Day: May 25, 2026
Streeting likens social media to tobacco as pressure grows for under-16s ban
May 25, 2026Wes Streeting has likened tech companies to the tobacco industry, and medical leaders have compared the dangers of social media to smoking, as pressure grows on ministers to impose a ban for under-16s ahead of the closure of an online safety consultation. The Government’s Growing Up In The Online World consultation, which floated measures such […]
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Record for hottest ever May day broken for second time after London reaches 34.8℃
May 25, 2026Today’s heatwave has twice broken the record for the all-time warmest temperature for May after parts of London hit 34.8℃. The peak was recorded at Kew Gardens in south-west London, a full two degrees Celsius higher than the benchmark before this bank holiday weekend. Heathrow in west London had reached temperatures of 33.5℃ earlier this afternoon. Parts […]
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Teenager stabbed at ‘TikTok gathering’ in London’s Clapham Common
May 25, 2026A 17-year-old has been stabbed and nine people have been arrested after a crowd of teenagers gathered in Clapham, south London. Met Police were called to Clapham Common on Friday as fighting broke out at the ‘unauthorised gathering’, which had been promoted on TikTok. Footage from the event shows people punching one another and attacking […]
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‘Eurostar of Scotland’ launches today with £29.90 tickets from London to Stirling
May 25, 2026Eleanor Noyce Published May 25, 2026 7:50am Updated May 25, 2026 8:35am A new train dubbed the ‘Eurostar of Scotland’ is set to make its first official journey today — much earlier than originally planned. The new Lumo service, linking Stirling with London, was piped off amid fanfare in the shadow of the Wallace Monument […]
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