Day: December 5, 2025
Bethnal Green rape: Woman in her 20s attacked in east London park in horrific incident
December 5, 2025Pollard Square Gardens, Whitechapel Google Police are appealing for information after a woman in her 20s was raped in a park in east London. Officers were called to Pollard Square Gardens in Bethnal Green on Friday morning following reports that a woman in her 20s had been raped. No arrests have been made and enquiries […]
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Northern Irish leaders use Council Summit to push Starmer on budget
December 5, 2025Chief Minister of Jersey Lyndon Farnham, First Minister of Scotland John Swinney, Government of Guernsey Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Emma Little-Pengelly, Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tanaiste Simon Harris and Chief Minister of […]
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Putin’s assassins went through London Waterloo station with deadly Novichok which could have killed hundreds
December 5, 2025Alexander Petrov, Ruslan Boshirov and Sergey Fedotov, all aliases, were all members of the Russian military intelligence GRU Unit 29155, the 178-page dossier concluded. Their true names were Aleksandr Mishkin (Petrov), Anatoliy Chepiga (Boshirov) and Denis Sergeev (Fedotov), it added. They arrived in London from Moscow on Friday 2 March 2018 with the intention of […]
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Starmer clarifies position on EU after Lammy talks up customs union
December 5, 2025Sir Keir Starmer was forced to clarify his position on joining an EU customs union after his deputy David Lammy praised how membership had boosted growth in other countries. The Prime Minister was asked in relation to Mr Lammy’s comments why he was not advocating for membership given that growth is an ongoing priority for […]
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Starmer sets out plans to cut child poverty by 550,000
December 5, 2025Sir Keir Starmer has set out moral and economic arguments for lifting children out of poverty as the Government launched its strategy on the issue, largely driven by the £3 billion decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The plan – long-awaited by campaigners – comes with around 4.5 million children living in poverty in […]
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FTSE 100 falls despite benign US inflation data
December 5, 2025Blue chip stocks in London underperformed European and US peers on Friday, despite stable inflation data in the US, as falls in oil majors BP and Shell weighed. The FTSE 100 index closed down 43.86 points, or 0.5%, at 9,667.01. The FTSE 250 ended just 7.04 points lower at 22,063.95, but the AIM All-Share closed […]
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Tesco locks up £1.75 Cadbury chocolate bars in security boxes
December 5, 2025Ryan Prosser Published December 5, 2025 5:15pm Updated December 5, 2025 5:15pm The cost-of-living crisis has seen a steep increase in shoplifting and consequently in measures taken by supermarket giants to guard goods from being nicked. Alcohol, meat and electrical goods are all routinely fitted with anti-theft tags or stored in secure cabinets. However a […]
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Workers ‘paint disabled bay around man’s car’ before it’s given fines by parking warden
December 5, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man was left baffled after he was issued two fines for allegedly parking his Audi in a disabled bay that was painted around it. The London-based Afrobeats artist Silvastone took to social media to share the […]
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EasyJet staff at Luton Airport to strike over Christmas
December 5, 2025EasyJet flights to major holiday destinations over the Christmas period could be delayed or cancelled after baggage handling and check-in staff at Luton Airport voted to go on strike. Around 200 workers, who are members of the Unite union and who work on easyJet’s Luton check-in desks and as baggage handlers, have rejected an offer […]
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Russia denies being behind Salisbury poisonings and warns of danger of war with Europe
December 5, 2025Russia’s ambassador to the UK has rejected the findings of an official investigation into the death of Dawn Sturgess, killed after the Salisbury poisoning attack in 2018. The report concluded Vladimir Putin “must have” authorised the use of a nerve agent in the attack and was therefore “morally responsible” for the British woman’s death. Ambassador […]
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