Day: May 22, 2026
Forget romance, this city has the most impatient (and horniest) daters in Europe
May 22, 2026Charlie Sawyer Published May 22, 2026 4:41pm Updated May 22, 2026 4:41pm There are times when you want to be wined and dined, and enjoy a slow build up to a steamy night of passion. And other times, you don’t want to wait. You need to scratch that itch, and it needs to happen, ASAP. […]
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Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked
May 22, 2026Palantir has accused Sadiq Khan of “putting politics above public safety” after the London mayor blocked its £50m contract with the Metropolitan police in a move that has also led to tensions inside Labour over its involvement with the US tech company. Louis Mosley, who heads Palantir in the UK and Europe, accused Khan of […]
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There’s a handy way to get your confiscated items back from airport security
May 22, 2026You’ve made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare, and there’s only a short queue at security. Everything is going well, until you send your bag through the scanner and it gets pulled to the side. You forgot that you’ve got liquids, too many of them, and some are more than 100ml. […]
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The first Wetherspoons in London’s West End is set to open in iconic abandoned site
May 22, 2026Charlie Sawyer Published May 22, 2026 12:45pm Updated May 22, 2026 2:49pm Wetherspoons is officially about to descend on the iconic theatre district in London, launching its first ever location in the West End. The pub operator will be taking over part of what was once the iconic Trocadero complex on 30 Shaftesbury Avenue – […]
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London’s best lidos, ponds and outdoor pools to try this Bank Holiday weekend
May 22, 2026Summer has hit the UK a few weeks early, with London set to be hotter than Athens over the Bank Holiday weekend. A days-long heatwave will send temperatures soaring well into the 30°Cs. Bank Holiday Monday could see the hottest May day on record, with as high as 34°C in parts of London. So where do we go to cool off? The capital does not […]
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Is this London’s most ‘nightmarish’ crossing? We went to find out
May 22, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man stuck out his thumb pleading with the traffic to let him cross, not at the side of a dusty highway, but at a cycle lane’s pedestrian crossing. The crossing, outside of Blackfriars Station in central […]
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