Day: September 5, 2025

Resident pays for council to clean graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat

A resident has paid for the cleanup of graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s seaside flat in Hove, the council has said. The word “bitch” along with a much larger sign saying “tax evader!” were pictured on a white wall on the outside of the home earlier this week, after it emerged that Ms Rayner admitted underpaying […]

Hundreds of people set to defy arrest warnings in support of Palestine Action

Supporters of Palestine Action took part in a mass action in Parliament Square last month (Stefan Rousseau/PA) PA Wire Hundreds of people are expected to risk arrest in support of banned terror group Palestine Action during protests on Saturday. Demonstrators are set to take action in London, Belfast and Edinburgh, holding signs saying: “I oppose […]

Farage to close Reform conference after telling activists to be ready for an election

Nigel Farage will close the Reform Party conference on Saturday, after he told activists to prepare for a general election in two years’ time. The party leader is due to speak at the end of the two-day event at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, following an address by his deputy Richard Tice. The main […]

‘Scariest horror film’ that won’t ever join streaming gets rare UK screenings

This is the salary you need to buy a house in every London borough

Once upon a time, London was a city where buying a home felt remotely possible – even for the average worker. In 1986, the typical house price in the Big Smoke was £55,000, and as Peter Apps writes in his forthcoming book, Homesick, it was normal for people on a fairly average income, like builders […]

‘Waste is a resource, not a nuisance’: the team who will collect and use up your leftover paint

It’s a rare household that does not have a rusting tin of paint sitting around in a dark cupboard somewhere. About 55m litres of paint go to waste in the UK every year, which is why one organisation is trying to create a circular paint economy by recycling it. Community RePaint is a UK-wide paint […]

Major US rapper’s concerts cancelled at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium due to Tube strikes

Ahead of the London Tube strikes, two Post Malone concerts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium have been rescheduled. Starting on Sunday, members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) will stage a five-day walkout, with little to no services running. Consequently, several major events have had to be moved, which included Coldplay’s final two Wembley concerts […]

Severe delays on Elizabeth line after train breaks down at Paddington

Noora Mykkanen Published September 5, 2025 9:14am Updated September 5, 2025 2:55pm Passengers on the Elizabeth line should brace for delays and cancellations after a train broke down on the tracks. Morning journeys have been upended after an Elizabeth line train broke down at London Paddington. The fault wreaked havoc on the entire line before […]

‘My dream is to nail 40 hotdogs’ – The disgusting world of competitive eating 

Max Stanford eats the same unappealing meal every day. He microwaves a huge bowl of frozen vegetables, mixes them up with gravy until they turn soupy and then envelops them in wraps using three heads of lettuce.  You’d think the 2.5 kilo salad soup would fill him up, but no. He supplements the strange dish […]

London Hilton bombing anniversary: How one phone call changed the hotel forever

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video On September 5 1975, the workers and guests of the London Hilton Park Lane arrived at the hotel, thinking that it would be just another day. But by 12.20pm, the hotel had been rocked by a horrific […]