Day: June 7, 2025

‘Gut feeling more important than social media likes’, says festival promoter

A leading music festival promoter has said “gut feeling” is more than important than social media likes when booking headline acts. John Giddings, who has run the Isle of Wight Festival since it restarted in 2002, said performers need to be able to “deliver” to a crowd and not just keep their attention on a […]

Rachel Reeves to announce £86bn for science and technology in spending review

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Britain is ‘the home of science and technology’ (PA) PA Archive Research into drug treatments and longer-lasting batteries will receive new funding as part of an £86 billion package for science and technology set to be announced in next week’s spending review. Regions will be handed up to £500 million with […]

Sudden downpours and rumbles of thunder across parts of England

Heavy rain was forecast in parts of England (PA) PA Wire Heavy rain and showers have produced rumbles of thunder across parts of England on Saturday. It came as a particularly intense band of showers charged east through the south and west, and forecasters said people should expect sudden downpours, thunder and dramatic skies. A […]

Protests after death of baby boy who lived in ‘mouldy and damp’ north London flat

Parents who believe damp and mould contributed to their 15-week-old son’s death at a north London flat led protests outside a housing association’s headquarters Islington. Akram Mohammed died after his father Abdushafi and mother Aiat rushed their child to hospital when he started struggling to breathe on February 21. They claimed “no one” from Notting […]

EastEnders star suspended by BBC after disabled slur on Strictly set

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has been suspended by the BBC after using a disabled slur on the Strictly Come Dancing set. A video emerged of the actor, who plays Jay Brown on the soap, using the term to describe the people of Blackpool, the town where the show was being filmed, The Sun on Sunday […]

Body found in search for woman who disappeared after leaving London home

Sam Corbishley Published June 7, 2025 9:16pm Updated June 7, 2025 9:19pm A body has been found by police searching for a Colombian woman who vanished after leaving her east London home. Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing on May 31 having left her home in Ilford on the morning of May 29. Her […]

London fair features veggie sculptures from squash Trump to ‘Cauli Parton’

Vegetable likenesses of Donald Trump and Dolly Parton and a papal “Cornclave” went on display on Saturday at the Lambeth country show, an urban take on a country fair held annually in London’s Brockwell Park. The two-day show features sheep-shearing, livestock competitions, food, music and a vegetable sculpture contest that has attracted national renown for […]

London residents win £550,000 compensation in cladding defects case

Residents of a multistorey development in London have received £550,000 in compensation from a housing association for cladding defects in a case they hope will set a precedent for other claims. Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) and the contractor United Living have also completed large-scale works at their own cost to remedy the buildings in the […]

Tommy Robinson kicked out of London restaurant because ‘staff didn’t want to serve him’

Brooke Davies Published June 7, 2025 1:57pm Updated June 7, 2025 3:31pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Tommy Robinson’s entourage is upset after being kicked out of a restaurant for making staff ‘feel uncomfortable’. The right wing activist – real name Stephen […]

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