85 minutes ago I tried to escape London for Sri Lanka to write a book — it didn't all go to plan

When Sydney Lima took herself off to write in the South Asian island, she wanted to escape Londoners. Not so simple, she discovered...

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2 hours ago Irish sex tourist, 44, arrested in Colombian hotel room 'paying £31 to have sex with a child'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A 44-year-old man from Ireland was arrested in Colombia after police burst in on him at his hotel in Medellin, Colombia, and allegedly caught him with a 15-year-old girl

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5 hours ago Moment customers surge around Barclays' cash machines for 'free money' as IT chaos continues into third day

This is the moment customers surged around Barclays' cash machines in London because of an IT glitch that has also left millions struggling with online banking services.

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9 hours ago West Ham boss Graham Potter finally gives his verdict on Chelsea sacking

Graham Potter heads back to Stamford Bridge on Monday night with West Ham and the former head coach says he still feels thankful for the opportunity in West London

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23 minutes ago Love Island star's car crashes into London bus with toddler daughter in passenger seat

Love Island star Shaughna Phillips has shared terrifying photo to Instagram after she and daughter Lucia were involved in a bus collision

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33 hours ago Microsoft head, Google CEO, Times Internet VC join hands to bag London Spirit

Microsoft head, Google CEO, Times Internet VC join hands to bag London Spirit  Cricbuzz

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2 hours ago As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode

I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction?I had never imagined, when working as a professor of transplant surgery at a large teaching hospital in London, that one day I would find myself operating on an eight-year-old child who was bleeding to death, only to be told by the scrub nurse that there were no more gauze swabs available. But I found myself in that situation last August while operating at Nasser hospital in Gaza as a volunteer with Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map). Reduced to scooping out the blood with my hands, I felt an overwhelming wave of nausea – I was anxious that the child would not survive. Luckily she did, although many others did not.Having retired from the NHS, I decided to go to Gaza because it had become clear that there was a desperate need for surgical help, and I had the skills to contribute. Life as a transplant surgeon in London had been tough but hugely rewarding, and as a...

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4 hours ago The 'most expensive' gypsy wedding ever: Traveller bride, 21, ties the knot at the Dorchester with 350 guests, 3 dresses, bible verse party favours...and a bill of up to £250,000 for her parents

Guests were left in awe after attending a wedding - held at the posh Dorchester Hotel in London , where weddings can start from £10,000 - and comparing the bride and groom to 'royalty'.

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6 hours ago Chelsea set to sign French wonderkid Eli Junior Kroupi after beating London rivals to £30m transfer...

Chelsea set to sign French wonderkid Eli Junior Kroupi after beating London rivals to £30m transfer...  The Sun

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27 hours ago Fan 'had head stomped on' as chaos erupted in brawl during Aston Villa vs Celtic

Aston Villa's Champions League clash against Celtic was marred by violence from fans, with West Midlands Police announcing it had made a total of 21 arrests - 19 of those being Celtic supporters

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49 minutes ago Five people arrested after double 'stabbing' leaves two young men injured

A police cordon was in place on a residential street in Stockport on Sunday morning

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2 hours ago Dominic Cummings 'offered to make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister if the Labour leader helped get Brexit done', book claims

He met up with Corbyn's former spokesperson Matt Zarb-Cousin at Indian restaurant Dishoom, where he discussed how the MP for Islington North's could become the next PM.

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10 hours ago The Welsh restaurant top food critics are raving about despite it only being open a year

The Shed has gone from strength to strength over the last 12 months, earning plaudits from some of the biggest names in the UK food scene

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9 hours ago Sanctioned Russian billionaire files London bankruptcy petition against former associate

Andrey Guryev brings action against Alexander Gorbachev over legal costs stemming from High Court dispute

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30 hours ago ‘I don’t like corporate boxes’: Jeremy and Ben Corbyn on Arsenal, coaching and Starmer

The former Labour leader and his son reveal how football changed their family, and discuss the pleasure and pain that comes from loving such a voraciously capitalist sportLast Saturday morning, with the biting cold and bright sunshine providing a perfect day for football, Jeremy Corbyn climbed off his bicycle at Tufnell Park playing fields. I joked about a red bike being appropriate for his politics and his beloved Arsenal but Corbyn just smiled and gazed at the teeming pitches.His eldest son, Ben, is a scout for the Arsenal academy and runs the London Football School which coaches around a thousand young footballers. They range in age from three to 18 and there are 42 LFS teams. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Woman is 'raped' in park in early hours of the morning as police launch urgent investigation

The shocking incident occurred in Raphael Park in Romford, East London, and the area has since been cordoned off.

