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Helen William

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Helen William

    Gang jailed for plotting to smuggle £20m worth of cocaine into London fish market (opens the original)

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    Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Four men involved in a plot to smuggle over £20m worth of cocaine into a London fish market inside frozen shipments have been given prison sentences. The group planned to transport around 600kg (1,230lbs) of the Class A drug from South America, aiming to receive the cargo through a legitimate firm based at Billingsgate Market, according to the Metropolitan Police. They recei

  2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Helen William

    Murder investigation launched after fatal stabbing at council headquarters in Wembley (opens the original)

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    A murder probe is underway after a young man died following a stabbing at a council headquarters building. Emergency services were called to Brent Civic Centre in Wembley, north-west London – the home of Brent Council, where the council’s headquarters and a library are based – on Tuesday at 2.25pm. The victim is believed to be a teenage boy or man in his early 20s, the Metropolitan Police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with stab wounds and treated by paramedics. Acco

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Helen William

    Met Police send evidence on Mohamed Al Fayed suspect to prosecutors (opens the original)

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    Detectives from the Metropolitan Police investigating sexual assault allegations against the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have submitted a file of evidence concerning one suspect to prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will now consider whether charges should be brought against the suspect but has not given a timeframe for when a decision is expected. The Met emailed groups representing Fayed’s survivors on Monday, saying: “Met Police detectives have today submitted a full evi

  4. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Helen William

    Boy who fell to death from 15th-floor flat ‘could have been trying to reach biscuits’ (opens the original)

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    A young boy who fell to his death from a 15th-floor window had lived in a "clearly loving environment", an inquest has been told. Aalim Ahmed died after falling from the kitchen window of a residential tower in Plaistow, east London. The five-year-old died instantly, with his "distraught" father Makail Ahmed running down from the top-floor temporary social housing flat to find his son's body shortly before 6am on 16 May 2024. Mr Ahmed and the child's mother, Sahra Osman, have blamed Newham Counc

  5. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Helen William

    Disgraced TV star Stephen Bear jailed for sex offender register breach (opens the original)

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    Stephen Bear boasted from a South American beach that law enforcement could not apprehend him while breaking his obligations as a registered sex offender, Thames Magistrates’ Court was told. The 36-year-old former reality television personality was not actively fleeing, though conditions of his registration required him to report international travel to the authorities. The past winner of Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 received a 24-week custodial sentence on Friday after pleading guilty to five

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