A security guard who was ‘just doing his job’ has been stabbed to death at a Milton Keynes shopping centre.

Police and emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at the Centre MK (CMK) at around 5.10pm on Saturday.

A man has been named locally as Gary Stanley, 52, who was on duty when the stabbing happened at the shopping centre, but died at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics.

Thames Valley Police has launched an investigation, and a 50-year-old man from Towcester has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Gary was described as a ‘gentle giant’ by friends and family who have paid tribute to the 52-year-old.

A member known as Bhav from the Facebook page, The Security Squad, paid tribute to Gary describing him as someone ‘you felt safe around’.

He wrote: ‘Gary had been murdered while doing his job yesterday, while protecting others. Taken in an instant.

‘Gary was a gentle giant. A man who worked hard, loved deeply, and would help anyone without hesitation.’

‘The kind of man you felt safe around. The kind you don’t replace.’

The security guard, also known by friends as Stan, is understood to have left behind his wife, son and two grandchildren.

Other tributes on social media described Gary as a valued member of the Milton Keynes community.

One post said: ‘Rest in peace to a valued member of our Milton Keynes Gary Stanley who sadly lost his life today.

‘Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and everyone affected.

‘Tonight we light a candle in his memory. Gone too soon, but never forgotten.’

Another tribute shared how they once worked alongside Gary.

‘I’m so gutted to find out the news that Gary was taken from us today,’ one tribute read.

‘I worked alongside this kind man on the doors for many years and he was always calm, fair and funny, how could anyone take your life like that while you were simply doing your job.’

Thames Valley Police officers are at the CMK shopping centre as investigations continue.

The 50-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder remains in police custody.

Chief superintendent Emma Baillie said: ‘We are in the very early stages of this murder investigation, but we have made an arrest and are we are not currently looking for anyone else.

‘There is no known threat to the wider public.

‘Members of the public are likely to see an increased police presence while we continue to investigate and we would advise anyone with any concerns to please speak to one of our uniformed officers.’

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Reform UK has unveiled plans for electoral reform, including a proposal to significantly restrict postal voting and remove the right of Commonwealth citizens to vote.

Nigel Farage claimed postal voting has turned the UK’s elections into a ‘laughing stock’, and that allowing non-British citizens to vote is ‘absurd’.

Currently, anyone eligible to vote in UK elections can choose to do so by post, but under Reform UK’s plans, this would be limited to the elderly, disabled, serving armed forces personnel and those working overseas during an election.

Under the proposals, Commonwealth citizens, who can currently vote in all types of UK elections if they qualify as residents, would lose their right to go to the polls.

A spokesperson for Reform UK confirmed the changes would not affect Irish citizens, who also have the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

The policy was born out of Mr Farage’s belief that allowing Commonwealth citizens to vote ‘undermines national sovereignty’ and leads to elections being fought over international rather than domestic issues, Reform UK said.

In 2012, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated there were around 1.2 million Commonwealth nationals living in the UK.

Farage said: ‘For too long, postal voting has allowed our elections to be turned into a laughing stock, riddled with fraud, intimidation and outright cheating. It’s been allowed to go on for years and has poisoned trust in our democracy.

‘Meanwhile, allowing non-Brits – people with zero connection to this country – to vote on our future is absurd. It is right that only British citizens should be able to vote in British parliamentary elections.’

The announcement comes after Reform UK asked the police to investigate allegations of election fraud in the Gorton and Denton by-election this week.

Election observer group Democracy Volunteers warned it had witnessed ‘concerningly high levels’ of ‘family voting’ – an illegal practice where two voters use one polling booth and potentially direct each other on voting.

Farage promised to take action after the next general election if nothing is done about the allegations, adding: ‘If this is what was happening at polling stations, just imagine the potential for coercion with postal votes.’

Tory party chairman Kevin Hollinrake said allegations of family voting taking place in the Gorton and Denton by-election are ‘deeply concerning’ but branded Reform UK’s plans a ‘headline-grabbing’ exercise.

He said: ‘Rushing to impose sweeping bans on postal voting is a kneejerk reaction that risks disenfranchising pensioners, disabled people and overseas British citizens who rely on postal ballots to have their say.

‘We must safeguard our elections with proportionate, evidence-based reforms, not headline-grabbing measures that could lock law-abiding voters out of our democratic process.’

The Reform UK leader has frequently complained about postal voting when his parties have lost by-elections.

