25 m. ago Carl Carlton dead: She's a Bad Mama Jama singer dies as son honours 'long fight'

Soul legend Carl Carlton, best known for his track She's a Bad Mamma Jama has died at the age of 72 his devastated family has confirmed

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26 m. ago The inexorable rise of voice notes: ‘I’m thinking of you – I just don’t want to speak to you’

Britons now send an average of 58 hours’ worth of these messages a year. But what about the recipients who are experiencing ‘voice note fatigue’?Name: Voice notes.Age: About 14. Continue reading...

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31 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing confirms star’s comeback just weeks after elimination

Lewis Cope, George Clarke, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Layton Williams are all confirmed for the upcoming live tour

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34 m. ago Wickes Solar review: best installer for a quick installation

Previously known as Solar Fast, it now operates as Wickes Solar and offers fast, national installations

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35 m. ago London travel disruption over Christmas and New Year 2025: full list of tube and train closures for December 24 to January 2

London travel disruption over Christmas and New Year 2025: full list of tube and train closures for December 24 to January 2  Time Out Worldwide

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58 m. ago London Underground chaos live as casualty on track shuts Central line

London Underground chaos live as casualty on track shuts Central line  My London

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59 m. ago Travel warning issued to UK tourists after rise in infections linked to holiday hotspot

The government has issued advice to UK holidaymakers after a rise in Shigella sonnei infections

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62 m. ago Rowan's Bowling Alley: New council draft plan highlights threat to London institution

North London bowling alley Rowan’s was founded in 1988

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71 m. ago ‘One Battle After Another’ leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

‘One Battle After Another’ leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards  Gold Derby

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79 m. ago The Londoners December magazine: London banana to basketball

The Londoners December magazine: London banana to basketball  South West Londoner

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83 m. ago One Battle After Another defeats rivals in London Critics’ Circle film awards nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson’s counter-culture thriller scores nine nods, ahead of Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, with Leonardo DiCaprio in contention for actor of the yearOne Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, has consolidated its place as the awards-season leader in emerging with the most nominations from the London Critics’ Circle film awards.One Battle After Another, a counter-culture thriller loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, picked up nine nominations, including film of the year, director and screenwriter of the year for Anderson, and actor of the year for DiCaprio. Co-stars Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn were nominated in the supporting categories while Chase Infiniti was nominated for breakthrough performer. Continue reading...

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84 m. ago AA on road to £5bn sale or flotation, while RAC aims for London listing

AA on road to £5bn sale or flotation, while RAC aims for London listing  The Guardian

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98 m. ago Save London's car clubs, Sadiq Khan told, amid Zipcar's 'deeply concerning' departure

Politicians and environmental campaigners among signatories of letter to London mayor demanding intervention to safeguard car clubs in the capital

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1 hour ago Bondi shooting: what we know about antisemitic terror attack in Sydney | The Latest

Australia suffered one of the deadliest massacres in its modern history on Sunday when two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish celebration at Bondi in Sydney. At least 16 people died, including one of the alleged gunmen, with more than 40 left wounded. The victims include a 10-year-old child, a Holocaust survivor and a London-born rabbi. The alleged gunmen behind the attack are a father-son duo, suspected of using legally obtained firearms to commit the massacre. Naveed Akram, 24, was known to New South Wales police and security agencies and had been linked with an Islamic State cell. The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is facing questions about gun law reform and security failings as Australians reel from the attack. Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian Australia senior reporter Ben Doherty Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The commuter town 30 minutes from London that was built on top of a landfill site

The commuter town 30 minutes from London that was built on top of a landfill site  My London

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2 h. ago £151m approved to fix London housing estates in several boroughs where residents share same landlord

£151m approved to fix London housing estates in several boroughs where residents share same landlord  My London

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2 h. ago Scots man helped 'stampede' escape after gunshots and screams rang out on Bondi Beach

Kian Bentley, from Stirling, was working at an open-air cinema when shots rang out on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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2 h. ago How a tiny London church is inviting passersby to be part of its new cultural mission

How a tiny London church is inviting passersby to be part of its new cultural mission  Anabaptist World

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2 h. ago 'I ate TGI Friday's Triple Stacked Jingle Bell Burger – it's a Christmas cracker'

REVIEW: The Daily Star's Neil Docking took his family to try TGI Friday's new Christmas menu complete with festive cocktails. His daughter's verdict said it all...

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2 h. ago Chances of EU trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are dire, says industry body

Just 10,000 out of economic bloc’s 6m trucks are electric and are more likely to be operating on short routesBusiness live – latest updatesThe chances of the European trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are “dire”, an industry body has warned, as it emerged that only a tiny amount of lorries delivering goods in the EU are electric.Speaking as the European Commission prepares to water down electric car targets, the boss of the association for commercial vehicles called on the commission to commit to an urgent review of the sector, tackling problems including a lack of public charging points, a lack of tax breaks for trucks and high energy costs. Continue reading...

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