Day: September 28, 2025
Sadiq Khan says Trump is ‘spreading misinformation’ over London crime claims
September 28, 2025Mayor Sadiq Khan has dismissed Donald Trump’s claims that London is crime-ridden as ‘misinformation’. The US President zeroed in on the Labour mayor during his 55-minute UN speech – saying he’d allowed crime to go ‘through the roof’. But Khan has hit back, highlighting statistics from the mayor’s office for policing and crime showing a […]
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Woman says finding cures should be priority after father’s heart attack aged 38
September 28, 2025A daughter has shared her father’s experience of a life-changing heart attack that has caused him lifelong complications. Demi Cunningham, 22, and her family are grateful that Billy Cunningham lived to see his 40th birthday earlier this year, as he had suffered a heart attack in 2023, aged 38 at the time. As Scotland marks […]
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London mayor hits back at ‘misinformation’ as data shows fall in crimes
September 28, 2025The mayor of London has hit back at politicians “spreading misinformation” about safety in the capital as new data showed the number of violent crimes leading to injury has fallen in every borough over the past year. Figures from the mayor’s office for policing and crime, which compare the 12 months ending in August with […]
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Labour stepping in to fund welding skills centre in Glasgow, Healey confirms
September 28, 2025Mr Healey will use his speech to the Labour conference in Liverpool on Monday to confirm £2.5 million is being made available for the specialist welding skills centre on the Clyde in Glasgow. The UK Government has worked with Scottish Labour and Rolls-Royce to save the £11 million Welding Development Facility. It is hoped the centre […]
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Covid inquiry to shift focus to pandemic’s impact on children and young people
September 28, 2025School closures and a free school meals “blunder” which ended in an embarrassing U-turn by Boris Johnson’s government during the pandemic are expected to be among issues scrutinised in upcoming hearings of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. It has not been confirmed whether the former prime minister will be called to give evidence as part of […]
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Electric car ‘myths’ are putting drivers off from making the switch – survey
September 28, 2025Many drivers are being put off from electric motoring because of ‘myths’ about the vehicles, a new survey suggests (John Walton/PA) PA Archive Many drivers are being put off the idea of electric motoring because of “myths” about the vehicles, a new survey suggests. Chargepoint supplier char.gy, which commissioned the research, said electric vehicles (EVs) […]
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Play hard, party harder: Red Roses revel in World Cup glory at London celebrations
September 28, 2025England’s Red Roses promised they would celebrate hard after their World Cup win, and they kept their word. The hoarse throats, sore heads and never-ending smiles on Sunday confirmed they’d had the night of their lives. They strode out onto the balcony at the front of Battersea Power Station, southwest London, on Sunday afternoon, lapping […]
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Matthijs de Ligt: Man Utd players must step up as pressure grows on Ruben Amorim
September 28, 2025Matthijs de Ligt insists Manchester United players must take responsibility for poor results amid growing pressure on manager Ruben Amorim. United suffered a third defeat in six Premier League games this season in losing 3-1 at Brentford on Saturday, while they were also humiliated by League Two Grimsby in the Carabao Cup. Portuguese boss Amorim […]
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Reform’s immigration policy ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’, says Starmer
September 28, 2025Reform’s immigration policy is “racist” and “immoral”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. He was reacting after Nigel Farage‘s party said it would axe the right of migrants to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR), ban anyone who is not a UK citizen from claiming benefits, and force those applying for UK citizenship to renounce […]
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How the famous Spaghetti House siege rocked an affluent London neighbourhood
September 28, 2025On September 28 1975, staff at the Spaghetti House restaurant in Knightsbridge were confronted by a terrifying sight. Three robbers had stormed into the restaurant, holding a sawn-off shotgun and two handguns demanding that week’s takings of £11,000 (£117,921 in today’s money.) They barricaded staff in the basement and had a getaway driver at the […]
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