Day: January 26, 2026

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Search for hero who stopped assault on group of women

January 26, 2026

Sarah Hooper Published January 26, 2026 1:48pm Updated January 26, 2026 6:22pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Police are hoping to speak with a man who put himself between an attacker and three women who were being harassed on a London high […]

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On £100k and feeling hard-done-by? It seems absurd – but a cold truth lies beneath | Jason Okundaye thumbnail

On £100k and feeling hard-done-by? It seems absurd – but a cold truth lies beneath | Jason Okundaye

January 26, 2026

When I was younger, I was always hearing about “yuppies” (young, urban professionals), a prosperous class of upwardly mobile, status-chasing people working in major cities. It was already a vintage term by the time I was conscious of it, it having been forged in the 1980s, when these people were viewed as the major beneficiaries […]

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Kensington Roof Gardens badly damaged after fire rips through building

January 26, 2026

Sarah Hooper Published January 26, 2026 7:36am Updated January 26, 2026 9:36am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A fire has severely damaged an exclusive celebrity hotspot in West London. The fire broke out at 1am at the celebrity haunt, Kensington Roof Gardens […]

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Inside the world of London’s ‘Turkish mafia’ who are ruling the streets with guns and violence thumbnail

Inside the world of London’s ‘Turkish mafia’ who are ruling the streets with guns and violence

January 26, 2026

Turkish mobsters are running protection rackets and ruling streets in north and east London by using violence and intimidation, Metro can reveal.  The Bombacilar (bombers) and Tottenham Boys (also known as the Hackney Turks) are the most feared of the gangs who have created enclaves in north London where they have control.  Their prime income […]

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Disposable income in 11 towns and cities has risen twice as fast as rest of UK

January 26, 2026

Eleven towns and cities in the UK, including Warrington, Barnsley and Wakefield, have seen their disposable incomes rise twice as fast as the rest of the UK over the past decade, a study has found. A report from Centre for Cities, a thinktank, showed that between 2013 and 2023, disposable income for residents of these […]

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