When his former party, Ukip, lost the Oldham West and Royton by-election in 2015, Farage alleged postal votes had been abused, saying the result raised questions about the conduct of elections in constituencies with large ethnic minority communities.

When his Brexit Party lost the Peterborough by-election in 2019, Farage again criticised the postal vote system.

The Brexit Party candidate challenged the result in court but later withdrew the challenge and was ordered to pay the winning Labour candidate’s legal costs.

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It’s 2028 and you’re getting a taxi home from a night out. So far, so normal, the only difference is that this one is flying.

Sounds futuristic but it’s far from unrealistic according to Vertical Aerospace, which is aiming to have its taxis soaring across London’s skyline within two years.

The Bristol-based firm successfully tested its electric flying taxi above the Cotswolds last year.

Uber has slightly tempered its ambitions to 2030, although its partnership with Joby Aviation is set to bring flying taxis to Dubai already later this year.

It joins cities in China and the United Arab Emirates which harbour similar ambitions.

Uber’s chief product officer Sachin Kansal revealed he would be ‘very disappointed’ if the 2030 milestone wasn’t hit.

‘London is going to be a very high priority market,’ he said.

‘We know our users (there) would love a feature like this, which will help them escape a lot of the traffic and be able to get from their home to the airport within a few minutes rather than hours.’

How fast would a flying taxi journey be?

To put that in perspective, a 10-mile journey across central London could take as little as 10 minutes in a flying taxi – compared to in excess of 90 minutes during peak times.

‘To me, the number one advantage of being able to take that ride is time,’ Sachin explained.

‘Of course the aircraft itself is going to be an amazing experience, but being able to save an hour is going to be amazing.’

Joby’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) will launch like a helicopter before tilting forward to cruise like a plane to travel at speeds of up to 200mph.

It will carry a pilot and four passengers, cover up to 100 miles on full battery, which takes up to 10 minutes to charge from empty.

And it won’t be priced beyond the means of ordinary Londoners.

How much would flying Uber trip cost?

Fares would be comparable to Uber Exec, the premium tier of the Uber app. In central London, a 10-mile Uber Exec journey typically costs between £50 and £70 depending on traffic and demand.

Like with Uber, customers will be able to book shared trips or an entire aircraft. They will travel via ‘vertiports’ — landing pads on rooftops, car parks, or repurposed helipads.

Under Uber’s model, passengers can take ‘stitched’ journeys where a car takes them to the ‘vertiports’ and another picks them up when they land for the final leg of their journey.

On top of this, they are significantly quieter than conventional aircraft. Joby claims their eVTOLs are around 55 decibels when flying overhead, roughly equivalent to a loud conversation in a restaurant.

So far, no infrastructure exists to accommodate eVTOLs – although not many ‘vertiports’ would be needed to serve London, according to Sachin.

‘My expectation would be that we would pick a few spots that give us enough coverage in the city as well as on the outskirts … which could be starting points,’ he said.

‘You just need a clearing to get enough angle to come in, you need enough space, and you need charging infrastructure. And all of that is very creative.’

What happens next with flying taxis in UK?

Joby is currently testing the taxis out in Dubai – which promises to be the guinea pig before the models expand to the US and then London.

Despite the ambitions, significant hurdles remain.

Before any commercial service can begin, aircraft must receive certification from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

The regulator must approve their safety, and operators must secure licences covering pilot training, routes, and maintenance.

Local authorities could also block the building of ‘vertiports’, especially if locals raise concerns about issues like noise.

Jonathan Nicholson, from the CAA, said we were ‘very close’ to seeing flying taxis ‘as long as it is safe we will seek to enable it’.

But there are also broader concerns over public confidence.

Autonomous cars have yet to be rolled out on a large scale in the UK. Until this is normalised, it remains to be seen how popular self-flying taxis will be.

Until these hurdles are overcome, the dream of beating London traffic by air remains just that.

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A popular trainee police officer died by suicide after crashing his car into a tree at almost 100 mph, an inquest has ruled.

Louie Day likely died ‘instantly’ and was thrown from his vehicle when it crashed on the A414 near Ongar, Essex, in the early hours of September 5 last year.

Experts estimate that Louie was ‘probably driving between 96 and 99 mph’ when it collided with the tree, Essex coroners’ court heard.

At the time, the 23-year-old was training as a response officer with the Metropolitan Police on the East Area Command, based from Barking and Dagenham. He had been a PCSO for two years beforehand.

There were no witnesses to the crash, but a passerby found Louie ‘lying on the floor’ having been thrown out of the car, EssexLive reported.

