Day: December 19, 2024

10 best Time Out London deals from Old Shanghai glamour to £20 wine and dine

Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap! At least… There is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro.co.uk, and on our socials. You’ll […]

North Korean troops sustaining ‘heavy casualties’ in Kursk, say Western officials

Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldiers march during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang (File picture) AFP via Getty Images North Korean troops are sustaining heavy casualties while fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia‘s Kursk region, western officials believe. Ukrainian forces launched an incursion into Kursk in August, but have since lost more […]

Four teenagers detained for life for murdering innocent boys

Four teenagers are starting life sentences for murdering two best friends who were stabbed to death in a case of mistaken identity sparked by an escalating tit-for-tat postcode rivalry. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were chased and cut down by a gang of youths armed with machetes in Bristol. They died from stab […]

Andrew Tate’s human trafficking case collapses as Romanian court flags legal errors

“They threw me in jail, took my money, my cars, and every ounce of my freedom. They made me the biggest enemy on the streets, dragging my name through the dirt with accusations of the lowest, most vile deeds a man can be accused of,” he said.

Football pundit Eniola Aluko attends first hearing in Joey Barton libel claim

The former England women’s player claims that two posts made by Mr Barton in January on the social media site X, formerly Twitter, are defamatory. At a hearing on Thursday, a judge was asked to consider the “natural and ordinary meaning” of the posts and whether they were innuendos made about Ms Aluko being dishonest […]

Four teenage killers detained for life for murdering innocent boys in Bristol

Four teenage boys have been detained for life for the murders of two best friends who were stabbed to death in a case of mistaken identity. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died from stab wounds after being chased by the four armed teenagers in the Knowle West area of Bristol at about 11pm […]

29 of the best things to do in London this weekend (December 21-22)

That time between Christmas and the New Year is a strange time… you barely know what day it is, you’re eating Quality Street for breakfast and the pajamas are staying on until at least 3pm. But if you do fancy leaving the house at some point, we’ve got a whole host of plans sorted for […]

Thames Water to pay £18m penalty after breaking dividend rules

Thames Water will have to pay an £18.2m penalty after the water industry regulator confirmed the troubled utilities company had breached dividend rules. The Guardian revealed on Wednesday that Thames would be penalised over two dividend payments, made in 2023 and 2024, and that it would allow the water company to increase bills by just […]

Pensioner died when man fell through cafe skylight and landed on top of him

Brooke Davies Published December 19, 2024 1:22pm Updated December 19, 2024 3:35pm A pensioner sitting with friends in a café was killed when a man fell through a skylight and landed on top of him in north London. Fehim Ahmet, 81, suffered brain and spinal injuries in the accident on July 7 while enjoying an evening […]

Influencer’s £10,000 bag stolen while she was trying on clothes at luxury London store