Day: December 19, 2025
Driver who killed man in London’s West End during drink-fuelled rampage guilty of murder
December 19, 2025Noora Mykkanen Published December 19, 2025 11:31pm Updated December 19, 2025 11:31pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A Mercedes driver who killed a 25-year-old pedestrian and injured four others has been convicted of murder over the Christmas Day rampage in London. Anthony […]
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10 unmissable Time Out London deals: 3 courses and a cocktail for £35
December 19, 2025Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap in 2025! At least… there is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro, and on our […]
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FTSE 100 in the green after lower-than-expected US inflation figures
December 19, 2025Stock prices in London closed mostly higher on Friday, in light of lower-than-expected US inflation the day before. The US consumer price index rose by 2.7% in November from a year before, slowing from 3.0% annual inflation in September. Market consensus cited by FXStreet had expected inflation to increase to 3.1% in November. “The knife-edge […]
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UK Christmas number one revealed
December 19, 2025Kylie Minogue has secured her first Christmas number one in the UK with her hit track XMAS. The Australian pop star, 57, is the first solo female artist in 12 years to secure the coveted festive spot, after Sam Bailey with Skyscraper in 2013, according to The Official Charts Company. Minogue has also become the […]
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Magical London winter walks that’ll make you feel like you’re in a Christmas movie
December 19, 2025The weather pros might have ruled out a white Christmas for most of us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy the magic of winter. During the festive period, many of us will want to get out and about for a walk with friends or family, after consuming more roast potatoes and chocolates than […]
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David Walliams dropped by publisher after allegations of inappropriate behaviour
December 19, 2025David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins UK after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women. A spokesperson for the company said it had decided not to release any new titles by Walliams “after careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO”. “HarperCollins takes employee well-being extremely seriously and has processes in […]
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‘I was abandoned as a baby on Christmas Eve – 80 years later I found the brother I never knew existed living a mile away’
December 19, 2025On Christmas Eve in 1944, as London was hit by the intense bombing of the “Baby Blitz”, John Moore was left abandoned on the street. Just days old, he was picked up by a policeman and taken to St Thomas’s Hospital – but his origins and details of his family remained a mystery. Four years […]
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Hannukah symbols vandalised in ‘appalling’ antisemitic attacks in west London
December 19, 2025John Dunne Published December 19, 2025 2:32pm Updated December 19, 2025 2:32pm Vandals have targeted Hannukah festival symbols in west London, just days after the Bondi beach terror attack, in what police are treating as a racially aggravated hate crime. The Jewish community has condemned the attacks as ‘appalling and disgraceful’ after a painting of […]
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Every Londoner needs to see this game-changing map showing which Tube stations have toilets
December 19, 2025Courtney Pochin Published December 19, 2025 11:12am Updated December 19, 2025 11:19am It’s a truth, universally acknowledged, that finding a loo in London can be a nightmare. We joke about it, but if you’ve got a health condition that requires you to spend more time in the bathroom than most, it can be a very […]
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Woman charged with murdering mum, 70, after pair went missing for months
December 19, 2025A 36-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of her 70-year-old mother after they both disappeared for several months earlier this year. Lorna Nightingale was found dead at an address in Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, north east London on December 11. Her daughter Emma Nightingale has since been arrested and charged with her murder. Lorna […]
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