He was sitting on, rather than under his seatbelt and suffered multiple injuries to his head, chest and abdomen, the inquest heard.

An inquest into his death at Chelmsford on Thursday February 26 heard that Louie had left a ‘note of intention’ before his death.

Michelle Brown, area coroner for Essex, said: ‘Louie Day from Brentwood died on September 5, 2025, on the A414 near King Street due to multiple injuries (head, chest and abdomen) sustained as a result of a road traffic collision as the driver and only occupant, leaving a note of intent.

‘The conclusion is one of suicide.’

Medical examinations found no evidence of drugs or alcohol in his system, the inquest heard.

A delivery driver saw Louie’s car shortly before the crash.

In a witness statement they said a car travelling towards them did a three-point turn in the middle of the road which seemed ‘unusual’.

‘After it turned round, it looked like it was speeding away. It must have been doing faster than 40mph,’ they said.

‘As I drove on I saw smoke and mist in the road and then saw bits of car and realised something had happened,’ the driver added.

In a statement, Louie’s family said: ‘It is with the greatest sadness that we announce the passing of our son, Louie Day, a beautiful soul who has left this world and will be greatly missed by all who loved him.’

Louie’s death is one of a number to have occurred on the A414 between Chelmsford and Harlow.

Work is ongoing to make the road safer and reduce serious collisions, including the installation of new average speed cameras.

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An RAF veteran thrown out of the force for being gay is calling on the MOD to extend reparations for those thrown out of the armed forces for their sexuality.

80-year-old Chris Dennis joined the RAF as a radar technician straight out of school at 16, in 1961.

Chris was dishonourably discharged five years into his career at the RAF because of his sexuality.

A £75,000,000 scheme set up by the UK government in 2024 has paid out £50,000 sums to those thrown out of the armed forces because of their sexuality between 1967 and 2000, but Chris missed out on his payment by a matter of months.

The reparations provide an additional £20,000 available for those who suffered further negative impacts, such as investigations, harassment, or imprisonment.

But because Chris was thrown out of the RAF at the end of 1966, he’s not eligible for the scheme, and the veteran is now calling on the Ministry of Defence to revise the rules, allowing those outside the ‘arbitrary’ cutoff date to be offered the same compensation packages.

In addition to not being paid reparations, Chris says he is not allowed to fully participate in Remembrance Day parades, making him feel as unwelcome as when he was thrown out for his sexuality.

‘I enjoyed my job. It was great. Then, in 1966, I was arrested, interrogated by the SIB (Special Investigations Branch) and charged with, essentially, being a homosexual,’ he said.

‘I think the actual wording was ‘an act of gross indecency with another man’. I was discharged with ignominy – a dishonourable discharge. A year later, the civilian law changed to decriminalise male homosexuality.’

The armed forces eventually changed the rules in 2000, making homosexuality legal in the military, but the damage had been done to thousands of soldiers like Chris.

As well as losing the job he loved, he was also unable to work on government contracts when he got work as a commercial engineer.

He also claimed that SIB officers had indicated he could receive an ordinary discharge if he gave the names of other gay servicemen, which he refused to do.

‘You are suddenly kicked out, and you lose the support, the job, everything. It was a big shock,’ he said.

‘The next biggest shock came when I lost my next job. I got a job with a private company as a radar engineer and worked with them for around three weeks.

‘But they said, ‘We can’t get security clearance for you’. Any company that has a government contract has to submit details of its employees. They said, ‘Can you tell us the reason we can’t get clearance for you?’. I told them, and they were quite helpful.’

Non-financial reparations offered to LGBTQ+ veterans include a rainbow pin, known as the Etherton Ribbon, as well as berets and the restoration of medals and rank.

But despite the Etherton Report extending these reparations, both financial and non-financial, to LGBTQ+ members of the armed forces who served between 1967 and 2000, Chris was denied these due to his being kicked out before that date.

‘The government accepted the report that you could only claim if you were discharged between 1967 and 2000,’ he said.

‘So I missed out by a matter of months. I still a pplied and got this letter back saying: ‘You don’t qualify’. It was another kick in the teeth. You see the military people wearing their berets and medals, but I am not allowed to do that. I couldn’t claim them back, the badges and medals.’

Chris said he’s pleased that other LGBTQ veterans have received reparations, but he still feels like an ‘outcast’.

‘People ask me if I’m angry, but there’s no point in getting angry. I am too old for that,’ he added.

