13 h. ago Met Police 'hobby bobby' drove around London in fake panda car with blue lights

Met Police 'hobby bobby' drove around London in fake panda car with blue lights  london-now.co.uk

Events

61 h. ago The perfect evening routine: how to prepare for bed – from blue light to baths

Whether you go for an easy jog or actively limit your screen time, studies show there are tried and tested ways to wind down and be sure of a good night’s sleep• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxAfter a hard day at work, the last thing you want to do is fritter away your precious downtime slumped on the sofa in a dazed doomscroll. Yet, in the absence of a better plan, it happens with depressing ease. How we spend the hours between shutting down the laptop and slipping under the duvet affects sleep quality, mood and how restored we feel the next day. So, how can we reclaim those lost evenings?According to Jason Ellis, a professor of psychology at Northumbria University and director of the Northumbria centre for sleep research, establishing a regular end-of-day routine sends a signal to your brain that you are making a shift between work mode, and rest and recreation. “It’s about putting the day to bed before you go to bed,” he says. Gretchen Rubin – an autho...

Politics

3 d. ago Stars flocked to N Ireland in ‘another fantastic year for film and TV industry’

Filming is due to get under way for new seasons of Blue Lights and Line Of Duty in early 2026.

Culture

7 d. ago Quiet village descends into chaos as man wrestles with police on Christmas Day

One resident looked outside their home in Greatham to find blue lights and sirens blaring as multiple police cars and vans, as well as two ambulances, swarmed the village street as the altercation erupted

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1 week ago Met Cop sacked after fitting his Peugeot with sirens and blue lights to mimic cop car before being caught by colleagues

A SPECIAL constable fitted his own Peugeot 508 with sirens and blue lights to make it look like a police car. Jacob Milanov was caught by real cops driving his motor around London with a roof top beacon and a rear-facing blue light. He also had hand-held radios and Met Police uniform with “special constable”...

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1 week ago The Guide #222: From Celebrity Traitors to The Brutalist via Bad Bunny – our roundup of the culture that mattered in 2025

In this week’s newsletter: Not exhaustive, not definitive and unapologetically subjective: our annual tour of the best TV, music, films, podcasts, games and books of the last year• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s time to look back on a year of Traitors and Sinners, of Bad Bunnies and Such Brave Girls, with the Guide’s now annual roundup of the year’s best culture. As ever, the Guardian is already knee-deep in lists – of films (UK and US), albums (across rock and pop, and classical), TV shows, books and games, and theatre, comedy and dance. Some of those have already counted down to No 1, others will reach their respective summits in the coming days, so keep an eye on the homepage.Our list meanwhile is entirely, unapologetically partial, and definitely not as comprehensive as The Guardian’s many top 50s: there are numerous albums we never got around to hearing, and TV shows we’re still only halfway through. (Pluribus, Dope Thief and Blue Lights, I will r...

Politics

2 w. ago Whoop founder Will Ahmed's daily routine: workouts, blue light glasses and a positive mindset

The health entrepreneur goes to work on an egg (or eight), loves meditation and cold plunges — and monitors everything

Science

2 w. ago ‘Superflu’ left my girl, 12, in a coma after docs initially gave her a single paracetamol despite her lips being BLUE

THE parents of a 12-year-old girl who was left in a coma after a schoolbug turned out to be 'superflu' say they almost missed the signs. Jessica Williamson had initially been given a single paracetamol by doctors during a hospital trip, but was blue-lighted back hours later when her worried parents checked on her overnight....

Politics

3 w. ago Thelo Aasgaard labelled 'shy' as Rangers star urged to smash through the ceiling

John-Arne Riise rates his fellow Norwegian highly but wants to see Aasgaard assert himself more in Light Blue to fulfil his potential

Politics