Day: April 23, 2024

Sewage and poo spews out of mum’s toilet leaving her £30,000 out of pocket

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the moment poo and sewage spewed out of a woman’s toilet and flooded her bathroom. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was at her home in London with her five children when water overflowed […]

Football reforms will not damage Premier League, insists Culture Secretary

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer (Victoria Jones/PA) PA Wire The Football Governance Bill would establish an independent regulator for the men’s game in England in a bid to ensure clubs are run sustainably, financial resilience across leagues, and that fans are properly consulted on club heritage matters. Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has warned there […]

Bibby Stockholm staff joked about ‘one less mouth to feed’ after death – claim

A tug boat passing the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset (PA) PA Wire Bibby Stockholm staff joked there was “one less Muslim mouth to feed” after an asylum seeker on board died, a former cleaner on the barge has claimed. The incident is said to have happened shortly after Leonard Farruku, […]

Stuart Broad: Nottingham Forest’s response to VAR controversy ‘too emotional’

Stuart Broad was made a CBE by the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle on Tuesday (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Wire Former England cricketer Stuart Broad has criticised Nottingham Forest’s response to the VAR controversy at Sunday’s match against Everton as “slightly too emotional”. Broad, the second-highest England Test wicket-taker, was made a CBE for services to […]

Nottingham attack victims ‘properly butchered’, officer posted in WhatsApp group

Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, 19, who with Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, was stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane, has written to the Nottinghamshire Police officer who she says posted graphic details of the victims’ injuries in the chat group.

Susan Hall tells Sadiq Khan ‘nobody believes you any more’ in mayoral debate

Sadiq Khan was accused by his Tory opponent Susan Hall of making an “outrageous” remark live on air, after he called her “the most dangerous candidate I’ve fought against”. The Labour mayor made the comment in an LBC radio debate, after being asked by host Tom Swarbrick whether he would “feel safe in a London […]

Family pay tribute to ‘vibrant and loving’ mum, 25, found dead in a car

Jasper KingPublished Apr 23, 2024, 6:12pm|Updated Apr 23, 2024, 6:30pm A family has paid tribute to a ‘vibrant and loving mum’ who was found dead inside a car. Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, was found on Whiston Road, Hackney, London, on April 6, just before 6.45am. The mum died at the scene despite the efforts of officers […]

Clashes break out at St George’s Day event in central London

Strictly winner revealed in new cast of 2:22 A Ghost Story

Meghna AminPublished Apr 23, 2024, 1:26pm|Updated Apr 23, 2024, 3:41pm Strictly Come Dancing winner Stacey Dooley and Inbetweeners star James Buckley have been announced in the new cast of 2.22 A Ghost Story. TV presenter Stacey, 37, will be making her West End debut as Jenny in the stage show, following in the footsteps of […]

From The Black Dog to Abbey Road: Celeb haunts that became unexpected tourist hotspots

London has no shortage of tourist traps, but most of them are places you’d expect to find dozens of people flocking to each day — like Covent Garden, or M&M World (no, we still don’t get it either). But there are a few unexpected locations across the city that have become a must-visit for a […]