Day: August 23, 2025
This disturbing upcoming horror film left me sick to my stomach
August 23, 2025Every now and again, you watch a film that makes your blood run cold and your stomach turn. For horror fans in the UK, they’re likely to find such a flick at FrightFest, taking place in 2025 at London’s Odeon Luxe. In years gone by, the film festival has screened disturbing delights such as Audition, […]
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UK set to bask in 30C sunshine over bank holiday weekend
August 23, 2025Britons are set to bask in more sunshine this bank holiday weekend, with temperatures set to rise to 30C in some areas. According to the Met Office, the weather will get gradually better over the long weekend, with Sunday being a bit warmer than Saturday but both days seeing a mix of cloud and sunshine. […]
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Family’s desperate plea for help to find dad’s Notting Hill Carnival killer
August 23, 2025Brooke Davies Published August 23, 2025 6:50pm Updated August 23, 2025 7:21pm The parents of a young dad who was stabbed to death at the Notting Hill Carnival three years ago in a ‘mindless act of violence’ have pleaded for help to find his killer. Takayo Nembhard was fatally stabbed while surrounded by several hundred […]
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European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
August 23, 2025The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing a wide array of postal services to pause shipping as they await for more clarity on the rule. The exemption, known as the “ de minimis ” exemption, allows packages worth less than $800 to come into […]
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Decision on Chinese super embassy delayed by government over redacted plans
August 23, 2025Activists protest over the planned embassy in central London in February (PA/Jordan Pettitt) PA Wire The government has delayed its decision over revived plans for a vast Chinese “super embassy” on the site of the former Royal Mint Court – with requests for further information about “greyed out” parts of the application. President Xi Jinping […]
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Police separate anti-immigration and anti-racism protesters across the country
August 23, 2025Protesters have gathered across the country as groups demonstrated against asylum seeker housing and were met by anti-racism campaigners. Demonstrations under the Abolish Asylum System slogan were held in England, Scotland and Wales, including in Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Aberdeen, Mold, Perth, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Horley and Canary Wharf. Counter-protests were also organised by […]
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Rule Britannia! and red flares as thousands join migrant hotel protests in London and across UK
August 23, 2025Thousands have joined demonstrations against hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers as a wave of weekend protests take place across the UK. An asylum hotel in Orpington, south-east London was the target of one protest on Friday night, which saw dozens of people shout “Get them out” and “Save our children” while others held Union […]
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Three people in life-threatening condition after ‘arson attack’ on London restaurant
August 23, 2025Three people are in a life-threatening condition after a suspected arson attack at a restaurant in east London, police said. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene in Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill in Ilford about 9pm on Friday. Crews rescued five people from the restaurant, while nine others got out beforehand, London Fire […]
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Urgent hunt for one-eyed suspect after teenage girl raped in Banbury
August 23, 2025Sarah Hooper Published August 23, 2025 2:37pm Updated August 23, 2025 2:50pm Police are appealing for any leads on a man wanted in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in Oxfordshire. James Doran, 23, is believed to be involved in the rape of the young girl on Monday, August 11, in Banbury. Police […]
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Queens Of The Stone Age headline festival rocked by controversy
August 23, 2025US rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have got the crowd rocking as the first headliners of a seaside festival which has been hit by controversy over an onstage pro-Palestinian protest. Thousands of music lovers have descended on Southsea Common in Portsmouth, Hampshire, for the three-day Victorious Festival. Ruby singers Kaiser Chiefs stepped in to […]
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