were called to an alleged “serious assault” just after 11.25pm on Sunday, October 20.Deng Cholmajek, of Bescot Crescent, Walsall, was initially charged with…

A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been struck off the force after sending racist messages in a WhatsApp group with fellow officers. Benjamin Kirk was part of the ‘Band of Brothers’ chat group, which included five other Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) officers who shared derogatory, racist, and pornographic content.Kirk moved to Avon and Somerset Police as a student officer from the CNC in October 2020. He was found guilty of gross misconduct for sending offensive racist messages and not challenging or reporting the inappropriate content shared by others during an August misconduct hearing.The panel concluded that Kirk’s behaviour…

Celebrity insiders in the California town where Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, made their American home after leaving the UK and their Royal Duties, have begun whispering about the pair’s recent spate of solo public appearances.Montecito’s glossiest gossip magazine, a must-read for the star-studded community in the upmarket seaside enclave of Southern California, typically boasts features on local planning aquabbles, high-society events, neighbourhood happenings and the odd snippet of crime news. Yet, its ‘Grapevine’ gossip column could be spicing up morning routines for two illustrious members of the locale with chatter about “speculation” over their relationship…

King Charles was honoured with an ‘ava ceremony (Image: Getty Images)The King was bestowed a new title this afternoon as he was welcomed to a traditional Samoan village.Charles, 75, was proclaimed Tui-Taumeasuna (High Chief) by the Moata’a Village Chief who urged the monarch to “take a small part of Samoa away” with him.The chief told of his admiration for the King and his efforts to highlight climate change throughout his life.The small Pacific island of Samoa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including tropical cyclones and storm surge, flooding, more severe and longer-lasting droughts.Chief Tofaeono Iupati Fuatai…

The tragic death of a  student in a car crash while walking her Huskies in the UK has left her family heartbroken, as they pay tribute to an “amazing” woman. Emilie Anne Parker, 30, hailing from Colorado, was fatally struck on Friday October 11 near Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands, a tragedy that also claimed the lives of her cherished huskies Carver and Roo.In a poignant statement, her family honoured their “amazing sister, daughter and granddaughter,” who was studying at the University of Dundee. “Emilie was a smart, beautiful, courageous 30-year-old woman, who was taken from us far too soon,”…

The Government has announced that the sale of disposable vapes will be prohibited by next summer. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed on Wednesday that new legislation to ban the sale of single-use vapes from June 1, 2025, has been presented in Parliament.Businesses have until this deadline to sell any remaining stock they hold and prepare for the ban’s implementation. Defra stated that the UK Government and devolved governments had collaborated closely on the ban and would synchronise their enforcement dates.Mary Creagh, the Circular Economy Minister, described single-use vapes as “extremely wasteful and blight our towns…