Boris Johnson pledges £236million to end rough sleeping ‘once and for all’ and provide accommodation for 6,000 The PM will pledge nearly a quarter of a billion pounds to end rough sleeping £236 million fund will be used to accommodate up to 6,000 homeless people Boris Johnson said it is ‘simply unacceptable’ we have so … Read more
The singer who went viral after she was challenged to a game of ‘finish the lyrics’ by a comedian has appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show. Charlotte Awbery, from Romford, East London, went viral last week after singing her rendition of Shallow from a Star is Born, starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, on the … Read more
Drive yourself to the hospital if you can. Park outside Accident & Emergency, but don’t get out of your car. Call us on arrival and a nurse will find you. Those were the instructions I was given when I went to the Whittington hospital in north London on Tuesday night. I’ve made more than my … Read more
Streatham terrorist Sudesh Amman was fatally shot by police in the neck and abdomen, an inquest was told today. Amman, 20, was wearing a hoax suicide vest when he was shot dead by armed cops after he stabbed two people in broad daylight on Streatham High Road, south London on February 2. Moments earlier he … Read more
Four pupils at Prince George and Princess Charlotte’s school in London are placed in isolation over coronavirus fears Pupils at Thomas’s Battersea school in southwest London had been to Italy It is the school that Prince George and Princess Charlotte both attend Four pupils have been sent home and two are said to have flu … Read more
A bricklayer killed a woman while speeding on an E-bike and fled the scene because he was ‘confused and just wanted to go home’, a court heard today. Thomas Hanlon, 32, allegedly ploughed into Sakine Cihan, 56, at 10mph above the 20mph speed limit as she crossed Kingsland Road, Dalston, east London in August 2018. … Read more
Coronavirus panic forces London advertising agency OMD to close as worker returns from Australia with flu-like symptoms Employee had returned to the UK after being on a business trip in Australia Returned and shown flu like symptoms after catching a connection in Singapore Those working at the Fitzrovia office have been told to work from … Read more
He’s single, in his 30s, and stands to inherit a £19 billion fortune. But unlike many other mega-rich men about town, you’ve probably never even heard his name. Indeed such is the intrigue surrounding Jamie Reuben, son of Mumbai-born property magnate Simon, one half of the fabulously wealthy Rueben Brothers, that Tatler today dubbed the … Read more
The best and worst airports across the UK have been named in a new study, with Glasgow Airport taking the top podium position and London Stansted languishing in last place. The ranking has been produced by flight tips site The Points Guy UK in an inaugural annual report after an ‘extensive review’ of the largest … Read more
Attorney General guarantees witnesses from cladding firms will not be prosecuted over any evidence they give to Grenfell Tower inquiry on blaze that killed 72 Suella Braverman wrote to inquiry chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick confirming news Lawyers for staff involved in Grenfell’s refurbishment had demanded the pledge Threatened to stay silent by claiming right of … Read more