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This weekend marks one year since the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack, and many of the family and friends of the eight people killed are still struggling to come to terms with the horrific events that unfolded. Here, Sam Hetherington tells Sky News about what it felt like to find out her best friend, Australian au pair Sara Zelenak, 21, had been killed.Sara was out with a friend in Borough Market on the evening of the attack, when she was stabbed by one of the three terrorists.She had been working and saving so hard to go overseas and…

The first anniversary of the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack will be marked this weekend with a minute’s silence in memory of the eight people who died and nearly 50 injured. There will be a service at Southwark Cathedral on Sunday for victims’ relatives, survivors and members of the emergency services to remember those who lost their lives on 3 June last year.The victims were Christine Archibald, 30, Xavier Thomas, 45, Alexandre Pigeard, 26, Sara Zelenak, 21, Kirsty Boden, 28, Sebastien Belanger, 36, James McMullan, 32, and 39-year-old Ignacio Echeverria.Three terrorists – Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30,…

Donald Trump has said his eagerly-anticipated summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore later this month is back on – having called it off a week ago. The announcement follows a meeting with senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, who arrived at the White House to deliver a letter from the country’s leader on Friday.Speaking to reporters afterwards, Mr Trump said the meeting had been a “getting to know you kind of situation” and that “the relationships are building and that’s very positive”.He described the letter as “very nice” and “very interesting”, but later told reporters he had not…

Visa is operating at “full capacity”, the company says, hours after millions of customers were left unable to pay for goods and services. The firm apologised as it ruled out “malicious” activity as the cause of the disruption.There were reports of “chaos” at supermarket tills as customers abandoned their shopping when they were unable to pay for it.A statement on the Visa Europe website, posted in the early hours of Saturday, said: “Visa Europe’s payment system is now operating at full capacity, and Visa account holders can now use Visa for any of their purchases and at ATMs, as they…

Visa says it is now “working normally” after a technical issue left millions of customers unable to pay for goods and services. The financial services company also said that its customers “should not be charged” if transactions did not complete during the disruption on Friday.”The technical issue we experienced yesterday has been resolved. Our network is working normally,” it said in a statement.”If you attempted a Visa transaction that did not complete as a result of this issue, you should not be charged.”A small number of cardholders may have pending transactions that could be limiting their spending ability. We are…

Thousands of small businesses are at risk of closing down as Network Rail sells its railway arches off. From artisan bakeries to family-run garages, from Manchester to Bristol, business owners fear they will be left without their livelihoods as the publicly-owned company is set to sell about 4,000 arches by the end of this year.A buyer will purchase all of the arches as one, with tenants allowed to remain.However many of those independent businesses across the country have already been forced to close as their rents over the past year have sky-rocketed.Tenants believe the unprecedented rent increases of up to…

A man has suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot a number of times in north west London. The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was found in Lawrence Avenue, Brent, at around 8.34pm on Thursday.Scotland Yard have said he is in a critical condition in a central London hospital.No arrests have been made and a weapon has not been recovered.A Met Police spokesman said: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service (LAS) at approximately 8.34pm to reports of a man with gunshot injuries on Lawrence Avenue, Brent.”Officers attended.”An eyewitness, who asked not to be named, told the Evening…

Britain’s longest-serving poppy seller, a 103-year-old former World War II nurse, is retiring after 97 years collecting for the appeal. Rosemary Powell began selling poppies at the age of six with her mother for the Royal British Legion’s first Poppy Appeal in 1921.She said she has decided to pass the baton to a new generation of fundraisers because she is “getting old”.The great-grandmother said: “I sold poppies last year, maybe not as enthusiastically as previous years, but this year will probably be my last year of selling. I’m getting old now.”Ever since the age of six, I’ve been selling poppies…

The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, looks set to be ousted in a no-confidence vote over a corruption case. The motion, filed by the main opposition Socialist party, looks set to pass with an absolute majority after the Basque Nationalist Party said its five representatives would vote against Mr Rajoy on Friday.If there are no U-turns, their decision will mean a majority of more than 176 voting against Spain’s leader, following a Socialist party push to secure smaller parties’ no confidence votes.It would mean the fall of Spain’s government, an end to Mr Rajoy’s eight years in power and would…

North and South Korea have resumed peace talks as Donald Trump awaits a “personal letter” from Kim Jong Un amid a US-led push to persuade Pyongyang to end its nuclear programme. The meeting at the demilitarised border village of Panmunjom – which was initially called off in response to a joint US-South Korea air force drill – follows talks in New York between US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and North Korean vice chairman Kim Yong Chol.American diplomats are also meeting with North Koreans in the demilitarised zone as well as in Singapore in a bid to secure the 12…