Day: June 22, 2023
Tottenham restaurant owners who Beyonce donated £8,000 shocked to get shout-out on Renaissance tour
June 22, 2023Beyonce has well and truly earned her Halo after opening her pot of gold and donating money to Black-owned businesses while in London on her Renaissance tour last month. The Break My Soul singer, 41, performed five nights at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in May and June, attracting over 250,000 fans to the north London area, […]
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Get booking! Three London restaurants crowned among best 50 in the world
June 22, 2023Fancy treating yourself to a fancy meal? You won’t have to travel far for it, because three of the world’s best restaurants are in London. Kol, a British-Mexican fusion restaurant in Marylebone, came out as the highest ranking UK restaurant in the annual World’s Best 50 Restaurants awards, joining the list at number 23. The Michelin […]
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Watch live as Ukraine Recovery Conference in London continues for second day
June 22, 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 Watch live as the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London continues for a second day. This year’s summit focused on mobilising international support for Ukraine’s economic and social stabilisation […]
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Starmer says subsidy for mortgage holders not right approach to crisis
June 22, 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 Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out Labour backing plans that would see subsidies or financial support for mortgage holders, as struggling homeowners brace for another interest rate rise. […]
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Scale of rate hike is shock therapy for UK’s inflation problem | Ed Conway
June 22, 2023Blimey. The Bank of England was always going to increase its Bank rate this month. But every economist had expected only a quarter percentage point increase. There was good reason for this. Although inflation data had been higher than expected this week, the bank had been slowing down the rate at which it was lifting […]
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Man denies murder of delivery driver hit by his own van
June 22, 2023A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a delivery driver allegedly hit with his own van. Christopher Elgifari, 31, appeared before Merthyr Crown Court on Thursday accused of murdering Mark Lang. The 54-year-old from Cyncoed, died at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on 15 April, more than two weeks after […]
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Firefighter missing in English Channel during charity swim
June 22, 2023T he search for a “highly respected and much-loved” firefighter who disappeared as he attempted to swim the English Channel for charity has been called off. Iain Hughes, crew manager at Wednesbury fire station, West Midlands, set off from the Kent coast on Tuesday morning accompanied by a support boat but went missing later that […]
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Sadiq Khan warns London faces ‘a wave of repossessions’ unless government intervenes
June 22, 2023L ondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned the capital faces “a wave of repossessions” and asked the government to step in to help homeowners. He said the government must use Friday’s mortgage summit, called by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt who has asked the bosses of Britain’s banks to Downing Street to discuss the crisis, to “work […]
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All-out search for Titanic submersible as hours of oxygen left inside vessel
June 22, 2023O xygen on the missing Titanic submersible is expected to run out in hours, with rescue efforts to find the five people onboard in full force overnight. The vessel, named Titan, lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck off […]
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Thames Water pipe leaks at highest level in five years, FoI reveals
June 22, 2023The leakage rate from Thames Water pipes is the highest for five years and the company will not meet its target to plug them this year, according to information released under freedom of information laws. The company, which serves 15 million customers across London and Thames Valley, has to have regular meetings with an environment […]
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