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• Settimane prima della sua morte, Annabel Rook, 46 anni, di Stoke Newington, ha lasciato alla sorella un messaggio vocale riguardante il comportamento abusivo di Clifton George. • La co-fondatrice di un'impresa sociale, fatalmente accoltellata dal partner, aveva riferito in un messaggio vocale riprodotto durante il processo per omicidio che l'uomo fosse «in modalità guerra» poco prima di morire. • Clifton George, 45 anni, è accusato di aver ucciso Annabel Rook, 46 anni, durante una lite presso la loro abitazione nel nord di Londra lo scorso giugno.

Judith Alexander describes how Kentish Town house owned by the prime minister was targetedThe prime minister’s sister-in-law has said she feared what might have happened had she not woken up after her home was targeted in an arson attack, a court has heard.The incident is one of a series of arson attacks that took place in May last year on property linked to Keir Starmer, which three men with links to Ukraine are accused of targeting. They deny all the charges. Continue reading...

Energy secretary says both he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was riskyUK politics live – latest updatesEd Miliband and David Lammy discussed concerns about the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington which they feared could “blow up”, the energy secretary has revealed.Miliband said he had spoken to Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time Mandelson was given the Washington post, with both expressing reservations. Continue reading...