Day: April 5, 2023
Man taken to hospital after bus crashes into shop in London
April 5, 2023A man has been taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a shop in London. Police were called after the crash in Chelsea, west London, this afternoon. Photos from the scene show the route 19 bus that had smashed into the front of a bike shop, at the junction of King’s Road, and Beaufort […]
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Disabled woman died after she was dropped in care home and left with fractures
April 5, 2023A disabled woman died after she was dropped by care workers and then discharged from hospital with fractures, an inquest heard. Lyn Parker fell at least 1.5 metres while two staff members at Tudor Avenue Residential Care Home in Hampton, south London, were trying to lift her from her wheelchair into her bed. The 64-year-old […]
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Husband, 52, pleads guilty to murdering his NHS nurse and their two children
April 5, 2023A triple-killer has pleaded guilty to the murders of his NHS nurse wife and their two young children who died after being found with serious injuries at a flat in Northamptonshire last year. The Crown’s case against Saju Chelavalel was not opened after he admitted three counts of murder during a 12-minute hearing at Northampton […]
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Tiger cubs, meerkats and monkeys forage for Easter eggs at London Zoo
April 5, 2023S taff at London Zoo “stepped into the role of Easter bunny” on Wednesday as Sumatran tigers, meerkats and squirrel monkeys foraged for treats in a zoo-wide Easter egg hunt. The creatures at the zoo were offered the chance to claw into giant cardboard eggs and join in the Easter merriment, allowing them to “practise […]
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Sturgeon’s husband arrested as police search home and SNP HQ in finances probe
April 5, 2023N icola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been arrested in a police investigation into the SNP’s finances with their home and party’s headquarters being searched. The former chief executive of the party has been taken into custody and was questioned by detectives as police searched their house in Glasgow on Wednesday morning. A large police […]
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Willow Project: Federal judge rules Alaska oil drilling can proceed
April 5, 2023L ast month, a significant oil and gas drilling project in Alaska that was opposed vehemently by environmentalists was approved by US President Joe Biden. Now a federal judge has given the green light for the project, after he declined to block progress from “going ahead” while lawsuits against it proceed. The Biden administration approved […]
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Supermarket worker who sexually assaulted children on their way to school jailed
April 5, 2023A supermarket worker who carried out a string of sexual offences against women and children has been jailed for four years and six months. Carl Adimado, 34, of Enfield, was jailed at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday after admitting 37 charges, including more than 20 ‘upskirting’ offences and five counts of sexually assaulting a child. […]
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Will trains run on Easter Sunday 2023?
April 5, 2023Easter Sunday is coming up, and, for many people, that will involve a trip home for the family to get together. If you don’t live locally, it might also involve some travel – possibly even on public transport. However, from Covid staffing issues to a series of rail strikes, public transport has been running anything […]
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Sir Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road is a fitting rockstar goodbye from a true British legend
April 5, 2023At North Greenwich tube station on Tuesday night there was nothing cursory stringing the mix-matched crowd together other than a collective stomp towards the O2 and an excitable murmur. The type of unity only legends like Sir Elton John can truly conjure up. But as soon as the first sure-fire piano note of Bennie and […]
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Overwhelming majority of Londoners say they’re ‘happy’ with the tube
April 5, 2023Despite months of strikes and industrial action, Londoners still hold a special place in their hearts for the tube. It may be noisy and incredibly sweaty at times, but it seems people still can’t get enough of the capital’s transport network. According to a new study, an overwhelming majority of Londoners say they are ‘happy’ […]
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