Day: November 1, 2025
Parties, pals, and poo – I was proud to be the neighbour from hell
November 1, 2025‘We’re here, we’re here, let us in!’ My friends were banging on the front door, their laughter and the clinking of bottles in blue carrier bags making an almighty racket. It was 2018, and my boyfriend Ben* and I were having afters in the top floor London flat we’d been living in for two years. […]
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Man who died in helicopter crash near Doncaster named
November 1, 2025The 70-year-old man who died after a helicopter crash near Doncaster has been named as Peter Smith. His family described him as a “beloved husband, father and grandfather” who was “one of the smartest men”. He suffered serious injuries when the helicopter crashed into a field on Thursday and was pronounced dead at the scene despite the […]
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Canoeist and OnlyFans creator criticises two-year ban over ‘explicit’ Instagram video
November 1, 2025Canoeist Kurts Adams Rozentals has criticised the decision by his governing body, Paddle UK, to ban him for two years, as the OnlyFans creator insisted an “edgy” video he posted on Instagram was not explicit. He told Sky News: “I think the outcome is very extreme. I’m only human. I make mistakes, but banning me […]
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Reform councillor defects to Tories after party’s policies left him ‘uncomfortable’
November 1, 2025A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives, saying he became uncomfortable in Nigel Farage’s party. James Buchan, who sits in the south-east London borough of Dartford, said he had struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear. “I stood for election with […]
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Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education a priority
November 1, 2025Pope Leo XIV is bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring him a doctor of the church and holding him up as a model for Catholic educators. Only 37 other people have been given the title “doctor” in the […]
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Around 100 firefighters battle large house blaze in Notting Hill
November 1, 2025Around 100 firefighters brought a large house fire under control in Notting Hill in the early hours of Saturday morning. Fifteen fire engines were called to Oxford Gardens after a blaze broke out in a detached house that had been converted into flats. Part of the first floor and roof were damaged, along with half […]
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Army protects itself, not soldiers, says Jaysley Beck’s mother
November 1, 2025Young women should not join the Army, the mother of a teenage soldier who took her own life after being sexually assaulted by a superior has said. Leighann McCready said the armed forces had still not done enough to protect recruits after her daughter Jaysley Beck was found hanged in her barracks in Larkhill Camp, […]
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Fire rips through Notting Hill home with 100 firefighters tackling blaze
November 1, 2025Around 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in Notting Hill, west London, this morning. Images show Halloween revelers surrounding fire engines as smoke pours from the roof in Oxford Gardens. The blaze was under control by 6:12am. No one was reported to be injured but three storeys of a house were destroyed. Part of the […]
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Dishoom’s new Permit Room is London’s most exciting hotel spin-off in years
November 1, 2025Metro Checks In to Dishoom’s Permit Room Lodgings, an eccentric sanctuary in the heart of trendy west London. Standing outside Dishoom’s new hotel on a dark and rainy Wednesday afternoon, having lugged my bulging backpack on the District Line and battling with Google Maps, I am ready to relax. Smack bang on a corner of […]
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Sophy Ridge says there is a greater ‘hyper engagement’ with the news than before
November 1, 2025Sky News presenter Sophy Ridge has said there is a greater sense of “hyper engagement” with the news than there has been before. After fronting the broadcaster’s flagship weeknight political show, Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge, the presenter will now helm its new breakfast programme and co-present for the first time alongside Wilfred Frost. Despite […]
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