Day: February 25, 2025
Damian Lewis looks dapper in rare appearance with children at London Fashion Week
February 25, 2025Stella Akinwumi Published February 25, 2025 6:58pm Updated February 25, 2025 6:59pm Damian Lewis made a rare and stylish appearance with his two children at London Fashion Week. The Homeland actor, 54, looked dapper rocking a striped suit at the Burberry event alongsidehis daughter Manon, 18, and son Gulliver, 16, who he welcomed with his […]
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Tony Kinsey obituary
February 25, 2025The jazz drummer and composer Tony Kinsey, who has died aged 97, was a major figure in the transformation of the postwar modern jazz landscape in Britain. Kinsey and contemporaries such as John Dankworth and Ronnie Scott were intent on creating their own versions of jazz modernism from the late 1940s onwards. Inspired as they […]
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Meta fact-checker cuts will allow spread of racist misinformation, MPs say
February 25, 2025Stock photo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, social media app icons on a smart phone. PA Archive Meta’s removal of third-party fact checkers from its platforms will allow “racist misinformation” to spread, MPs have warned. The social media giant denied that it was ending fact-checking on its app, but was instead “moving to a […]
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Keir Starmer addresses nation after slashing aid budget to fund ‘biggest sustained rise’ in defence spending since Cold War
February 25, 2025The Prime Minister has told the nation a “dangerous new era” has forced his decision to begin the “biggest sustained increase” in defence spending since the Cold War. The UK’s defence bill will rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – an increase of £13.4billlion every year, Sir Keir Starmer announced earlier in the Commons. […]
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Just Stop Oil activists accused of disrupting West End play may receive cautions
February 25, 2025Two Just Stop Oil protesters accused of disrupting a West End production of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver may be handed a caution – despite one of them previously entering a not guilty plea. Richard Weir, 60, of Tynemouth near Newcastle, and Hayley Walsh, 42, of Radcliffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ […]
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Minister promises action after allegations of cruelty at Skye House
February 25, 2025Scotland’s social care and mental wellbeing minister has promised action will be taken at a mental health facility at the centre of cruelty allegations. Skye House in Glasgow was the subject of a BBC documentary earlier this month, in which a number of former residents alleged mistreatment at the facility for young people. Two probes […]
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Louanne Tranchell obituary
February 25, 2025My mother, Louanne Tranchell, who has died aged 87, was a passionate campaigner for community involvement in planning decisions. She recognised the importance of questioning authority and was committed to bringing people together to mark struggles and successes. Louanne’s work in mobilising the community began in London in 1977, campaigning against Norman Foster’s plan for […]
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PM’s defence plan will not lead to end of working from home – Whitehall chief
February 25, 2025There are no plans to review the current policy on working from home for civil servants in response to the urgency of major changes announced by the Prime Minister, the head of the civil service has confirmed. Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald, who was appointed by Sir Keir Starmer to “rewire” the way the British […]
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London resident says pedicabs are ‘worst thing ever invented’
February 25, 2025London rickshaws are causing tension in the heart of the capital, with a frustrated resident saying they should be ‘illegal.’ Controversial pedicabs have been labelled a ‘nuisance’ as countless rickshaws whiz through London. There have been concerns over the lack of regulation, including pricing, safety and noise from nighttime ‘party’ bikes with sound systems on […]
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London Elizabeth line drivers’ strikes called off after new pay offer
February 25, 2025Noora Mykkanen Published February 25, 2025 3:00pm Updated February 25, 2025 3:11pm Elizabeth line strike days that were expected to bring part of the London Underground to a standstill have been cancelled. Aslef union members working on the Elizabeth line have suspended part of their planned strike action that was expected to hit the Tube. […]
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