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Two Green Party candidates were arrested this morning on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred after allegedly posting anti-Semitic comments online.The Metropolitan Police detained the two women aged 54 and 57 in London under section 19 of the Public Order Act before taking them into custody for questioning.The posts allegedly included messages such as 'England has a government overrepresented with Zionists Jews' and 'Ramming a synagogue isn't anti-Semitism. It's revenge.'It comes after it was reported last week that Saiqa…

William Hill and 888 owner Evoke is closing around 270 betting shops to offset a hit from higher taxes as talks grow of a £225million takeover of the group.The debt-laden firm has earmarked sites for closure after losses more than doubled to £549.1million last year – largely due to a gambling duty hike in November.The closures are expected to lead to hundreds of job losses but Evoke has not confirmed how many.Last week the firm said it was in talks over a potential £225million takeover by Greek gambling firm Bally’s…

A gang of attackers 'continued to punch and kick' 21-year-old Finbar Sullivan as he lay fatally wounded on the ground after being stabbed at Primrose Hill, a court has heard.The film student was killed in front of horrified members of the public at the popular north London beauty spot at around 6.40pm on April 7, with multiple bystanders filming the attack on their phones.Prosecutors say Sullivan was surrounded by up to seven men, knocked to the ground and repeatedly assaulted before suffering fatal stab wounds - including…