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Day: July 6, 2018

Prince William and Princess Anne join the Queen for Order of the Thistle service
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Prince William and Princess Anne join the Queen for Order of the Thistle service

    The 92-year-old monarch looked resplendent in her traditional green velvet robes and white-plumed hat as she took part in the ceremony at St Giles' Cathedral in the Scottish capital. Her Majesty looked in good spirits this morning despite having to wear the heavy robes in the hot weather. The Thistle Service takes place once every two years to install new members of the Order of the Thistle. Ahead of the church service, there is a procession to St Giles' Cathedral through Edinburgh town centre. This year, Sir Richard Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queesnberry, and Sir Ian Clark Wood will be installed into the order. Richard Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, became a 'sir' following his previous investiture to the Order of the Thistle, the greatest o...
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Police dig garden of nurse arrested over deaths
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Police dig garden of nurse arrested over deaths

    Police are digging in the back garden of the nurse arrested in connection with the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Officers carrying spades and rakes have been seen entering the Chester home of Lucy Letby. They have also been spotted using a step ladder to climb over the Ms Letby’s back garden fence, seemingly to search in the woodland next to her property. It was not immediately clear what the police searching the property were looking for. Ms Letby, 28, is believed to have been arrested by detectives investigating the deaths of 17 babies and 15 non-fatal collapses at the hospital between March 2015 and July 2016. Her modern semi-detached house, now the subject of a police search that has so far lasted two days, is about a mile from the hosp...
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UK may team up with Sweden for new fighter jet after French snub
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UK may team up with Sweden for new fighter jet after French snub

    British officials have held preliminary talks with the Swedes and the Ministry of Defence Britain could team up with Sweden to build a new fighter jet after being snubbed by France and Germany. British officials have held preliminary talks with the Swedes and the Ministry of Defence is next week expected to outline plans to start developing a warplane to replace the Typhoon. Sweden, which is in the EU, has shown interest in collaborating and would be a natural partner through its defence manufacturer Saab, according to the Financial Times. Sources stressed that the UK has spoken to several countries about the project. Japan and South Korea are also potential partners. France and Germany shocked British defence firms last July when they announced plans to develop a...
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Johnson and Cameron meet before May’s Brexit showdown
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Johnson and Cameron meet before May’s Brexit showdown

    Boris Johnson met David Cameron on the eve of a key Brexit summit, with the pair agreeing Theresa May's vision for Britain's future relationship with the European Union was the worst of both worlds. Mr Cameron called the EU vote and campaigned for Remain. He announced his resignation the morning after voters backed Brexit by a margin of 52% to 48% in June 2016. The remarkable development comes as his successor gathers her cabinet at her country retreat of Chequers in a bid to agree on what they want Britain's post-Brexit relationship with the EU to look like. But there are vastly differing views on how closely, if at all, the UK should mirror Brussels' rules and regulations when it comes to issues like trade and customs. Leavers say sticking too close to them woul...
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Council takes action against massage Parlour found guilty of offering sexual services
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Council takes action against massage Parlour found guilty of offering sexual services

Tower Hamlets council has successfully prosecuted a premises illegally offering sexual services. On the 19th of June 2018, Cheng Xiang Chinese Medicine Limited, trading as Health one at 66 Middlesex Street, E1 7EZ was found guilty at Thames Magistrate Court of breaching the terms and conditions of their special treatment licence by allowing the premises to be used by prostitutes, for soliciting or any other immoral purposes. The Council's legal team and officers from the Environmental Health and Trading Standards Service presented the court with evidence including an account from a client who was offered services of a sexual nature at the premises. The defendants argued that the sexual services offered did not amount to prostitution as they did not involve full sexual intercourse. Howeve...
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Successful Mela attracts revellers from Tower Hamlets and beyond
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Successful Mela attracts revellers from Tower Hamlets and beyond

Festival season in Tower Hamlets moved up a gear on Sunday July 1, when the council successfully hosted another renowned Boishakhi Mela, attracting around 40,000 revellers across the day from the borough and beyond. A parade from Brick Lane to the festival site in Weavers Fields, Bethnal Green officially launched the biggest celebration of the Bengali New Year in Europe. The colourful procession with music and fabulous floats included a magnificent tiger, an elephant as well as a peacock whose striking plumage was at the front of the parade. The hot weather was perfect for the day with glorious sunshine adding to the carnival atmosphere. On the main stage, some of the biggest names in Bangla music and dance performed as people of all ages and backgrounds rocked to the music. Headline ...
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