46 h. ago Leicester Square buskers are 'psychological torture' says judge

Leicester Square buskers are 'psychological torture' says judge  BBC

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58 h. ago Buskers in London's famous Leicester Square perform 'psychological torture' on local workers on a daily basis and some are so bad they need to be stopped, a judge has ruled

Staff at Global Radio, home to stations including LBC, Heart FM and Classic FM, say the racket through their windows is so bad they are forced to make phone calls in cupboards.

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58 h. ago Buskers in London's famous Leicester Square perform 'psychological torture' on local workers on a daily basis

Buskers in London's famous Leicester Square perform 'psychological torture' on local workers on a daily basis  Daily Mail

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61 h. ago Leicester Square busking likened to 'psychological torture' by judge

Leicester Square busking likened to 'psychological torture' by judge  Evening Standard

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64 h. ago Loud buskers playing songs on loop across Leicester Square is 'psychological torture', says judge

Westminster City Council has failed to tackle noise nuisance from buskers in Leicester Square

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3 d. ago Nuisance busking akin to torture, says judge in West End noise crackdown

Nuisance busking akin to torture, says judge in West End noise crackdown  The Times

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6 d. ago Pregnant Arabella Chi shows off her growing bump in a chic white maxi dress as she attends MobLand premiere

Arabella Chi showed off her growing baby bump in a chic white maxi dress on Thursday as she attended the MobLand premiere in London's Leicester Square. 

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1 week ago The next wave of Korean beauty is here – and it’s bigger than ever

Boutiques are springing up everywhere offering a dizzying array of jelly moisturisers, feather-light sunscreen and face masks for every skin typeKorean beauty, AKA K-beauty, exploded circa 2015, but its second wave is tidal. There are a dozen or more K-beauty boutiques (all heaving) within a stone’s throw of Leicester Square in London. A branch of Korean beauty boutique Pure Seoul recently opened near my home in Brighton, stocking a dizzying array of niche skincare and makeup products – cushion foundations, feather-light sunscreen, jelly moisturisers and eleventy billion varieties of face mask.Even Boots has stated that Korean skincare accounts for more than a tenth of its total skincare sales, with a Korean product sold every 30 seconds. Brands like Laneige (pictured), famous for excellent hydrating products and fun lipbalms, Beauty of Joseon (impeccable sunscreens) and COSRX (specialising in sensitive and acne-prone skin) are available on the UK high street. Continu...

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2 w. ago Terrifying moment gang of shoplifting yobs punch and kick shopkeeper when he tries to stop them stealing vapes

The first incident occurred at the shop on Charing Cross Road, Leicester Square, at 10.31pm on March 3 and left the shopkeeper terrified after the group burst into his shop.

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3 w. ago He was tortured in Turkey. He faced an immigration judge who almost never grants asylum

Harrowing story of ‘ES’, fleeing persecution to seek safety in US, shines light on judges who grant claims at exceptionally low rates – or not at allAt an immigration court in Pearsall, Texas, in front of a judge, government attorneys and a court interpreter, ES shakily recounted the darkest moments of his life.He explained how he had been arrested seven years ago in Turkey, amid his government’s crackdown on followers of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen. The police officers who detained him accused him of being involved in a terrorist movement, and demanded he reveal the names of his associates, he said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago He was tortured in Turkey. Then he faced a US immigration judge who almost never grants asylum

Harrowing story of ‘ES’, fleeing persecution to seek safety in US, shines light on judges who grant claims at exceptionally low rates – or not at allAt an immigration court in Pearsall, Texas, in front of a judge, government attorneys and a court interpreter, “ES” shakily recounted the darkest moments of his life.He explained how he had been arrested seven years earlier in Turkey, amid his government’s crackdown on followers of the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen. The police officers who detained him accused him of being involved in a terrorist movement and demanded he reveal the names of his associates, he said. Continue reading...

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