7 h. ago Nova Twins on silencing the heavy metal doubters: ‘People don’t question men’

The duo count Elton and Rage Against the Machine among their fans, but being two Black women in a largely white, male scene means working twice as hard. The duo discuss winning over the mosh pit – and why they’ve banned synths Nova Twins vocalist-guitarist Amy Love is trying to make me feel better about the litany of things that have gone wrong during our one-hour chat. She and her bandmate Georgia South entered the shabby-chic dressing room of London’s Omeara in a whirlwind of denim, arraying themselves on the mismatched armchairs after a soundcheck that didn’t entirely go to plan – my Dictaphone broke, South’s battling a cold, I realised I had the wrong notebook with me We’re all feeling a little frazzled as trains rumble by and South boils the kettle for a Lemsip.The fact chaos swirls around Nova Twins is fitting, perhaps. Their brand of boot-stomping rock takes the pop and R&B music they’d grown up with and distorts it to hell. Nu-metal adjacent, they play a k...

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13 h. ago Schoolgirl 'punched in face and racially abused' as police launch manhunt

Police have launched a manhunt after a schoolgirl was allegedly punched in the face and racially abused at a train station in South London

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25 h. ago Easter bank holiday train disruption to hit major South London routes

Easter bank holiday train disruption to hit major South London routes  News Shopper

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28 h. ago Killer who stabbed schoolgirl Elianne Andam, 15, to death in row over a teddy bear is jailed for life with minimum term of 23 years

Hassan Sentamu, 18, flew into a fit of 'white-hot anger' and stabbed Elianne in the neck with a kitchen knife outside the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London.

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29 h. ago Teenager sentenced to life for south London murder of Elianne Andam

Hassan Sentamu jailed for at least 23 years for fatal stabbing of Elianne, 15, in Croydon after row over teddy bearA teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 15-year-old girl after a row over a teddy bear in south London.Hassan Sentamu was 17 when he killed Elianne Andam by stabbing her in the neck outside the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London, in September 2023. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago 'Brother and sister' found dead in house in south east London

'Brother and sister' found dead in house in south east London  Metro.co.uk

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49 h. ago New south east London restaurant launches weekly event celebrating Barbados food

New south east London restaurant launches weekly event celebrating Barbados food  This is Local London

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52 h. ago South Africa, Buenos Aries, and London to host inaugural World Supercross rounds

South Africa, Buenos Aries, and London to host inaugural World Supercross rounds  Yahoo Sports

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57 h. ago Moped rider wearing Just Eat jacket wanted over schoolboy’s fatal shooting in south London

Lathaniel Burrell collapsed on grass and died at the scene in Paradise Road, Stockwell

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59 h. ago Lathaniel Burrell: Boy, 17, charged with murder of teenager shot dead in south London

Lathaniel Burrell died shortly before 3.30pm in Paradise Road, Stockwell on March 4

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61 h. ago UK weather maps show snow as far south as London in six hours of blizzards

UK weather maps show snow as far south as London in six hours of blizzards  Express

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66 h. ago British tourist, 38, faces up to 10 years in jail after being arrested with 38 kilos of cannabis in his luggage at Thai airport as he tried to board a flight to London

Daniel James Hallett, 38, from Hull , was detained by customs officials as he allegedly attempted to board the flight to London from Krabi International Airport in the south of the country on March 9.

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68 h. ago South London hospital reveals 'terrifying' results of knife amnesty

South London hospital reveals 'terrifying' results of knife amnesty  Sky News

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2 d. ago British tourist, 38, faces up to 10 years jail after being arrested with 38 kilos of cannabis in his luggage at Thai airport as he tried to board a flight to London

Daniel James Hallett, 38, from Hull , was detained by customs officials as he allegedly attempted to board the flight to London from Krabi International Airport in the south of the country on March 9.

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3 d. ago British tourist, 38, faces up to ten years jail after being arrested with 38 kilos of cannabis in his luggage at Thai airport as he tried to board a flight to London

Daniel James Hallett, 38, from Hull , was detained by customs officials as he allegedly attempted to board the flight to London from Krabi International Airport in the south of the country on March 9.

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3 d. ago Danny Jones and wife Georgia spotted for first time after Maura Higgins 'kiss'

McFly star Danny Jones and his wife Georgia Horsley were seen going on a walk in Richmond, south-west London, after the rocker's alleged boozy kiss with Maura Higgins

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3 d. ago South London house hunters wanted for new series of Location, Location, Location

South London house hunters wanted for new series of Location, Location, Location  Yahoo News UK

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3 d. ago Coveted artsy south London neighbourhood is now becoming cheaper to rent

Coveted artsy south London neighbourhood is now becoming cheaper to rent  Yahoo News UK

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3 d. ago Fitness influencer Natalee Barnett attacked online for refusing to allow trans women into her female

Fitness influencer Natalee Barnett, 25, devised The Girl Spot gym, which is due to open soon in Wandsworth, south London, after experiencing gym-based sexual harassment.

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3 d. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder over missing woman who vanished in September

Nazire Koreli, 54, from Welling, south-east London, was reported missing to police on February 28, but had not been seen since September.

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