Author: Loveworld UK

A young man has been fatally stabbed in Forest Gate in east London, police have said. Officers were called to Chestnut Avenue at around 10.50pm on Monday.The victim, believed to be 18 years old, died just before 11.30pm.Police said his family were still being informed and that formal identification and a post-mortem would be arranged.There have been no arrests so far but any witnesses are urged to call police on 101. Image: Officers were called to Chestnut Avenue in Forest Gate :: London’s year of horror – the victimsIt comes a day after two other people were stabbed to death…

Theresa May has denied launching airstrikes in Syria on the orders of Donald Trump, as she faced MPs for the first time since the military action. The Prime Minister insisted it was morally and legally right to target three sites that stored or researched deadly chemical weapons.She was tackled by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who called the raids “legally questionable” and demanded the Government publish the legal advice behind its decision.He also criticised Mrs May for failing to get a UN resolution before signing up to action with France and the US against Syria’s President Assad.The PM said that a…

A third of millennials could still be renting by the time they retire, a report has warned. And if current trends in home ownership continue, up to half of that generation – born between 1981 and 2000 – face the prospect of renting in their 40s.The research, by think tank the Resolution Foundation, says a “generation of young people face the prospect of never owning their own home”.Around four in 10 millennials currently rent privately at age 30.That is double the rate at the same age as Generation X – now in their forties – and four times that of…

Shopping visits fell at their steepest rate since the end of 2010 last month as bad weather added to the high street’s woes, new figures show. Footfall declined by 6% in March compared with the same month last year as plunging temperatures and icy conditions deterred consumers according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and data company Springboard.At the same time, figures from Visa showed the biggest fall in quarterly consumer spending since the last three months of 2012 – also partly blamed on the “Beast from the East”.Retailers have been under pressure in recent months as households…

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it is closing down all its social media accounts following the “trolling” of MPs and ethnic minorities. The Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for all 900 pubs and head office are shutting down with immediate effect, the pub operator said.The move also takes account of recent concerns over the misuse of personal data and the addictive nature of social media.A spokesman for the chain told Sky News: “We’ve noticed a lot of MPs get trolled and some receive some nasty comments and the company doesn’t like what’s going on – we don’t like the general…

As knife and gun crime rises to record levels on London’s streets, police say they are focusing on the scores of gangs whose battles for control of the capital are, they say, fuelling the violence. With more than 50 deaths so far this year bringing London’s murder rate above New York City’s, former gang member Sheldon Thomas showed Sky where he mentors young people – hoping to show them that gang life is not the only choice.Just yards away from the glitzy Westfield shopping centre in east London, he shows us round an estate where he says the local gang…

A woman in her 30s has been stabbed to death in Brixton, south London. Police arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of murder after they were called to the incident in Sudbourne Road at 6.36pm on Sunday.:: London victims in the first 14 weeks of 2018A Met Police spokesman told Sky News: “Officers attended, along with London’s Air Ambulance.”A female, believed to be aged in her 30s, was found suffering from stab wounds.”Despite the efforts of paramedics she was pronounced dead at the scene.”Next of kin are aware. Formal identification awaits.”A male aged in his 20s has been…

Donald Trump still wants American troops in Syria to return home as soon as possible, the White House says, after Emmanuel Macron said he had convinced the US President to keep a US presence there for “the long term”. “The US mission has not changed – the President has been clear that he wants US forces to come home as quickly as possible,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.There are estimated to be around 2,000 US troops in Syria.Ms Sanders added: “We are determined to completely crush ISIS and create the conditions that will prevent its return. In addition…

Russia was not spoiling for a fight in Syria. Not with the US. That much was clear in the Kremlin’s muted reaction to an incident back in February, curiously brought back to the fore in recent remarks by CIA Director Mike Pompeo.”In Syria, now a handful of weeks ago, the Russians met their match. A couple hundred Russians were killed,” he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last Thursday.On 7 February, pro-regime forces backed by Russian mercenaries had launched an attack on a Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters near Deir Ezzor.The US coalition which backs the SDF responded with air and…

The Foreign Secretary has defended the case for the UK’s action in Syria, saying Britain had a duty to show Syria had not “got away” with using chemical weapons. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Boris Johnson insisted the airstrikes were intended to send a message that the use of such weapons will not be tolerated.Mr Johnson added that the “carefully targeted and calibrated strikes” were not intended to “frustrate Russian strategic objectives”.He wrote: “This does not represent any major escalation of UK or Western involvement in Syria – and we should have the courage to be honest about that.”:: Airstrikes…