‘I am disappointed, as much as anything, that it has come to this. [The RAF] is a brilliant life. If I could wind the clock back, knowing what I know now, I would still join up.’

Though £50,000 would ‘help in his pocket’, being denied the non-financial reparations is even more hurtful, Chris said.

‘The emotional side of, ‘You are now accepted back’ – that’s more important. Back in the day, it was difficult being gay. You had to be on your toes all the time, thinking: Do they know? Will they find out? Should I tell them?’

Mr Dennis and his partner of over 30 years got a civil partnership at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, when they were both living in Hong Kong in 2012.

Peter Gibson, Chief Executive of LGBTQ+Veteran charity Fighting With Pride, said Mr Dennis not getting his reparations lacks ‘any sense of justice’.

He said: ‘It is grossly unfair that the MOD will not simply extend even the non-financial reparations to people like Chris. To not provide him with his beret and an Etherton Ribbon is simply mean and unkind, and lacks any sense of justice and fairness.’

A MOD spokesperson said it does not comment on individual cases, but added: ‘We deeply regret the treatment of LGBT serving personnel between 1967 and 2000, which was wholly unacceptable and does not reflect today’s Armed Forces.

‘LGBT veterans have the same right to wear their medals and berets as other veterans.’

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A police officer who spent her work-from-home days weighing down her keyboard with a picture frame has been sacked for pretending to be doing something useful.

The officer, referred to as Sergeant X by Avon and Somerset Police, has been barred from working in any UK law enforcement agencies.

Her keystrokes were identified as ‘significantly high’ in 2024 by the force’s Professional Standards Department.

An investigation was opened, and it was discovered the majority of shifts she worked had between three to eight times higher keystroke count than her colleagues in a similar role.

She admitted to using the corner of a picture frame to weight down her keyboard so her laptop would not go into ‘sleep mode’ while going through challenges in her personal life.

Assistant Chief Constable Craig Holden, chair of the misconduct panel, said her actions amounted to gross misconduct.

Det Supt Larisa Hunt, the head of Avon and Somerset Police’s Professional Standards Department, said: ‘It is extremely disappointing an officer has behaved in a way which could not only discredit the police force, but also undermine the public confidence in respect of our duties and responsibilities.

‘We know officers and staff deal with immense pressure and high workloads, and while Sgt X had some mitigating circumstances, it’s unacceptable for an officer to act in this deliberate and deceitful way by abusing the trust placed in her, by making it appear she was working when she was not.

‘We recognise the overwhelming majority of our officers and staff work hard to protect the public.’

Sergeant X is hardly the first police officer to be caught pretending to be working while from home.

Detective Constable Niall Thubron, 33, from Durham Police was found to be ‘key jamming’ in September.

He intended to ‘give the impression’ that he was ‘completing tasks’ while ‘working from home’, it was alleged.

He would have been sacked for gross misconduct had he not already resigned.

In June, PC Liam Reakes clocked up more than 100 fake hours by weighing down the Z key on his keyboard.

He is thought to have typed out just shy of 11 million Zs while pretending to be working from home. He also quit before he was sacked.

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The school wars spreading over London have reached new heights, with Operation Cedarfield being by police to clamp down on who is responsible.

Since Metro first broke the story two weeks ago, the schools across London taking part in the fights – where they are encouraged to ‘be violent’ – has increased nearly 10 fold.

The first post divided eight schools in Hackney into ‘red’ and ‘blue’ and told pupils to bring sharp objects such as compasses to harm each other.

Since then, Metro has counted more than 50 schools taking part across the capital, setting up their own ‘wars’.

These include schools in Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Croydon and Harrow.

But parents are crying out for help, with some who have already lost a child to knife crime begging for it to be stopped.

Which schools are involved?

At time of writing, Metro has counted 58 schools involved.

A somewhat-sophisticated scoring system has also been put in place, with 20 points awarded for ‘juggin them’ and 10 for ‘bangin’.

In Greenwich, this includes: Plumstead Manor, Thomas Tallis, St Paul’s Academy, St Mary’s, Woolwich Polytechnic, John Roan, Ark Greenwich School and Royal Greenwich Trust.

In Hackney, City Academy, Cardinal Pole, Haggerston School, Urswick School, The Excelsior Academy, Bridge Academy, Mossbourne Community Academy and City of London Academy Shoreditch Park are all mentioned in the post.

In Tower Hamlets, Langdon Park, Canary Wharf College, St Paul’s Secondary, Bow School. Bishop Chancellor, Stepney Green, Wapping High School and George Green have all been named.

