Day: July 20, 2025
Urgent manhunt after reports woman was sexually assaulted in west London
July 20, 2025Police have launched a manhunt after a woman in her thirties was reported to have been sexually assaulted while walking home near a London Tube station. The victim was followed by a man as she walked past Hammersmith Tube station, located in west London, at around 3.40am on Sunday, according to the Metropolitan Police. The […]
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The tragic life of Saudi ‘Sleeping Prince’ who never woke up from 20-year coma
July 20, 2025A Saudi royal who became known as the ‘Sleeping Prince’ as he spent 20 years in a coma has died aged 36. Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud suffered a brain haemorrhage aged just 15 when he was involved in a car crash in London. Announcing the news of his death in a […]
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Charli xcx marries George Daniel in low-key London ceremony
July 20, 2025The pop star Charli xcx and her partner, George Daniel, a drummer in the band The 1975, have married at a ceremony at Hackney town hall in east London. The smiling couple were pictured and filmed walking down the art deco building’s steps through a blizzard of confetti on Saturday. It was a low-key event […]
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Who were the pilots of doomed Air India flight as preliminary report brings scrutiny?
July 20, 2025An analysis of the cockpit voice recorder from the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad last month reportedly showed the younger co-pilot asking the captain why he had turned off the fuel switches. The analysis came after an initial investigation into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash, which killed at least 260 people, found the […]
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Hackney birdsong? Stolen Lime bikes the new sound of summer in the city
July 20, 2025Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Was that exhausting to read? Well, imagine if that noise was the soundtrack to your summer. To the ire of many city dwellers this year, it is. The piercing and persistent sound, something akin to a half-bothered fire alarm you accidentally set off, has been everywhere. Its origin? Lime […]
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I went to the porn awards and spent a night with the UK’s naughtiest performers
July 20, 2025I recently descended on the SNAP Awards — an annual glitter-strewn, latex-sheathed gathering for the great and good (and gloriously bad) of adult entertainment. SNAP, for the uninitiated, stands for Support Network of Adult Performers, but for one glorious, throbbing evening it might as well have meant Sequins, Nylon And Pheromones. It felt like every model […]
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