Day: February 18, 2026
Drill rapper who escaped jail twice in a week ‘taunts police with music video’
February 18, 2026Sarah Hooper Published February 18, 2026 10:24am Updated February 18, 2026 10:25am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A drill rapper and robber who recently escaped from custody appears to have teased a new music video just days after fleeing police. Daniel Boakye, […]
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Charles Bronson reveals his most memorable inmates during his 50 years inside
February 18, 2026Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has described his 50 years in prison as ‘horrendous and brutal’ at times – but says ‘I’ve still got hope’ of one day being freed. The 73-year-old – who changed his name to Salvador in 2014 – is one of Britain’s longest-serving inmates after first being jailed in 1974 for armed robbery. In the decades […]
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TfL Facebook ad banned for negative stereotype about black men
February 18, 2026A Transport for London (TfL) ad featuring a black teenage boy verbally harassing a white girl has been banned for “perpetuating the negative racial stereotype about black men as perpetrators of threatening behaviour”. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the “irresponsible” ad – which was the subject of a complaint – featured a “harmful stereotype”. […]
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‘Vulnerable’ tenants fear homelessness after charity tells them to pay up to £700 more a month
February 18, 2026On a peaceful Richmond estate, around 67 flats sit next to the Poppy Factory – the face of the UK’s Remembrance Week. The charity, which owns all of the homes, works closely with the Royal British Legion by supplying poppies to nation during the month of November. But last week they popped a letter through […]
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New strict rules are being brought in for pedicabs – what are they?
February 18, 2026Congratulations Londoners. From next month, pedicabs will be subject to much stricter conditions. The loud, colourful and generally obnoxious vehicles will no longer be freely taking up precious space on pavements, lurking outside tourist traps ready to take a mum and her children back to the hotel for more than £100. But they have not […]
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