Day: April 3, 2023

Artist has drawn portraits of hundreds of cancer patients over the last 10 years

An artist has dedicated the last decade to drawing portraits of patients undergoing cancer treatment. Simon Tolhurst, 55, has made hundreds of sketches of people at the Haematology Cancer Care University College London Hospitals (UCLH) in Marylebone as a ‘unique, intimate experience’. He began volunteering as an artist in residence in 2013 and spends every […]

Man stabbed pregnant girlfriend to death with scissors in drug-fuelled rage

A coked-up brute who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death with a pair of scissors for interrupting his drug binge has pleaded guilty to murder. Liam Taylor, 37, flew into a rage when 28-year-old Ailish Walsh, who was just four months away from giving birth, tried to kick him out of her flat in Hackney, […]

Train Your Dragon author to run rule over Oscar’s prize contenders

F ormer children’s laureate Cressida Cowell will help pick the winner of a prestigious prize celebrating the best in picture books. The writer, whose books include the hugely popular How to Train Your Dragon series, is on the judging panel for Oscar’s Book Prize which is celebrating its 10th anniversary and rewards the best illustrated […]

How much do teachers earn? Fresh strike dates planned for summer term

A teachers’ union has announced fresh strike dates set to take place during the summer term. More than 191,000 teachers in England voted to reject education secretary Gillian Keegan’s offer, reflecting 98 per cent of members on a turnout of 66 per cent. The National Education Union (NEU) previously criticised the “insulting” pay offer made […]

Fresh teachers’ strikes announced as union reject pay offer

S chools are braced for a fresh wave of strikes as teachers on Monday voted to reject the Government’s latest offer in an increasingly bitter pay dispute. Teachers are set to walk out on April 27 and May 2 after 98 per cent of National Education Union members rejected the offer it described as “insulting”. […]

Husband was spotted ‘pulling wife about’ a month before her death

A man accused of murdering his pregnant wife by pushing her from an Edinburgh landmark was seen “pulling” her about in the months leading up to her death, a court has heard. Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, in September 2021, by pushing her from the 823ft high hill, Arthur’s Seat, […]

Search resumes in Co Monaghan for IRA victim Columba McVeigh

A search for the remains of a teenager who was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975 has resumed. Digging started on Monday at Bragan Bog in Co Monaghan as investigators search for the body of Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co Tyrone. He is one of the “Disappeared” victims of the […]

Woman’s flat ‘infested with maggots’ after neighbour lay dead for two years

A woman who unknowingly lived below her neighbour’s dead body for more than two years has revealed how maggots ‘infested’ her home. Chantel, who did not want to use her real name, said maggots took over her flat in Lord’s Court in Peckham, south London, after her upstairs neighbour died and was not discovered for […]

Funeral cancelled after vandals trash undertakers’ vehicles

Why is ULEZ being expanded and what are the goals of the initiative?

ULEZ this, ULEZ that. The Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion has been a big focus on chatter around the capital lately, and lez be honest, it’s been mostly negative. And it’s easy to understand why it might seem like another expense to hit hard working people already struggling during the cost of living crisis. The […]