Day: April 29, 2025
UK Ikea boss backs calls to pedestrianise Oxford Street as flagship store opens
April 29, 2025The UK boss of Ikea has backed calls to pedestrianise Oxford Street as the world’s largest furniture retailer finally opens its delayed store in London’s prime shopping destination. The Swedish company’s three-floor shop in the building that used to be Topshop’s former flagship store, with a mix of meatballs, lampshades and kitchen design assistance, opens […]
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Flames engulf Maida Vale electrical substation in eyewitness video
April 29, 202500:59 Eyewitness video captured an electrical substation engulfed in flames in Maida Vale, London, on Tuesday (29 April). Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters attended the incident on Aberdeen Place. An electrical transformer was found to be alight. The fire was brought under control and firefighters are continuing to work to fully extinguish it, […]
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Kneecap’s Eden Project gig cancelled amid row over ‘kill MPs’ comments
April 29, 2025A performance by Belfast rap trio Kneecap at the Eden Project has been cancelled. It comes after a row in which one of the group appeared to call for Tory MPs to be killed and another appeared to shout “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” in historical footage of a gig. A spokesperson for Eden Sessions, which […]
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Reeves unveils plans to regulate crypto after talks with US
April 29, 2025Rachel Reeves has announced plans to regulate cryptoassets such as Bitcoin in a bid to make the UK “a world leader in digital assets”. The Chancellor told a fintech conference on Tuesday that she would “back the builders” as she announced plans to make crypto firms subject to regulation in the same way as traditional […]
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Badenoch warns of ‘long road ahead’ for Tories but says it won’t be ‘decades’ before party back in power
April 29, 2025Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party will not be in opposition for “decades” – but warns there is a “long road ahead” for the Tories. Her comments to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby come ahead of Thursday’s local elections in England, which are expected to prove challenging for Ms Badenoch. It is […]
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Pub karaoke was so bad a neighbour said it made them suicidal
April 29, 2025Brooke Davies Published April 29, 2025 1:27pm Updated April 29, 2025 2:52pm A Notting Hill pub has narrowly avoided closure after its karaoke sessions became a living nightmare for its neighbours. Resident Ray Rose Raymond wrote to Kensington and Chelsea Council complaining that the weekly sing-alongs at the Pig and Whistle were a ‘weekly hell’. […]
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Immigration law changes: New rules to reduce migrant hotel use and restrict sex offender refugee claims
April 29, 2025Migrants convicted of sex offences may be prevented from claiming asylum in Britain as part of new laws aimed at tightening border security and bringing down the number of people living in hotels. The Home Office said for the first time any conviction that qualifies a foreign national for the sex offenders register will lead […]
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Huge fire erupts at electrical substation in north-west London sending plume of smoke over capital
April 29, 2025A large fire has broken out at an electrical substation in north west London, sending heavy smoke billowing over the capital. Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to the scene at Victoria Passage, Aberdeen Place, St John’s Wood, at 5.29am today. Locals have been told to keep their doors and windows closed, […]
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Adidas cautions over higher prices and halts outlook upgrade due to tariff woes
April 29, 2025Adidas said the trade policy uncertainty has ‘put a stop’ to any earnings upgrade (Alamy/PA) Adidas has warned over price hikes for its trainers due to higher tariffs and said the trade policy uncertainty has “put a stop” to any earnings upgrade. The German sportswear giant said prices will rise in the face of cost […]
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Coleen Rooney ‘entirely successful’ in Wagatha costs appeal, judge says
April 29, 2025Coleen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy during the ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial in 2022 (Yui Mok/PA) PA Archive Mrs Vardy unsuccessfully sued Mrs Rooney in 2022, with the two still in dispute over how much Mrs Vardy should pay in legal costs. In October last year, a specialist costs judge ruled Mrs Rooney’s lawyers did […]
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