Other posts have also called for inter-borough competitions, with the entirety of north London divided and pitted against each other.

Another has also put boroughs on the other side of the capital against each other, with Ealing and Brent at war with Waltham Forest and Southwark.

‘I dread another parent being told their child has been stabbed’

Tammy Brown, who lost her son Russell to knife crime in 2016, has called on Tower Hamlets parents to make sure they know what their children are doing.

She told Metro: ‘It totally took my breath away seeing these posts. I hate to think of another mum or dad getting that knock on the door that turns their world upside down.

‘Innocent kids could be hurt and for what? Absolutely nothing. It’s just school vs school and terrible and scary for all.’

Pupils are also at risk of being ‘jumped’ without knowing about the posts.

One grandmother, who has a grandson in year 9 in Hackney, said as Mare Street is pedestrianied children will be more vulnerable with nowhere to hide.

She said: ‘There is no hiding on that street, everything is completely open.

‘What if a pupil just happens to be walking through it and gets jumped? It’s a disaster waiting to happen.’

Who is responsible?

All of the posts are circulating on Tiktok and Snapchat by dedicated accounts.

But some pupils do not believe it is their fellow students who have the posts, but rather outsiders looking to cause trouble.

One year 10 student told Metro: ‘People are just trying to fearmonger parents. Most schools are interlinked and have good relationships.

‘These people like to create fear and worry that is already in our communities. But any teenager with common sense would not meet somewhere where the police have been told about and bring a weapon.’

Operation Cedarfield

The Metropolitan Police is now ramping up efforts to find out who is responsible.

They have named the task Operation Cedarfield, with headteachers across London urging students to go straight home after school.

Commander Neerav Patel said: ‘We’re aware of social media posts circulating and are in close contact with schools across several London boroughs to offer reassurance.

‘Officers will maintain a strong, visible presence around schools, and will respond firmly to any reports of violence or disorder.

‘We continue to closely monitor online spaces and have worked with platforms to request a dozen social media accounts to be disabled where threats or violence were planned or encouraged.

‘I would like to remind young people of the serious consequences of getting involved in matters like this.

‘An arrest, charge and conviction for violence and carrying weapons could mean imprisonment with a significant long-term impact on future opportunities.’

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Performers and survivors of the ill-fated Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow have spoken of the disaster that spawned a thousand memes.

There are ‘you had to be there’ moments through history, there was the Sex Pistols gig at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock and then there was the Willy’s Chocolate Experience in Glasgow.

The event promised to be ‘a heart-pounding experience’. It certainly was – just ask any of the irate parents who called police on ‘out of his depth’ organiser Billy Coull.

The Scot had thrown together some cheap posters, hired but not rehearsed with dozens of actors and then invited hundreds of sugared up children to an abandoned warehouse on an industrial estate and expected it to be ok.

The experience, costing a now-meagre-seeming £35 a ticket to be at the seismic show event, in a supposed ‘enchanted’ warehouse on a Glasgow industrial estate.

Children were met with sagging posters and demented AI-generated storylines which would have Roald Dahl rolling in his grave.

Then there is the Unknown. A terrifying rival to Willy Wonka, decidedly not part of the Wonka lore and ‘looking like Diana Ross at an Eyes Wide Shut party’, still appears in one girl’s dreams, according to her mother.

Maryanne Mccormack, took her then 11-year-old daughter Perri, to the event, not knowing it would go down in folklore for centuries.

‘She barely remembers it but she remembers that mask’, she told Metro.

‘She was very scared for quite a while going to bed. The character they created was terrifying for a kid and she often was scared at night seeing the mask.

‘But we managed that because we found out the wee girl under the mask was only 16 and she was in fact a member of my little girl’s cub group at the time.

‘Perri even knew who she was, so she felt better knowing it wasn’t real. I don’t know how long we would have been dealing with her being afraid.’

‘Looking back I don’t feel like I’m part of history’, she explains.

‘Even though we laugh now if I see Billy in person I’d definitely ask for my money still.

‘I just haven’t bumped into him yet.’

Speaking of trauma, Michael Archibald, drafted in to play one of the unofficial Willy Wonkas at the last minute, said he had trouble being thrust into the limelight after the tragic event went viral.

Lured in by the promise of £500 at just 18, Micheal turned up to his first ever acting gig expecting a professional role in a play. Instead he became part of the Willy Wonka experience.

He told Metro: ‘Well, I never intended on being an actor to begin with but it certainly put me off.