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2 hours ago Paul Danan said rabbis bowed down to him due to relation to Jewish prophet

Danan was speaking on a mental health podcast recorded prior to his death.

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18 hours ago Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport

Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport  The Guardian

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12 hours ago Has Starmer struck a murky deal with the Chinese to let them build a £750million mega

The fortified Royal Mint complex in East London resembled the set of a B-grade horror movie as it was lashed last week by the gusting winds and torrential rain of Storm Herminia.

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30 hours ago How to watch Azim vs Lipinets: Start time, ring walks, TV channel and live stream for boxing tonight

‘The Assassin’ faces toughest test to date in London tonight

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2 hours ago Love Island's biggest controversies from Jack Fincham's arrest to Kaz Crossley's prison time in Dubai

Fame, money and social media followers are all part of the appeal, but some islanders have had a brush with the law

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3 hours ago Renée Zellweger stuns in Dior trench coat dress at Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy London screening

Renée Zellweger stuns in Dior trench coat dress at Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy London screening  The Express Tribune

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27 hours ago Ryan Giggs shuts down neighbourhood restaurant with 'immediate effect' as furious staff claim they were 'told by text' that they had lost their jobs

Staff at a restaurant owned by former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs have been left bewildered after being told they had lost their jobs over text with 'immediate effect'.

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17 hours ago Tamara Ecclestone reveals she is still traumatised by £25m burglary at her home: 'London is a scary place'

Tamara Ecclestone has revealed she is still struggling with the trauma of a 2019 burglary, in which thieves broke into her home and stole £25m worth of jewellery and cash. 

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35 hours ago Boxing tonight: Ringwalk times, TV channel, live stream details and fight cards

Unbeaten 22-year-old super-lightweight fighter Adam Azim returns to the ring on Saturday, looking to announce himself as one for the future when he takes on challenger Sergey Lipinets in London

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3 hours ago Two police officers arrested in fraud probe into data breach security payments

The police’s Anti-Corruption Unit have been investigating alleged offences

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3 hours ago ‘I remember the exhilaration of the crowd and chanting’: artist Steve McQueen on his experience of resistance and protest

For the artist and film director acts of protest were as much a part of growing up as playing in the local park. Here he recalls his first encounters with activismMy first encounter with resistance was unbeknownst to me, and I was annoyed by it. At nine years old, I found myself attending Saturday school, missing Football Focus and not being with my friends playing in the local park. First my sister and I went to the Marcus Garvey Saturday school in Hammersmith. Later we went to the Saturday school in Acton, organised by Mr Carter. He was a light-skinned Black man with slightly ginger hair and freckles, bearing a strange resemblance to Jimmy Carter, who was the president of the United States.The sole purpose of the Saturday school was to help Black children who were underachieving or being failed by the education system. At that time, I didn’t know that these facilities were organised throughout the United Kingdom by Black parents, teachers and academics. In 1971, a London schooltea...

