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Feb

2024

London at the heart of Nigeria’s bid for Cup of Nations glory

AFCON 2023

NIGERIA will have a strong London connection in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final with key players born in Britain likely to line up against the Ivory Coast. There are four players born in the boroughs of the British capital in the Nigerian squad plus two other key regulars, Calvin Bassey and midfielder Alex Iwobi, who have lived in London from an early age. Ola Aina, Semi Ajayi and Ademola Lookman are English-born and have made a major contribution to Nigeria’s progress to the final. Joe Aribo, also from London and who struggled with injury at the start of the…

Dec

2023

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and SAM TOBIN

Prince Harry was phone-hacking victim and editors knew, London court rules

WORLD

PRINCE Harry scored the biggest win yet in his legal war against British tabloids when London's High Court ruled he had been a victim of phone-hacking and other unlawful acts by Mirror Group journalists with the knowledge of their editors. King Charles' younger son, who became the first senior British royal for 130 years to give evidence in court when he appeared at a trial in June, was awarded 140,600 pounds (around $180,700) after the judge agreed he had been targeted by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). The judge's conclusion that the editors of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and…

Oct

2023

By The African Mirror

Live Aid the musical coming to London decades after fundraising extravaganza

WORLD

LIVE Aid, the transatlantic concert that raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia, is being turned into a stage musical that will premiere at London's Old Vic next year, the theatre said. Organised by rockers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure almost 40 years ago, Live Aid was watched by an estimated 1.5 billion people. "If this musical encourages just one person to have a positive impact for the better, then it will be a job well done," Geldof said in a statement on The Old Vic website. He said he had watched the production develop. "I'm looking forward to seeing…

Jun

2023

By The African Mirror

Prince Harry tells court: ‘Nobody wants to be phone hacked’

WORLD

PRINCE Harry finished giving evidence at the High Court in London during a second day of grilling over his allegations that British tabloids targeted him with phone hacking and other unlawful behaviour. Harry and others are suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of the Daily Mirror and other tabloids, accusing them of widespread unlawful activities. MGN is contesting the claims and denies senior figures were aware of wrongdoing. Below are quotes and highlights from the courtroom where Harry faced hours of cross-examination in the witness box over two days: 'IT'S A LOT' At the conclusion of Harry's evidence, his lawyer David Sherborne…

May

2023

By JEEVAN RAVINDRAN and NATALIE THOMAS

Excitement and apathy ahead of King Charles’ coronation

WORLD

DOZENS of royal fans have begun camping out in central London ahead of King Charles' coronation on Saturday, but while they and millions more are anticipating the historic event with excitement, at least as many say they do not care. The coronation, whose origins date back 1,000 years, will be the biggest ceremonial event since that staged for Charles' mother Queen Elizabeth in 1953, with a display of pageantry and a huge military procession. For some Britons, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. For others, it is a welcome occasion only because it provides a day off work with an extra holiday on Monday.…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

‘Things will get worse’: London goes into stricter lockdown

WORLD

GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and SARAH YOUNG LONDON, the world's international financial capital, will enter a tighter COVID-19 lockdown from midnight today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave. The respiratory pandemic, which emerged in China last year and has killed over a million people worldwide, is spreading in most parts of Britain, whose official death toll of 43,155 is the highest in Europe. Anger, though, is rising over the economic, social and health costs of the biggest curtailment of freedoms since World War Two. One former government adviser warned some people would have trouble…

Sep

2020

By The African Mirror

Cities promise to divest from fossil fuels to boost green recovery

AFRICITIES

MEGAN ROWLING THE mayors of 12 big cities in North America, Europe and Africa pledged on Tuesday to shift their money out of fossil fuels and into green energy, buildings, transport and other investments to help them recover from the pandemic and tackle climate change. The group of cities, which signed up to a declaration committing them to divest from coal, oil and gas, are home to more than 36 million residents and hold over $295 billion in assets. Led by London and New York City, they agreed to take all possible steps to divest from fossil fuel companies the…