For 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 The pilots of an American Airlines plane taxied across the wrong runway last year in New York — into the path of another jetliner that was taking off […]
Read MoreIndependent TV Showing now | Culture 01:04 Rosamund Pike hinted at a possible return to theatre more than ten years after her last appearance on stage. The Saltburn star, 45, recalled the “buzz” she felt performing in plays during her twenties as she spoke to The One Show hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas on […]
Read MoreCraig MunroPublished Jan 29, 2024, 9:12pm|Updated Jan 29, 2024, 11:07pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Around 125 firefighters are at the scene of an enormous flat fire in Wembley, north-west London. Footage from Elm Road showed flames leaping from the roof of […]
Read MoreA volunteer police officer who told a busker she couldn’t sing Christian worship music on a high street faces an internal investigation. The special constable was filmed stopping street singer Harmonie London, 20, from performing on London’s busy Oxford Street over the weekend. She was heard telling Harmonie: ‘No miss, you’re not allowed to sing […]
Read MoreSarah HooperPublished Jan 29, 2024, 1:06pm|Updated Jan 29, 2024, 3:52pm A London hospital saw a heavy police presence today after a man was ‘acting aggressively’. Kingston Hospital saw more than a dozen officers appear at the NHS facility, after it was initially reported there was a confrontation in the A&E department. It is believed that […]
Read MoreA planned strike by musicians and performers in the English National Opera over planned cuts to its workforce has been suspended. On Monday, the performing arts union Equity announced an interim settlement with the ENO and said it expected a full resolution soon. “We are pleased to announce that Equity has reached an interim settlement […]
Read MoreA pedestrian has died after being hit by a bus at London Victoria bus station. Transport for London’s chief operating officer, Glynn Barton, confirmed the “deeply distressing incident”, which happened at about 9am on Monday. Reports suggested that a No 13 doubledecker crashed into a shelter at the busy transport hub. Barton said: “Our thoughts […]
Read MoreA 56-year-old woman has died after being struck by a bus outside London’s Victoria Bus Station this morning. The number 13 double-decker appeared to have veered off a low-speed road, which can only be used by buses, before crashing into the back of a shelter. Police cordoned off the scene after the crash at 8.59am […]
Read MoreSarah HooperPublished Jan 29, 2024, 7:29am|Updated Jan 29, 2024, 8:41am Shocking video has emerged of the moment a mass fight broke out on a busy London Tube service. The video, which has since gone viral on Twitter, shows four men throwing punches and repeatedly kicking another man through open train doors. The man being attacked […]
Read MoreWhat the papers say – January 29 (PA) PA Archive The papers at the start of the working week are led by fears of war between the US and Iran. The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the Financial Times report a deadly drone strike by Iran-backed militants has killed three US soldiers in Jordan, […]
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