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Received yesterday β€” 16 December 2025

Man who stabbed 11-year-old Australian girl in central London to be detained indefinitely

16 December 2025 at 15:28

Mother told court she β€˜relives the moment over and over’ when she thought her daughter was being killed in front of her

A man who β€œfuriously and repeatedly” stabbed an 11-year-old Australian girl in a random knife attack in London’s Leicester Square has been detained indefinitely.

The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police she thought she was going to die after she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in the city’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year while on holiday with her mother.

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Β© Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Β© Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Β© Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

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British paratrooper killed in Ukraine was observing defensive capability test

10 December 2025 at 09:32

Keir Starmer pays tribute to George Hooley, 28, and says soldier died in β€˜tragic accident away from front lines’

A soldier killed in Ukraine as he watched the testing of a new defensive capability was a 28-year-old paratrooper.

The β€œtragic accident” happened on Tuesday morning when lance corporal George Hooley was with Ukrainian military counterparts.

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Β© Photograph: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock

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