Day: March 18, 2025
Top UK rapper shot man in the head and mouth in ‘savage’ drive-by attack
March 18, 2025A rapper who once reached the UK Top 20 shot a Londoner in the head in a drive-by attack in Notting Hill. Nathan Tokosi, also known as DigDat, severely injured Daniel Offei-Ntow, 27, as he sat in his car in Notting Hill, west London, early on November 20 2023. The rapper, 25, of Deptford, south-east […]
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What are the ‘ghost marks’ on London Underground?
March 18, 2025The existence of London Underground ghosts remains contested, but those tasked with the Tube’s upkeep are haunted by one pesky phenomenon. With millions of passengers travelling on the Tube network daily, it would be a miracle if there was no sign of the usage – the ghost marks. But, instead of a supernatural ghoul lurking […]
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Murders of Playboy bunny and girl, 16, in London marked 50 years on as police continue hunt for double killer
March 18, 2025Friends of a murdered Playboy bunny girl are marking the 50th anniversary of her death as a double killer remains unidentified. Eve Stratford, 22, was discovered with her throat slashed 12 times at the flat she shared with a boyfriend in Lyndhurst Drive, Leyton on March 18, 1975. Miss Stratford’s killer then raped and murdered […]
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Burglar guilty of break-in at Premier League star Isak’s home
March 18, 2025Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak was victim of burglars last April (Owen Humphreys/PA) PA Wire A thief who joined three family members in breaking into the home of Premier League star Alexander Isak and stealing his sports car, jewellery worth £68,000 and up to £10,000 in cash has been convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary. The […]
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Man admits murdering university lecturer in Plymouth
March 18, 2025A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a university lecturer. Paul Antony Butler, 53, admitted murdering Claire Chick, 48, during an incident in Plymouth in January. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a bladed article. Butler, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his pleas during […]
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Starmer tells Trump Ukraine must be put in ‘strongest possible position’
March 18, 2025The Prime Minister told Mr Trump that Ukraine must be put in the “strongest possible position” in order to secure a “just and lasting peace” in the war with Russia. Mr Trump and his Russian counterpart spoke on Tuesday about the US-Ukraine plan for a 30-day ceasefire. Following a call between Sir Keir and Mr […]
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Badenoch says ‘get real’ on net zero and declares 2050 target ‘impossible’
March 18, 2025Kemi Badenoch said she will task shadow ministers with finding “achievable solutions” to delivering cheap, clean energy after declaring that reaching net zero by 2050 is “impossible”. The Conservative leader said it was time to “get real” about the target during a speech to launch the party’s policy renewal process in London. She said that […]
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How did this £82,000 Mercedes end up abandoned on London DLR tracks?
March 18, 2025Noora Mykkanen Published March 18, 2025 2:38pm Updated March 18, 2025 2:38pm
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First-time buyers looking beyond London to get on property ladder
March 18, 2025First-time buyers are looking beyond London to get on the property ladder, with the south east of England being the top location for first-time buyer mortgages in 2023. In 2023, 12.7% of first-time buyer mortgages were taken out for homes located in London, down from 16.8% a decade earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]
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Woman in her 20s dies after van hits three pedestrians in central London
March 18, 2025A woman in her 20s has died after a van struck three pedestrians in central London. The other two pedestrians were rushed to hospital following the incident on The Strand at around 11.40am on Tuesday. One of the pedestrians has potentially life-threatening injuries, while the other has minor injuries. The driver of the van, a […]
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