Day: December 1, 2024
Bed bugs blighted London’s hospitals more than 500 times over a 7-year period
December 1, 2024Patients, including children, are potentially being exposed to bed bugs as London hospitals faced hundreds of infestations since 2018. Nineteen NHS trusts across London said they had to call in pest control over 500 times to tackle bed bugs in the last seven years, costing some hospitals hundreds of pounds. The Royal London Children’s Hospital, […]
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Charity Super.Mkt to open more pop-ups amid rising demand for secondhand clothes
December 1, 2024The secondhand clothing pop-up Charity Super.Mkt is set to head to Edinburgh, Leeds, Sheffield and the heart of London’s Canary Wharf financial district as it opens a dozen more stores next year catering to a rise in interest in shopping for preloved items. The initiative, which has brought together 55 local and national charities in […]
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Man arrested on suspicion of raping woman in London’s Groucho Club
December 1, 2024A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape in Soho’s famous Groucho Club days after Westminster Council suspended its licence. The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into reports of a woman being attacked inside the celebrity hotspot in Dean Street, on November 13. It was today confirmed that a 34-year-old man was arrested at an […]
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Schoolboys, 14 and 16, charged over ‘chemical attack’ at train station
December 1, 2024Jen Mills Published December 1, 2024 12:15pm Updated December 1, 2024 1:04pm Two teens have been charged over a chemical attack on police at a London railway station on Friday. The boys, aged 16 and 14, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been charged with possession of a corrosive substance in a public […]
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Who has priority in public spaces – dogs or children? Where I live, we’re about to find out | Oliver Keens
December 1, 2024My children have always been brave and fearless. They wouldn’t think twice about climbing the tallest tree in any park. The only problem is they would stay up there indefinitely if so much as a shih-tzu started snuffling at the base. The fact that my kids are scared of the many dogs we encounter when […]
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