Day: October 16, 2024
Iconic London nightclub closes down to become ‘luxury hotel’
October 16, 2024Brooke DaviesPublished Oct 16, 2024, 11:05pm|Updated Oct 17, 2024, 11:38am An iconic London club has become the latest victim to the capital’s dwindling nightlife and has closed its doors for good. Tiger Tiger has confirmed its closure, thanking everyone for ‘years of incredible memories’ on their website. The club, based just off of Piccadilly Circus, […]
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Father left with fractured eye socket and toddler in hospital after random attack
October 16, 2024For 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 A father was left with serious injuries and his three-year-old toddler was also taken to hospital after an “unprovoked” attack in west London. Police have released a CCTV […]
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‘A triumph’: London’s £19bn Elizabeth line is named best new architecture in Britain
October 16, 2024With the longest platforms, the biggest tunnels and the fastest trains on the entire London underground, the Elizabeth line boasts a dizzying list of superlatives, carrying more people a day than any other train line in the country. It is now deemed to have the best design, too – being named as the winner of […]
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Giant coloured pencils appear in London to stop parents driving children to school
October 16, 2024Brooke DaviesPublished Oct 16, 2024, 9:09pm|Updated Oct 17, 2024, 12:15pm Giant pencils have been introduced in one London borough’s streets to stop busy parents from driving their kids to school, and some people are inevitably unhappy. The coloured pencils are part of a plan to prevent cars entering certain roads at drop-off time. And while […]
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Prince William calls for ‘systemic change’ to end homelessness
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Russia suspected of planting incendiary device on plane that caused UK warehouse fire
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Police search for attacker after unprovoked assault on a father walking with his young son in Notting Hill
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Business leaders urge unions to call off ‘damaging’ Tube strike action as passengers face fresh misery
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Met PC accused of not disclosing association with female Jihadi living with Islamic State faces misconduct hearing
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Heinz-Peter King obituary
October 16, 2024My father, Heinz-Peter King, who has died aged 94, was a senior lecturer at St Andrews University and a historian of medieval ecclesiastical matters. His books included The Finances of the Cistercian Order in the Fourteenth Century (1985) and Western Monasticism: A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin Church (1999). Peter was born […]
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