Day: July 31, 2025
Heathrow submits ‘shovel-ready’ plans for third runway
July 31, 2025Heathrow has submitted its “shovel-ready” plans for a third runway as part of a £50bn investment, as the government said expanding Europe’s largest airport could create 100,000 jobs and drive growth. The 2-mile (3.2km) runway expansion would cross a diverted M25 and allow more than 750 additional flights a day over London, helping bring the […]
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Protesters surround Epping council office demanding migrant hotel close down
July 31, 2025Hundreds of far-right protesters have packed the streets of Epping for the third week in a row. The Essex village has been gripped by anti-immigration marches after an asylum seeker was charged with attempting to kiss a 14-year-old girl. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who denies the charges, had been staying at The Bell Hotel for less […]
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KöD’s signature three-course menu for only £39.50: 10 unmissable Time Out deals
July 31, 2025Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap in 2025! At least… There is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro, and on our […]
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Facial recognition cameras doubled in London despite ‘dystopian’ warning
July 31, 2025Facial recognition cameras are being doubled in London, despite campaigners warning the move is the first step towards ‘a dystopian nightmare’. The Metropolitan Police announced cameras will be deployed 10 times a week across five days – more than double the current usage – to scan faces and match them to a criminal database. Most […]
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Inside London’s mysterious wave of smashed shop windows
July 31, 2025It’s just after 3.30am in Islington, on a Thursday morning in May. A man wearing a canvas backpack, a black hooded jacket and a bucket hat is loitering next to a shop window, watching cars and buses pass. In a gloved hand, he’s holding a red vape which he takes a long drag of. The […]
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Conor McGregor loses appeal of civil jury’s finding in favour of Nikita Hand
July 31, 2025Conor McGregor has lost his appeal of a civil jury’s finding in favour of Dublin woman Nikita Hand, who had accused him of rape. The MMA fighter lost his appeal on all five grounds that the case was taken. Ms Hand, 35, successfully sued McGregor in a civil court over an incident in which he […]
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Home Office expands migrant housing at Essex RAF base as it’s revealed over 25,000 people have crossed Channel
July 31, 2025This is the earliest point in the year at which the 25,000 milestone has been passed since data on Channel crossings first began being collected in 2018. It comes as the Home Office announced it was increasing capacity to house asylum seekers by 50% at a former RAF base in Essex from Thursday. An extra […]
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Labour MP issues stark warning to London party members after Reform’s first by-election win in capital
July 31, 2025MP Liam Conlon said: ‘We must treat the Reform threat to the Labour Party seriously’ Parliament A London Labour MP has issued a stark warning about the threat the party faces from Reform in the capital. Liam Conlon issued the message to local Labour members after Nigel Farage’s party stormed to victory in a by-election […]
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Former nurse loses legal challenge over registration of private gender clinic
July 31, 2025A former nurse has lost a High Court legal challenge over the health watchdog’s decision to register England’s first private clinic offering gender treatment to young people. The two also challenged the regulator’s decision last December to continue the clinic’s registration and to allow it to prescribe cross-sex hormone treatment to 16 and 17-year-olds without […]
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Man injured in Tommy Robinson ‘assault’ in St Pancras discharged from hospital
July 31, 2025Jasper King Published July 31, 2025 3:01pm Updated July 31, 2025 3:01pm A man injured in an alleged assault at St Pancras station for which far-right activist Tommy Robinson is wanted has been discharged from hospital. Footage emerged earlier this week showing Robinson, 42, walking back and forth by the motionless man on the floor. […]
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