5 m. ago Dismembered body of London scientist is found in a suitcase in Colombia

Alessandro Coatti's dismembered body was found in a suitcase dumped in a stream in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta.

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34 m. ago Olly Alexander surprises fans with a double act in London's St Pancras Station

Londoners were seeing double after an impromptu live busking performance by not one, but two Olly Alexanders.

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41 m. ago London and Wall Street expected to open higher after calm returns to Asian markets

Less turbulent day’s trading came despite wars of words over tariffs between Washington and Beijing

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52 m. ago UK's top 10 noisiest cities where locals say they're "exhausted"

A new study has revealed the UK's noisiest cities, with Birmingham taking the top spot and London - unsurprisingly - receiving the most noise complaints

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64 m. ago Prince Harry arrives in UK just hours before King Charles jets off on major Italy visit

Prince Harry is said to have travelled to London and landed in the UK on Sunday - just hours before King Charles and Queen Camilla left for Italy for a four-day state visit

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77 m. ago Fox cub stuck in gap after waiting for mother to bring food rescued by RSPCA

The cub was wedged between a fence and a garden wall in London.

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85 m. ago 'Greatest gift ever': Baby girl becomes first child born in UK from transplanted womb

Grace Davidson, 36, from north London, received the organ from her older sister, Amy, in the UK’s first womb transplant in 2023

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88 m. ago London travel news LIVE: Delays, suspensions and closure on five TfL lines

The Bakerloo, District, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Tram lines are affected

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93 m. ago Donald Trump tariffs crisis LIVE: London Stock Exchange opens after global markets plunge into chaos

Donald Trump is refusing to back down on his plans for crippling tariffs around the world which have already led to huge drops in stock market prices and there is fear for more chaos to come

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1 hour ago Exclusive: take a first look at London’s first dedicated LGBTQ+ cinema

Exclusive: take a first look at London’s first dedicated LGBTQ+ cinema  Time Out

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2 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Swollen rivers flood towns in the US South and Midwest

Flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 23 people.

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2 h. ago Trump tariffs, uncertainty and interest rates: why London house prices could fall this year

US tariffs, greater uncertainty and stretched mortgage affordability are creating a perfect storm for the London property market

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2 h. ago It’s wild garlic season. Again. But what are you actually meant to do with it?

Wild garlic? You mean that thing chefs go mad for every spring? Hannah Twiggs untangles the annual restaurant frenzy for Britain’s trendiest spring green – and finds out how to actually use the stuff without just making yet another pesto

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2 h. ago ‘A meditative practice’: the Australian Sand Sculpting Championships 2025

Tasmanian artist Meg Murray won the top prize with Screech of the Sea, a creation with ‘undeniable villainy’They say life’s a beach, but whoever coined that phrase probably wasn’t looking at today’s economic and political landscape – or they had an incredible sense of humour. Much like the artists at this year’s Australian Sand Sculpting Championships, which returned to Frankston foreshore, just south of Melbourne, for the first time since 2019.This year’s event had a playful take on our polarising times; its theme is “The Villains of Storytime”, and sculptors responded with giant sand-made depictions of familiar witches and wolves from fairytales and Disney movies. Looking around, visitors can see a big bad wolf, Ursula from The Little Mermaid and a mythical siren calling to unsuspecting sailors. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Bukayo Saka confirms Arsenal new contract stance and has one demand ahead of Real Madrid

Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has returned from injury in time for the Gunners' clash against Real Madrid in the Champions League, and wants to win a trophy with the north London side

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3 h. ago Is legal action our best hope for holding back the climate crisis?

Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take actionIn November 2024, Monica Feria-Tinta, a veteran of UN tribunals and the international criminal court, strode through a heavy black door into a Georgian building in London’s august legal district for a meeting about a tree in Southend. Affectionately known as Chester, the 150-year-old plane tree towers over a bus shelter in the centre of the Essex seaside town. The council wanted to cut it down and residents were fighting back – but they were running out of options. Katy Treverton, a local campaigner, had travelled from Southend to ask Feria-Tinta’s legal advice. “Chester is one of the last trees left in this part of Southend,” said Treverton, sitting at a large table in an airy meeting room. “Losing him would be losing part of the city’s identity.”Feria-Tinta nodded, deep-red fingernails clattering on her laptop as she typed. She paused and looked up. “Are we ent...

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3 h. ago UK Aids Memorial Quilt to go on display at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Quilt, made in 1980s to raise awareness, to be shown as US cuts raise fears of Aids resurgence in some countriesA giant quilt made to remember people who died of Aids in Britain is to be publicly displayed later this year at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London.The UK Aids Memorial Quilt was created in the 1980s at the height of the epidemic to raise awareness of the disease and humanise the people who died from it. By the end of 2011, 20,335 people diagnosed with HIV had died in the UK. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Hidden Greek beach with the longest coastline in the Mediterranean

Xerocambos Beach, located in the lesser-visited south eastern part of Crete, has white silky sands and clear waters - making it the perfect place for tourists to spend a day in the sunshine

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5 h. ago South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace calls complainers who contact her office ‘evil’

The often annoyed South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace posted a video on social media Monday blasting the “evil” voters who call her office to complain.

Society

6 h. ago Garbage piles up on Birmingham's streets as a sanitation strike in the UK city enters its 5th week

Stinky garbage is piling up on the streets of the U.K.'s second-largest city and causing chaos a month into a strike by trash collectors

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