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19 hours ago Tamara Ecclestone says London is 'a scary place' after burglars ransacked £70m mansion

Tamara Ecclestone says London is 'a scary place' after burglars ransacked £70m mansion  The Mirror

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3 hours ago Disabled woman blocked from kitchen for 11 months after 'callous' Southwark Council delays

The unnamed tenant was prevented from accessing the room while she waited for her kitchen doorway to be widened

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6 hours ago ‘Female narcissism is often misdiagnosed’: how science is finding women can have a dark streak too

Research into ‘dark personality traits’ has always focused on men. But some experts believe standard testing misses the ways an antisocial personality manifests itself in womenPicture a psychopath. Who do you see in your mind’s eye? Chances are it’s a man. And chances are your answer would be similar if you were asked to picture a narcissist. From Charles Manson and Ted Bundy to Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump, most famous people we consider psychopathic or narcissistic are male. That’s even the case for fiction – think Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman or Norman Bates.Scientists long assumed that women were simply too wonderful to be significantly psychopathic or narcissistic, and didn’t bother to study the possibility much, according to Ava Green from City St George’s, University of London. But research over the past few decades is increasingly challenging this stereotype, suggesting women can have a dark streak, too. Much like in autism or ADHD, such traits just expre...

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21 hours ago Former Federal Reserve adviser indicted and arrested for alleged espionage in dealings with China

Federal authorities have arrested a former Federal Reserve senior adviser for allegedly giving inside economic information to China

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3 hours ago 'Things have got to change', says West End star Mike Holoway after attack leaves him partially blinded

Actor Mike Holoway is awaiting three operations over the next six to nine months to restore his sight in his right eye

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6 hours ago The restaurants and cafes where Erling Haaland and Manchester City stars love to eat

You can dine out like a footballer at a host of Manchester's top cafes, restaurants and bars

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4 hours ago Man arrested after Nando's worker struck in face with plate at east London restaurant

Distressing footage shows the young woman serving a table at the Stratford restaurant when a man suddenly strikes her in the face

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7 hours ago Angry Canadian hockey fans boo US national anthem at NHL game after Donald Trump slapped tariffs on them

Boos were heard throughout the rendition that was sang by the Ottawa-based singer Mandia at a sold out arena with nearly 20,000 spectators.

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7 hours ago Airport expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has illuminated the “fasten seat belts” sign. Not only have Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves run into severe turbulence over Heathrow, the flight deck deliberately steered the Labour plane into storm clouds. That’s an interesting choice for a government that was already buffeted by serious unpopularity and it’s a choice that a lot of their own party are struggling to explain to themselves. Anger about the chancellor’s new commitment to back the expansion of the London airport and others is mingled with bewilderment. A lot of Labour people are scratching their heads trying to work out why she wants to burn political capital on a hugely contentious project that couldn’t possibly be complete until long after she’s done at the Treasury and Sir Keir is gone from Number...

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5 hours ago Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: ‘There’s a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing’

The Royal Ballet principal on her late career debut, taking her daughters to work, and playing goodies and baddiesBorn in Devon in 1984, Lauren Cuthbertson joined the Royal Ballet School aged 11 and the Royal Ballet in 2002, becoming a principal six years later. She has danced leading roles in all the great classical ballets including Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, has performed in works by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton, and created many new ballets, particularly those by Christopher Wheeldon, who cast her as Alice in his three-act Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale. She has recently become principal guest artist at the Royal Ballet and is taking a teaching diploma. She lives in west London with her boyfriend and their two daughters, aged four and two.You’re about to make your debut as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, based on Pushkin’s classic verse-novel. How are you feeling?It’s a funny sensation making such a significant debut so ...

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8 hours ago London leaver: 'We'd never heard of St Neots but we jumped straight in to buy a home there'

Without the budget to buy near their Zone 3 home Zoshia and Will took the plunge to move 60 miles out of the capital

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6 hours ago UK weather: Temperatures to plunge in London as heavy snow hits parts of the country

London will dodge the snow but could face a few frosty days

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8 hours ago ‘A living, breathing work of art’: Leigh Bowery by those who knew him best

The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate Modern, family and friends talk about Bowery’s larger-than-life legacyIn October 1980, 19 year-old Leigh Bowery arrived in London from the small Australian town of Sunshine in suburban Melbourne. He brought with him a single suitcase and a portable sewing machine. A few months later, he spent his first Christmas away from home in a rented bedsit feeling depressed and lonely. On 31 December, he attempted to raise his spirits by writing down his new year resolutions:1. Get weight down to 12 stone. 2. Learn as much as possible. 3. Become established in the world of art, fashion or literature. 4. Wear makeup every day. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Tommy Robinson protest: Thousands gather in central London for 'Unite the Kingdom' rally as six arrested

