Day: April 18, 2023
Scottish ultrarunner disqualified from race – after tracking data gave away her ‘unsporting’ secret
April 18, 2023Tracking data from a running app has tripped up a Scottish ultrarunner, after it revealed a 2.5 mile anomaly during a high-profile race. Dr Joasia Zakrzewski, a record-breaking athlete who frequently runs races of hundreds of miles, finished third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race earlier this month, just weeks after […]
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Faith leaders urge Britons to volunteer over the coronation weekend
April 18, 2023For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Faith leaders have urged Britons to volunteer on the bank holiday Monday of the coronation weekend. Senior religious figures have voiced their strong support for The Big Help […]
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Life expectancy for northern babies ‘a year less than’ others in England
April 18, 2023For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Babies born in the North of England are expected to live at least a year less than the English average, new data has found. Public health experts have […]
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‘Be vigilant’ public told ahead of Liverpool Eurovision finals
April 18, 2023P olice chiefs have urged the public to remain vigilant against terrorism and other crime as thousands of visitors prepare to descend on Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest. The city won the right to host the global music event ahead of a number of other UK cities, in place of Ukraine, the previous year’s […]
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New plastic-free ‘planet-friendly’ poppy partly made from discarded coffee cups
April 18, 2023A new “environmentally friendly” poppy partly made from used coffee cups will be released for this year’s Remembrance Day. The historic symbol will be plastic free and made of recyclable paper for the first time since it was introduced 102 years ago. The redesign took three years to develop with the help of experts at […]
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SNP facing ‘critical moment’, defeated leadership candidate Forbes says
April 18, 2023T he SNP is facing a “pretty critical moment” with decisive action needed, or it “will be in trouble”, defeated leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said. The former Holyrood finance secretary, who was defeated by Humza Yousaf in the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scottish First Minister, spoke out as police […]
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Private landlords in England get £1.6bn a year welfare for ‘non-decent’ homes
April 18, 2023Private landlords in England are earning £1.6bn a year in housing benefit in return for providing “non-decent” homes, in what Sadiq Khan has described as a scandal. The capital is the worst affected region, with £500m in welfare money going on privately rented homes that are in a state of disrepair, cold, damp, lacking modern […]
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‘Not-so-bright burglar’ pretended to be solar panel to hide from police
April 18, 2023A man unsuccessfully tried to evade police by pretending to be a solar panel. The suspect came up with the not-so-bright idea while on a rooftop in Wandsworth, London. He lay down and stretched his body by a number of solar panels located nearby. But a helicopter from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) managed […]
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Greggs fights for right to sell late-night sausage rolls at London flagship
April 18, 2023Greggs is preparing to fight for a Londoner’s right to have a sausage roll or a bacon bap at 2am. The bakery chain opened its ‘Mega Greggs’ store in Leicester Square last July. But council officials refused to grant the food giant an overnight license to keep the flagship store’s doors open 24 hours. They […]
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Right to buy has cost London’s communities dearly | Letter
April 18, 2023Aditya Chakrabortty makes many valid points, but does not mention right to buy, a policy introduced by Margaret Thatcher in 1980 to break up council estates (Disappearing schools, families forced out – and we call this progress, 13 April). Since 1850, philanthropic organisations and councils have built decent housing close to the centre of London […]
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