Day: February 8, 2026
Israeli fighter jets intercept Wizz Air plane from London after ‘passenger changes WiFi name to terrorist’
February 8, 2026Luke Alsford Published February 8, 2026 2:02pm Updated February 8, 2026 5:51pm Israeli fighter jets scrambled to intercept a Wizz Air flight from London to Tel Aviv after ‘threatening messages were sent to passengers’. The plane was flying from Luton to Ben-Gurion airport when the ‘security incident’ unfolded. At least one passenger received an unusual […]
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North of England 2040? Andy Burnham backs plan for multi-city Olympics bid
February 8, 2026The north of England is seeking to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games to boost a region “left out of the national story”. Northern leaders have written to the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, urging the government to back a multi-city games spanning an area with a population of 15 million people. Sadiq Khan, the London […]
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Women are reclaiming pubs — they’re the new coffee shops
February 8, 2026‘Going to a pub can be quite daunting,’ Katie Baldock tells Metro. ‘If you haven’t been before, you don’t know what it’s going to be like. Is it an old man pub? Will all the regulars stare at you when you walk in? Does the wine taste like vinegar?’ The 32-year-old runs The Bird in […]
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Bad Bunny is set to take on one of the world’s biggest stages – Who is he?
February 8, 2026The Grammy award-winning singer Bad Bunny is set to take on one of the world’s biggest stages on Sunday – but who is he? The Puerto Rican singer, 31, also known as Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, made history last week at the Grammys for being the first artist to win album of the year for […]
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£450m London development thrown into chaos by nesting peregrine falcons
February 8, 2026Lipton Rogers Developments A £450 million development at London’s Barbican Estate faces being derailed after two nesting peregrine falcons were discovered at the location. The birds of prey have been spotted using towers near the 1 Silk Street site as a breeding ground, with authorities warning developers the discovery could jeopardise the entire project. Under […]
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Future UK bids for Olympics and Paralympics must be in the North, mayors say
February 8, 2026Any future bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games on home soil must take place in the north of England, according to a new campaign spearheaded by a team of northern mayors leaders to help rebalance the north-south divide. Staging the Games for the first time in the North, in places like Liverpool and […]
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How London’s men got caught in a blizzard of cocaine
February 8, 2026It’s an early weekday morning in east London. The city around him is slowly waking up, but Danny* has yet to go to sleep. When he finished his shift working front of house at a popular Borough Market restaurant last night, he bought a gram of cocaine and finished it in his flat, alone. He […]
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Olympic snowboarding hopeful Mia Brookes was ‘never going to do anything else’
February 8, 2026A family friend who has known Winter Olympics gold medal hopeful Mia Brookes since she first began snowboarding has said the world champion was sliding down slopes “almost as soon as she could walk”. Brookes, 19, from Sandbach, Cheshire, will begin her campaign on Sunday, having been too young to take part in Beijing in […]
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