57 h. ago What a bloomin' liberty! Sadiq Khan is ridiculed for handing out 12,000 wildflower seeds to commuters

Sir Sadiq Khan has been ridiculed for handing out wildflower seeds to commuters just weeks after announcing that London 's Green Belt should be built on.

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58 h. ago UK drivers fined nearly £1million extra after new rule starts

The RAC said the "enormously high number" of penalty charge notices (PCNs) handed out across England outside London and Cardiff last year should "send alarm bells ringing in council offices"

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5 d. ago Moment phone snatcher receives instant karma as he's knocked off his bike by furious Londoners

Spencer Duarte, of Saffron Walden, was tackled off his e-bike by members of the public after he stole a phone from an innocent victim's hand in Ludgate Hill, London, on August 7 last year.

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8 d. ago Emmett Till memorial in Mississippi could be removed as part of DOGE

Massive reduction to National Parks Service budget and Donald Trump’s culture war against ‘DEI’ could spell end for national monument to Black teen murdered by a mob of white men in 1955

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8 d. ago Supermarket chain mocks price of croissants as exact number Brits eat in lifetime revealed

A new study has found that Brits will eat a staggering number of croissants in their lifetime and they're willing to pay no more than £1 for a buttery pastry

Economics

9 d. ago Janhvi Kapoor and rumoured boyfriend Shikhar Paharia walk hand in hand in London, Khushi Kapoor third wheels. Watch | Bollywood

Janhvi Kapoor and rumoured boyfriend Shikhar Paharia walk hand in hand in London, Khushi Kapoor third wheels. Watch | Bollywood - Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times

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9 d. ago Janhvi Kapoor and boyfriend Shikhar Pahariya walk hand in hand in London, Khushi Kapoor third wheels. Watch | Bollywood

Janhvi Kapoor and boyfriend Shikhar Pahariya walk hand in hand in London, Khushi Kapoor third wheels. Watch | Bollywood - Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times

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9 d. ago Watch: Janhvi Kapoor And Shikhar Pahariya Walk Hand In Hand In London. Khushi's There As Well

Watch: Janhvi Kapoor And Shikhar Pahariya Walk Hand In Hand In London. Khushi's There As Well  NDTV

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1 week ago Alesha Dixon fans stunned as she surprises commuters with impromptu rap performance

Alesha Dixon, the former Mis-Teeq star and Strictly Come Dancing judge, left fans in awe after she started rapping in a central London train station in a video that has now gone viral

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1 week ago The Guardian view on violence against women and girls: the grooming gangs inquiry should be part of a wider strategy | Editorial

It is right to confront child sexual exploitation, but this week’s announcement comes against a backdrop of failureThe government’s renewed focus on child sexual exploitation (CSE) gangs is overdue, and the new national inquiry recommended by Louise Casey must deliver justice, not just headlines. All child sexual abuse is horrifying. But the extreme sexual violence and financial incentives involved in gang-based offending demand special scrutiny. So do the institutional failures by police and councils, particularly in northern England, where numerous gangs operated.Past inquiries have exposed these institutional breakdowns. They have also shown that a reluctance to inflame racial tensions played a role in the way that some complaints were mishandled. That doesn’t excuse the inaction – nor justify turning a public safety issue into a culture war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago CLOSWAP second hand clothing store opens in Finsbury, London amid US expansion

CLOSWAP second hand clothing store opens in Finsbury, London amid US expansion  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Conspiracy theories ignite online as China posts a video of a glass of water on the Tiangong Space Station

Internet-dwelling conspiracy theorists have latched on to a strange new video which shows a glass of water on China's Tiangong Space Station.

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1 week ago Son of Air India crash victim says he missed her last call: ‘My worst nightmare’

The son of a British-Indian woman who died in the Air India plane crash has revealed he missed her last phone call, made just hours before she boarded the ill-fated flight.

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1 week ago SARAH VINE: A knighthood for Sadiq Khan when London is such a mess devalues the entire system. Why do we hand out honours to a bunch of self

What a relief it must have been for the King to discover that Sir Sadiq Khan, knighted by the monarch in the New Year's honours, was well satisfied with his experience at the Palace last week.

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2 w. ago As a trans Australian, I was kicked out of a UK toilet. This is not the open

I used to be proud of my birthplace for its cosmopolitan tolerance. Visiting now, it feels like stepping back decadesI was visiting family in London when the British supreme court handed down its unexpected ruling: under the Equality Act, sex was now considered “binary” in law, which meant transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces of their gender identity. The Labour government, which had come into office promising us “dignity”, capitulated. But, not to worry, soothed a minister, Pat McFadden, “There isn’t going to be toilet police.”A few days later the toilet police got me. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Palestinian Youth Movement leads “Hands Off Iran” demo outside Israel London embassy

Palestinian Youth Movement leads “Hands Off Iran” demo outside Israel London embassy  PressTV

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2 w. ago Beyoncé Hands Out Free Concert Tickets to Food Bank Users as London Shows Don't Sell Out

Beyoncé Hands Out Free Concert Tickets to Food Bank Users as London Shows Don't Sell Out  v1019.com

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2 w. ago Landmark Russian aviation insurance litigation ruling handed down after London mega

Landmark Russian aviation insurance litigation ruling handed down after London mega-trial  The Global Legal Post

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2 w. ago US wants ‘handshake’ on rare earth curbs as talks begin in London

US wants ‘handshake’ on rare earth curbs as talks begin in London  Tribune India

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2 w. ago Delta passenger’s viral video ignites debate over how parents should handle screaming babies on planes

Passenger suggested parents walk their crying baby ‘up and down’ the aisle

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