Day: August 23, 2024
‘Rolex ripper’ who broke elbow stealing watch spared prison due to overcrowding
August 23, 2024A ‘Rolex Ripper’ who broke his elbow trying to grab a £50,000 watch in Mayfair has walked free because of prison overcrowding. Walid Raoul, 30, attempted to steal Mark Beard’s Patek Phillipe Blue World Time watch from his wrist on Grosvenor Street, London on 8 June 2024. Mr Beard was walking back to the Connaught Hotel […]
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‘Am I going to get through winter?’: Roy, 90, says he will shower once a week to cope with cost of energy
August 23, 2024A pensioner who faces a fuel payment cut says he worries about whether he will make it through the winter when energy prices go up. Roy William Roots, 90, is among the estimated 10 million pensioners who are facing a cut to their £200 or £300 winter fuel payment, which will now only go to […]
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9 essentials every first timer needs for Notting Hill Carnival 2024
August 23, 2024Heading to the Notting Hill Carnival this year? The annual street party which celebrates Caribbean culture is filled with vibrant costumes, booming sound systems and some of the best food you’ll ever taste. But whether you’re a first-timer to the West London party – or you go every year – the joyfully chaotic streets of […]
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Nick Grimshaw’s holiday villa raided by thieves while he and guests slept
August 23, 2024Nick Grimshaw has been left “upset” after a criminal gang raided an Ibizan holiday villa he was staying in with friends and family. The radio DJ had rented the luxury villa to celebrate his 40th birthday and shared an image of him sunbathing on Instagram last week, which he has since deleted. The gang of […]
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Labour is right about LTNs – the Tories need to learn the same lesson
August 23, 2024Here are four words you might not expect from me, as a former Conservative aide, so make the most of them: Louise Haigh is right. Half right, anyway. Labour’s new transport secretary has taken some flak – though not, interestingly, a vast amount – for interviews this week stating that councils that create low-traffic neighbourhoods […]
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Cowrie shell sculpture chosen as slavery memorial for London
August 23, 2024The artist behind a slavery memorial in London’s Docklands says they hope the project will serve as a place of reflection and remembrance of the millions of Africans who were enslaved, while also acting as a reminder that racism is still a part of British life. The design by Khaleb Brooks, an American whose own […]
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Man whose lung cancer was found ‘by coincidence’ first to have jab for disease
August 23, 2024Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A scientist whose lung cancer was detected by doctors “by coincidence” has become the first person in the UK to receive a new vaccine for the […]
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This London borough is the best place for first-time buyers to live in the capital
August 23, 2024Perched just above Stratford is the gentrified zone three London borough Waltham Forest. This east London spot, with its low council tax and plentiful greenery, is a hit with young people, and has now been crowned as the best place for first-time buyers to live in the capital. The title was awarded by housing developer […]
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UK weather LIVE: Train hits tree in Kent and BA flights axed as Storm Lilian batters UK
August 23, 2024Influence of Lilian will ‘wane’ by Friday afternoon Lillian’s influence would “wane” by Friday afternoon as it reduced in intensity and pushed off into the North Sea, with scattered showers for most of the rest of the day, PA has reported. After the possibility of some heavy showers early on Saturday, settled conditions were likely […]
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Iceland volcano: Police declare state of emergency as fissure erupts forcing evacuations
August 23, 2024Iceland‘s southwest was rocked on Thursday night as a volcano erupted for the sixth time since December, forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency. The eruption began shortly after 9pm on the Reykjanes Peninsula, with a 4km fissure slicing through the Sundhnúkur crater. Within hours, lava was flowing both east and west at alarming […]
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