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Baby dies week after car hit his pram and killed his mother
A baby boy has died a week after a car crashed into his pram and killed his mother.
Eight-month-old Luciano Newman was critically injured in the collision in south London on January 13 and his mother Nicole Newman, 23, who died at the scene.
The driver of the car, who stopped at the scene and was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries, is co-operating with police, Scotland Yard said.
Thundersnow warning as temperatures plummet
Thundersnow is being predicted for parts of the UK as temperatures plummet across the country.
The Met Office warned that the imminent arrival of a polar maritime air mass could spark the weather phenomenon which sees thunder and lightning combine with a heavy snow dump.
Yellow warnings for ice are in place for almost the entirety of the UK after the mild beginning to the year came to a chilly close.
‘Utterly self-centred’ heiress swerves jail after importing python skin
A multimillionaire heiress who sold illegal python skin fashion accessories through her Instagram account was branded “utterly self-centred” by a judge as she was spared prison.
Stephanie Scolaro, 26, shipped £17,000-worth of baseball caps and bags from Indonesia into the UK, and advertised them for sale on social media and through her website SS Python.
The swimwear model and daughter of an Italian mining tycoon previously flaunted her lifestyle on the Channel 4 show Rich Kids Of Instagram.
Thames eels left ‘hyperactive’ due to high levels of cocaine in water
Eels in the Thames are becoming hyperactive because of the high levels of cocaine in the city’s waste water, scientists say.
New research by a team at King’s College London found that Londoners are using the class A drug consistently throughout the week, with fears that it is hurting the river’s wildlife.
A monitoring station near the Houses of Parliament found there was a constant low level of cocaine entering the river.
