Day: October 31, 2025
UK man who murdered pregnant girlfriend after release from prison jailed for 42 years
October 31, 2025A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after being released from prison on licence has been jailed for 42 years. Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when she was killed by Shaine March last year at her home in Walthamstow, east London. She died at the scene […]
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Wealthy Londoners pay me up to £20,000 to decorate their homes for Halloween
October 31, 2025Whether you like Halloween or not, it’s safe to say that the spooky celebrations are getting bigger and bolder each year. But while some families are quite content with a few fake cobwebs, there are an elite group of Halloween fanatics paying top dollar to turn their houses into spectacular haunted mansions. And helping them […]
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‘The prettiest country house in London’ hits the market for the first time
October 31, 2025A historic and exceptionally rare Georgian property at the entrance of St Katharine Docks, in London, is up for sale for the first time. The Dockmaster’s House, originally designed by renowned 19th-century architect Philip Hardwick and built in 1827, is on the market with an asking price of £15 million. The property’s origins lie deeply […]
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Leafy neighbourhood with ‘beautiful houses’ ranked London’s best place to live
October 31, 2025In the latest government release of the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), an unexpected star has emerged from the heart of South London. Petts Wood, a leafy neighbourhood nestled within the borough of Bromley, has secured its place among the top 20 least deprived areas nationally — and remarkably, it’s the only London locale to […]
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Bus driver suspended after man was ‘racially abused and locked on a bus for an hour’
October 31, 2025Ryan Prosser Published October 31, 2025 1:41pm Updated October 31, 2025 1:46pm A driver is being investigated after allegedly antisemitically abusing a man and locking him in a bus ‘for hours’ after withholding his bank card. David Abraham boarded a bus in Stamford Hill, north London, on Monday when he dropped his card in the […]
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The mortgage tweak helping Londoners buy their first home before 30
October 31, 2025First-time buyers in London are purchasing their homes six years earlier when using an income booster, according to a new report from Gen H. The analysis found that those using the initiative are purchasing their first homes at an average age of 29, six years earlier than the typical first-time buyer age in the capital. […]
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Kirsty Gallacher shares police update after being attacked on central London street
October 31, 2025Broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher has called for a ‘stronger police presence’ on the London streets following her attack by a stranger. The TV presenter, famously of Sky Sports, was left shaken after a man approached her on a ‘well-lit’ street while she was walking to her car at around 7pm on Tuesday. Unprovoked, he began kicking […]
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E-bike rider ‘ploughed’ into father on pavement, leaving him inches from death
October 31, 2025Sarah Hooper Published October 31, 2025 9:13am Updated October 31, 2025 9:13am A dad was left ‘hours from death’ after a horror collision with an e-bike rider, new CCTV footage has shown. Mohamed Ressum, a 44-year-old builder, was left sprawled on the pavement in Surbiton, south-west London. ‘I was hit really suddenly by the Forest bike […]
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London travel news LIVE: Tube hit by three suspensions as commuters face fresh disruption
October 31, 2025Northern line resumes good service The Northern line resumes good service. Delays between Rugby and Milton Keynes Central expected until 9am A fault with the signalling system between Rugby and Milton Keynes Central means that trains have to run at a reduced speed on the line towards Milton Keynes Central. As a result, trains running […]
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Starmer clears Reeves over ‘inadvertent’ failure to obtain rental licence
October 31, 2025Sir Keir Starmer has told Rachel Reeves she faces no further action over her “inadvertent” failure to obtain a rental licence for her south London family home. The Chancellor previously admitted to mistakenly breaching local council housing rules by failing to secure a “selective” licence for the property when it was rented out following her […]
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