Day: February 6, 2026
Restaurateur was caught on CCTV spiking woman’s drink in Mayfair club
February 6, 2026A restaurateur has been found guilty of spiking a woman’s drink with a date-rape drug at a Mayfair private members’ club in a bid to overpower her for sex. Vikas Nath, 63, laced the woman’s spicy margarita with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) after she left him with the drink in the rooftop garden bar at Annabel’s. Southwark […]
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Watch robbery gang jailed after tying up store manager who then killed himself
February 6, 2026Three men who plotted a £1.1 million jewellery shop robbery and tied up its manager who then took his own life have been jailed. Kyle Mehmet, 40, Michael Holmes, 35 and Mannix Pedro, 38, were found guilty of conspiring to rob more than 70 watches from 247 Kettles, in Richmond, London, in May 2024. Oliver White, […]
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Police search two homes connected to Peter Mandelson over Epstein scandal
February 6, 2026Police are searching two properties connected to Peter Mandelson as part of an investigation into claims that he passed market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein. A Metropolitan police statement, which did not name Mandelson, said searches were taking place in Camden, north London, and Wiltshire. Mandelson has been living in a rented property in Wiltshire since […]
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Japan cancels iconic cherry blossom festival — here’s the best places to see them in the UK
February 6, 2026Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes the cherry blossoms. The delicate pale pink petals are typically associated with Japan, where the iconic festival dedicated to them attracts millions of tourists each April. But in a disappointing turn of events, the festivities have been cancelled this year after authorities said the surge […]
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E-bike rider killed in crash with horse and cart on ‘wild west road’ is named locally
February 6, 2026John Dunne Published February 6, 2026 11:14am Updated February 6, 2026 11:27am Tributes have been paid to an e-bike rider killed in a collision with a horse and cart in a corner of east London described as ‘like the wild west’ by locals. The victim, 46, was on Folly Lane, Chingford when he was fatally […]
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Hit Lord Mandelson with ‘full force of the law,’ says Baroness Hazarika voicing fury from Labour MPs
February 6, 2026Disgraced Lord Mandelson should face the “full force of the law,” says Baroness Hazarika as she voiced the deep anger among Labour parliamentarians over his conduct. She stressed that he should be “investigated robustly by the police without fear or favour” following the bombshell revelations about his links with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. But she […]
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Third African country agrees to migrant returns after visa threat
February 6, 2026Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to stop issuing visas to countries that do not cooperate on taking back their citizens who have no right to be in the UK (James Manning/PA) PA Wire A third African country has agreed to take back illegal immigrants after the Home Secretary threatened to block visas for its […]
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London travel news LIVE: Euston trains cancelled as overhead line failure causes disruption
February 6, 2026Why is the major disruption at Euston expected to last all day? Repairs to the damaged overhead power lines cannot take place until later this evening, so that Network Rail can safely access the railway and complete the necessary work. Disruption to South Western Railway services through Richmond Flooding at Richmond means trains are running […]
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How a single phone call led police to the heart of London’s gang violence
February 6, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video It took just one call about a firearm being seen outside of a secondary school to issue a hammer blow to two of London’s most prolific gangs. In raids across 15 addresses in Merton, south London, on […]
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London travel news LIVE: London Bridge services disrupted by track inspection
February 6, 2026Why is the major disruption at Euston expected to last all day? Repairs to the damaged overhead power lines cannot take place until later this evening, so that Network Rail can safely access the railway and complete the necessary work. Disruption to South Western Railway services through Richmond Flooding at Richmond means trains are running […]
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