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Kaliyah Coa was playing with friends at a birthday party when she disappeared a month ago (Picture: PA) A body found in the search for missing 11-year-old girl has been confirmed as Kaliyah Coa a month after she disappeared. Kaliyah slipped and fell into the River Thames while playing with friends close to Barge House Causeway, near City Airport, on March 31. In a statement, her family said: ‘Our hearts…

One of the many benefits of having a dog over a cat (Picture: Getty Images) We all know the value of our pets, but did you know they could actually reduce the risk of developing dementia? In fat, one study found dog owners were 40% less likely to get the disease, rising to 60% among those who were socially or physically active. The same, however, cannot be said for cats.…

You’re about to see a lot of bunting (Picture: AFP) Thousands of people are set to line the streets in London next week to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day. The celebrations will cap off a week of commemorative events 80 years after World War II ended on May 8, 1945. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Royal Family will also be in the…

Jean Charles de Menezes was mistaken for a would-be terrorist (Picture: Getty/Rex) On July 22, 20 years ago, electrician Jean Charles de Menezes left his home in Tulse Hill to fix a broken alarm. Stopping to pick up a copy of Metro, the Brazilian national descended the stairs of Stockwell Tube Station and boarded the next train. Unbeknownst to him, three officers – named only as Hotel 1, 2 and…

A Londoner revealed what happened to his feet after he was forced to ditch his shoes during his journey (Picture: Reddit/Getty Images) A commuter who travelled on the Tube barefoot revealed why he did it, saying the experience was ‘gross’ but also ‘freeing.’ You might have thought in passing what travelling on the London Underground is like without shoes, especially when the sweaty summer months roll in. One commuter did…

Albert Alfonso (centre) and Paul Longworth (right) visited Yostin Andrew Mosquera (left) in his home country of Colombia A porn star ‘decapitated and dismembered’ a couple before freezing part of their remains and taking the rest to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, a court has been told. Yostin Andrew Mosquera is accused of murdering Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on July 8 last year in the couple’s flat in…

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Traffic ground to a halt after several lorries crashed on the M25 (Picture: Highways England) Drivers faced long delays on the M25 after a collision involving three lorries near Heathrow Airport. Part of the motorway is blocked at the Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire border after three HGVs crashed shortly before 11am. Traffic was held after the smash on the anticlockwise carriageway between junction J17 (Rickmansworth) and J16/M40 and J1A (Uxbridge). National…