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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · David Batty and agency

    Firms fined £1.3m after man killed by falling window from luxury property in London - AOL (opens the original)

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    Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3m over health and safety breaches after a coach driver was killed by a falling window pane. Mick Ferris, 53, was crushed when a window fell 26 storeys from the Corniche, a luxury development in Vauxhall, London, on 2 October 2018. The property developer St James Group Ltd was fined £1m and the specialist facade contractor Lindner Prater was fined £300,000 at a sentencing hearing at Inner London crown court on Thursday. The firms were also ordered to p

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · David Batty

    Mohamed Al Fayed abuse compensation claims could reach £150m, says law firm - AOL (opens the original)

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    Compensation claims by 275 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by the former owner of Harrods Mohamed Al Fayed could reach between £100m and £150m, according to a law firm representing the women. The combined value of their claims, calculated by KP Law (KPL), which represents more than half of known survivors, is around two to three times greater than the amount the luxury department store has set aside for all abuse payouts. This suggests that Harrods and the late billionaire’s estate together co

  3. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · David Batty

    Mohamed Al Fayed abuse compensation claims could reach £150m, says law firm (opens the original)

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    Combined value of 275 women’s claims is far greater than amount Harrods has set aside for payouts Compensation claims by 275 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by the former owner of Harrods Mohamed Al Fayed could reach between £100m and £150m, according to a law firm representing the women. The combined value of their claims, calculated by KP Law (KPL), which represents more than half of known survivors, is around two to three times greater than the amount the luxury department store has set

  4. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · David Batty and agencies

    Woman, 47, charged after four men stabbed in Covent Garden - AOL (opens the original)

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    A 47-year-old woman has been charged after four men were stabbed in central London. Stella Gollovena, of no fixed address, was charged with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, the Metropolitan police said. Officers were called to Endell Street in Covent Garden, at about 12.30pm on Wednesday after four men, aged 34, 39, 42 and 56, were found with stab wounds. The men were taken to hospital with inj

  5. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · David Batty

    Woman, 47, charged after four men stabbed in Covent Garden (opens the original)

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    Stella Gollovena accused of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after assaults in central London A 47-year-old woman has been charged after four men were stabbed in central London. Stella Gollovena, of no fixed address, was charged with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, the Metropolitan police said. Officers were called to Endell Street in Covent Garden, at about 12.30pm on Wednes

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