Tommy Robinson protest: Thousands gather in central London for 'Unite the Kingdom' rally as six arrested  GB News

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9 hours ago Residents oppose China’s London embassy plans in ‘David and Goliath’ fight

Residents oppose China’s London embassy plans in ‘David and Goliath’ fight  Financial Times

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13 hours ago Shocking moment man 'trapped' in Sainsbury's smashes sliding glass door with one punch

This is the shocking moment a disgruntled customer 'trapped' inside a Sainsbury's store in London approached the entrance - and smashed the glass with just one punch.

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14 hours ago Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens sorry for 'stupid' Ange Postecoglou jibe: 'I'm deeply embarrassed'

Os head coach insists he does not want to jeopardise third-tier London club’s strong relationship with Tottenham

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14 hours ago Man is arrested after video shows 'Quran being burned page by page in Manchester' two days after man was shot dead for doing so in Sweden

The man, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a 'racially aggravated public order offence' near the city's Glade of Light Memorial, according to police.

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15 hours ago Spurs close on Danso while Dortmund eye loan for Chelsea’s Chukwuemeka

Lens defender Danso was reportedly wanted by WolvesMidfielder Chukwuemeka is out of Maresca’s plansTottenham are set to win the race to sign Lens centre-back Kevin Danso. The 26-year-old has attracted plenty of interest in the January transfer window and was reportedly close to joining Wolves.However, with defender Radu Dragusin the latest Tottenham player to suffer an injury, it is understood the north London club have moved quickly to recruit Danso in a deal set to be worth €25m (£20.9m). Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Man, 32, is arrested after Nando's waitress is hit with a plate in 'unprovoked' attack as she serves chicken

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after he slammed a plate into the face of Nando's waitress in an alleged unprovoked assault. 

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16 hours ago Spurs fans crowned biggest slapheads with bald Arne Slot's Liverpool in surprise spot

Tottenham Hotspur supporters are the biggest baldies, it has been revealed, in a poll of 2,000 footie fans. Singer Phil Collins and actor Jude Law are two famous slapheads to follow the team

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16 hours ago Man and woman are arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving after 'hit and run' that killed a young boy and girl

A man and a woman have been arrested after two children were killed following a crash in Basildon, Essex Police said.

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17 hours ago Darius Rucker Clarifies His Comments About Moving to London: 'Don't Get It Twisted, Y'all'

Darius Rucker Clarifies His Comments About Moving to London: 'Don't Get It Twisted, Y'all'  PEOPLE

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16 hours ago Country Icon Darius Rucker Moves To London Following Arrest Last Year On Drug Charges

Country Icon Darius Rucker Moves To London Following Arrest Last Year On Drug Charges  Black Enterprise

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17 hours ago Strictly star Amanda Abbington signs up for new role in tiny theatre behind trendy north London pub

Following the fallout from her claims that her Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice bullied her, Ms Abbington's latest role is playing to a more intimate audience in a theatre behind a north London pub.

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17 hours ago Pitsea car crash: Two kids dead in hit and run as police arrest man and woman

Essex police have said two people, a man and a woman, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision

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18 hours ago Sadiq Khan vows to return his controversial he/him gender pronouns to his X bio as he blames a 'technical error' that saw them quietly removed

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has vowed to reinstate his 'he/him' pronouns to his X bio after blaming a 'technical error' for their quiet removal. 

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17 hours ago Six people arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters and opponents face off

Commander Louise Puddefoot, in charge of the policing operation, said the force was ‘well prepared’ for both protests

Events

19 hours ago Shepherd's WHOOSH! Burst water pipe causes havoc in one of London's poshest neighbourhoods

Dramatic footage shows a huge torrent of water, around twice the height of a double decker bus, drenching a busy street in Shepherd's Bush, West London.

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17 hours ago Mother, 29, beat son to death because he didn't do his chores, police say

The woman is being held in the King County Jail on a $3 million bail

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