Sami Quadri

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Sami Quadri is Weekend News Editor at the Evening Standard

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Sami Quadri is Weekend News Editor at the Evening Standard

<p>Scenes at Euston on Thursday as train cancellations caused chaos for people's travel plans </p>
London

Travel chaos as Euston services cancelled and strike hits Eurostar

Eurostar services cancelled until end of Thursday as Christmas getaway plunged into chaos for thousands

21 Dec 2023
<p>Silk Stream </p>
London

Man dies after collapsing into river in Barnet

The man in his 40s was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but could not be saved

21 Dec 2023
<p>Olly Alexander </p>
UK

BBC told to drop Eurovision entrant for accusing Israel of 'genocide'

Olly Alexander has sparked a backlash after signing an open letter condemning Israel as an 'apartheid regime'

21 Dec 2023
<p>Photos released by the TSA show 17 bullets concealed inside a nappy </p>
World

Passenger 'hid 17 bullets inside nappy' at airport in New York

The passenger, from Arkansas, had a ticket for a flight to Chicago, a TSA official said

21 Dec 2023
<p>Alex Batty, now 17, who was found in France </p>
UK

Alex Batty returns to Britain after going missing six years ago

Alex was 11 when he disappeared with mother Melanie and grandfather David while on a holiday in September 2017

17 Dec 2023
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UK

Kate Garraway’s husband Derek fights for life after heart attack

The 56-year-old is said to be in critical condition in hospital after the incident last Monday

17 Dec 2023
<p>Wimbledon's expansion 
plans including a new  8,000-seater showcourt</p>
London

Londoners back £200m expansion for Wimbledon

Poll shows support for The All England Club, which runs the Wimbledon Championships, building 38 new grass courts and new stadium on the former Wimbledon Park golf course

4 Dec 2023
<p>French gendarmes patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday</p>
World

British man injured and German killed in Paris 'terrorist attack'

A French man has been arrested after what President Macron says was a 'terrorist attack' near the Eiffel Tower

4 Dec 2023
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Politics

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for praising Margaret Thatcher

The Labour leader said the former Conservative PM had set loose Britain’s ‘natural entrepreneurialism’.
3 Dec 2023
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Crime

Two arrests as pro-Palestine activists block police van in Brixton

Protesters surrounded a police vehicle and sat on the road, Metropolitan Police said

2 Dec 2023
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World

Fighting continues in Gaza as Israel strikes 200 'terror targets'

Many of Israel's attacks on Saturday were focused on the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza

2 Dec 2023
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UK

Passengers face travel disruption amid fresh wave of rail strikes

Train drivers across England started a week-long overtime ban on Friday which is expected to disrupt services over the next week

2 Dec 2023