Dozens of firefighters have been battling fresh grass fires in east London amid the the threat of severe wildfires in the capital. The risk from blazes in capital, now officially in a drought, is “very high” today according to a Natural England fire severity index. Dramatic pictures showed a blaze ripping across grassland in Hornchurch. […]
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Musicians assembled at the statue of folk singer Luke Kelly near Grafton Street to sing songs made famous by Hansard, including a rousing rendition of Falling Slowly. The event took place close to the Gaiety Theatre – the location where Hansard would hold his traditional Christmas Eve charity busk. Hundreds of people gathered to watch […]
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Milo Pope | Live News reporter Published July 30, 2026 3:00pm Updated July 30, 2026 3:00pm After a rare weekend without any disruption, delays are back on the London Underground (Picture: Getty Images) Londoners are being urged to check before they travel this weekend as an entire Tube line is set to be shut for […]
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We swapped London life for life in a commuter town (Picture: Courtney Pochin) I don’t know about you, but lately my TikTok feed has been flooded with videos of people moving out of London. They’re swapping the capital for countryside living or the coast, and they make it look incredibly appealing. And clearly the appeal […]
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BA flight declares MAYDAY over London after two stall warnings Milo Pope | Live News reporter Published July 30, 2026 8:07am Updated July 30, 2026 11:01am The Airbus A320 dropped 800ft during a second approach above London (Picture: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock) A British Airways plane found itself ‘seconds from disaster’ over Canary Wharf after a problem […]
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Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published July 30, 2026 6:00am Updated July 30, 2026 12:03pm Police get ready to raid a house in Merton (Picture: w8media) Outside a south London home with a rose bush in the garden and a freshly painted white fence, police officers wearing tactical gear wait silently. It is 5am, […]
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Crooked funeral director Robert Bush accepts he is “hated and despised” as a “pariah” and has apologised to the families left devastated by his mistreatment of their deceased loved ones, a court heard. Bush’s version of events at his firm Legacy Independent Funeral Directors was heard for the first time on Wednesday after more than […]
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The late Glen Hansard – who has died at the age of 56 – used his voice as much for his poetic folk melodies as he did for social causes. He played at venues great and small across Ireland, and had just completed a set of summer gigs at Trinity College in Dublin three weeks […]
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Reform UK’s deputy leader in Scotland has reported one of the country’s most high-profile lawyers to police over hate speech claims. Thomas Kerr has asked officers to investigate a speech made by Aamer Anwar during a counter-protest to anti-immigration demonstrators last week. Police Scotland said around 1,700 people took part in demonstrations in the city […]
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Award-winning musician Glen Hansard spoke out against divisive rhetoric over housing during one of his famous charity busks on the streets of Dublin. In the first, post-pandemic gig in aid of the Dublin Simon Community, he asked people to stand with the people of Ukraine months after Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. He […]
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