Day: April 4, 2024
Elite cyclist to lead London race while living in asylum hotel
April 4, 2024One of Ethiopia’s elite female cyclists will be pedalling at the front of one of London’s biggest bike races next month while living in an asylum seeker hotel on less than £10 a week. Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay, 22, rode a bicycle for the first time when she was 13 years old. She has achieved success […]
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Tube strikes that would have brought London to a standstill called off
April 4, 2024Craig MunroPublished Apr 4, 2024, 1:30pm|Updated Apr 4, 2024, 3:19pm Tube strikes that would have caused a commuting nightmare for travellers in London have been called off less than a week before they were due to take place. Union Aslef had previously announced its drivers would be taking industrial actionon April 8 and May 4 […]
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This restaurant is serving up food from 1864 and the puddings are to die for
April 4, 2024The clocks have gone back, but we’re winding them back further with a trip to Francatelli, a restaurant serving food from legendary chef Elmé Francatelli’s 1846 master cookbook ‘The Modern Cook’. Slice writer Liam Coleman visited the unique restaurant which pays homage to Francatelli with dishes and using ingredients from over 200 years ago. Eating […]
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There are some secret ancient ruins hiding in a London car park
April 4, 2024After an actual King of England was found underneath a car park in Leicester, we really should learn to expect the unexpected when it comes to a multi-storey. Because, in a non-descript car park in East London, you’ll find a literal piece of history, nestled between parked cars. In bay 54 of the London Wall […]
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Entire car ends up in woman’s house after crashing through her living room wall
April 4, 2024Noora MykkanenPublished Apr 4, 2024, 9:26am|Updated Apr 4, 2024, 10:12am An elderly woman had a narrow escape after a car crashed through her wall. Shocking pictures show how her wall was destroyed after a car plunged through it in London. Emergency services were called to Belmont Road, Twickenham, last Wednesday at about 5pm after reports […]
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M25 shut by crash while faulty train causes severe delays on London Underground
April 4, 2024Craig MunroPublished Apr 4, 2024, 8:18am|Updated Apr 4, 2024, 9:15am The M25 in Surrey has been closed anticlockwise while emergency services work at the scene of a serious single-car crash. Traffic has been building on the London orbital road since earlier this morning following the closure of the section between Junction 5 at Godstone and […]
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