‘It was just something I’d decided to do one day since I was good with public speaking and needed the money at the time, being an estranged 18-year-old.’

‘The attention on my end honestly was atrocious though.

‘I had a lot of random racist comments since I’m mixed, I am from Scotland and never had been abroad at the time of the experience, but since I’ve got a funny American accent I had a lot of the whole ‘get out of this country’ or ‘he’s not even Scottish’ comments. It sucked.

‘There was a lot of backlash on my appearance too which had sent me into a pretty big spiral for being as young as I was.’

He added he was still owed £250 of his promised wages but had almost no hope of getting that back.

‘But I’m really happy with where I am now, I’ve got a comfy job and a permanent contract, so I just work a 9-5 Monday-Friday and it’s been really great.

‘I’m super proud of where I’m at and think I’m happier living a nice, quiet life.

‘I saved up enough to get a mortgage which has been my main focus over the past year, really.

‘I’ve grown up, started going to the gym and got the stability I was looking for when I’d initially gotten into the gig.’

He was coy on a possible reunion, but admitted’ I’m still friends with the Unknown as well and actually was at her 18th birthday party recently – it was smashing.

‘It feels almost impossible to fully move on since it’s a huge inside joke in my friend group. It still pops up on social media from time to time. You can never truly escape it.’

Organiser Billy Coull went on the missing list when it came time for refunds for the disastrous event.

He did apologise, saying: ‘I’m really shocked that the event had fallen short of the expectations of people on paper.

‘My vision of the artistic rendition of a well-known book didn’t come to fruition.

‘For that, I am absolutely truly and utterly sorry.’

This is the first picture of a man who was fatally stabbed in the centre of Wimbledon in south west London at the weekend.

Luke Brereton, 40, from Mitcham, was on a night out on the busy high street when he was attacked shortly after half past midnight.

Police were called to the scene at 12.37am on Sunday, February 22 after they received reports of a stabbing on The Broadway, Wimbledon.

Emergency services arrived at the scene shortly afterwards and found Luke at the scene.

Despite best efforts from the paramedics he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

His devastated family lay flowers at the spot where he collapsed yesterday afternoon. They declined to speak.

The Met said his family are aware and continuing to receive support from specialist officers.

Yesterday afternoon Amar Zafar, of Cambridge Grove Road, Kingston, was charged with murder and possession of a bladed article. 

Forensics officers have been trawling for clues at the scene while police have obtained CCTV footage of the incident with detectives examining the images. 

Yesterday, local businesses and residents laid floral tributes at the scene, which is near a number of bars and restaurants.

Several were open at the time of the incident and have been cooperating with police during their investigation, it is understood.

Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley said: “Our thoughts are with the victim’s family. We understand the impact this will have on the local community

‘We still need anyone who witnessed the incident or has information to come forward. No detail is too small.’

Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting CAD 244/22FEB. To remain anonymous, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan will be competing in the 2026 Seniors Snooker Championship and the World Snooker Championship within just weeks of each other; the 50-year-old won his first world title 25 years ago and looks to add another accolade to his name

Ronnie O’Sullivan will be going for his eighth world title and first Seniors world title this spring

After a record-equalling seven world titles, Ronnie O’Sullivan will be making his debut on the senior world stage in May at the 2026 World Seniors Snooker Championship.

However, the 50-year-old is still expected to play in the main World Championship, which finishes just two days before the seniors starts, with both events taking place at the Crucible.

Ronnie O’Sullivan tried to defend his first Masters title against Steven Hendry in 1996 as the youngest winner of the title at 19-years and 69 days

He joins an impressive seniors line-up that includes 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham, 12-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans and former Masters and UK champion Matthew Stevens.

Chairman Jason Francis branded O’Sullivan the “most commercially valuable player the sport has ever seen” and that he expects The Rocket’s participation to drive ticket sales even higher.

The seniors tournament will take place May 6-10, being prefaced by World Championship from April 18-May 4.

O’Sullivan relocated to Dubai last year but will spend April and May in Sheffield as he also attempts to win an eighth world title when he appears in his 34th consecutive World Snooker Championship.

Changes to the seniors tournaments rules have meant players ranked in the world top 64 are eligible to take part with several having taken the opportunity.

With four title wins, the most successful player in the seniors is Jimmy White, with the 10-time ranking event winner also slated to take part.

This comes 25 years after O’Sullivan won his first World Snooker Championship which he won in his 10th year of being a professional at the age of 25, as he seeks to add yet another record to his CV.