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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T07:51:04.000Z",
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    "Three homes within seven minutes of playground to be converted into HMOs for 'asylum seekers'",
    "'Caring and compassionate' pensioner, 73, dies from punch after confronting city centre teenagers",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThree individuals have been charged of arson with intent to endanger life following an attack on a media organisation in north west London earlier this week.\n\nOisin McGuinness, 21, from Watford, Nathan Dunn, 19, also from Watford, and a 16-year-old boy from north London are all due before Westminster Magistrates' Court today.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAll three defendants are British nationals, and McGuinness faces an additional charge of dangerous driving in connection with the incident.\n\nThe charges follow an attack on a Persian-language media premises on Wednesday, which prompted a police pursuit and subsequent arrests.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPolice were alerted to the incident at approximately 8.30pm, when an ignited container was hurled at the premises.\n\nThe makeshift device landed in a car park area, where the flames extinguished themselves without causing any injuries.\n\nOfficers quickly established that those responsible had fled the scene in a black SUV, where an Armed Response Vehicle patrolling nearby spotted a matching vehicle and gave chase.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe pursuit ended when the SUV crashed on Ballards Lane near its junction with Woodberry Gardens in the N12 postcode.\n\nThe three males were detained at the scene on suspicion of arson endangering life before being taken into custody and subsequently charged following Crown Prosecution Service authorisation.\n\nNo lasting damage was reported at the site.\n\nA number of buildings nearby were evacuated as a precaution, however it was quickly established there was no wider risk.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Three homes within seven minutes of playground to be converted into HMOs for 'asylum seekers'\n  * 'Caring and compassionate' pensioner, 73, dies from punch after confronting city centre teenagers\n  * Russia issues bomb threat to four UK locations - then taunts Britons: 'Sleep well!'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe attack is not being treated as a terrorist incident, but is being investigated by detectives from Counter Terrorism Policing London, supported by officers from the North West Command Area.\n\nIn a statement, the media channel said: \"At around 8.15 pm, a suspicious vehicle was denied entry at the main entrance to our site.\n\n\"Shortly afterwards, incendiary devices were thrown into the car park of a neighbouring building, just metres from our studios.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Our security team responded immediately, and the police and fire brigade arrived shortly afterwards.\n\n\"We are grateful to them for their swift response.\"\n\nAt this stage, the Met Police does not believe the incident is linked to the attempted arson in Finchley this week or last month’s arson in Golders Green.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Two men and one teenage boy charged over attempted arson attack at media organisation in London"
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