Day: June 29, 2026
Love Island contestant reportedly leaves show over link to stabbing
June 29, 2026A Love Island contestant has reportedly left the programme over his connection to a stabbing in London. Gabriel Garland, 24, was removed from the ITV2 dating series after briefly featuring in an episode on Sunday night as a Casa Amor villa boy. “Gabriel has now left the villa and will not be returning,” an ITV […]
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Car crashes into people queuing at a bus stop in north London
June 29, 2026John Dunne | Senior News Correspondent Published June 29, 2026 2:22pm Updated June 29, 2026 2:23pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Two people were injured after a car ploughed into a bus stop queue leaving devastation in its wake in north London. […]
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Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Nicholas Hytner’s Bridge theatre
June 29, 2026The Bridge theatre in London, opened in 2017 by the former National Theatre duo Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, has been acquired by Trafalgar Entertainment in a sale that also includes the Lightroom venue for immersive art shows. Trafalgar Entertainment now owns the duo’s London Theatre Company (LTC). “After nine years, it feels like the […]
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In Pictures: Dame Penelope Keith an actress who commanded stage and screen
June 29, 2026Dame Penelope Keith, best known for sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died aged 86, her family said. In a long career on stage and TV, she starred as snobbish suburbanite Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life from 1975 and the widowed aristocrat Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To The Manor Born from […]
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70 firefighters tackle Travelodge blaze in Hackney
June 29, 2026Firefighters at the scene in east London LFB Sixteen people were evacuated from the hotel on Amhurst Road after the fire broke out in two rooms on the fifth and sixth floor. Those evacuated were taken to a rest centre and no injuries were reported. The London Fire Brigade told residents to keep windows closed […]
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Andy Burnham promises greater devolution to free country ‘stuck in a rut’
June 29, 2026Andy Burnham promised to give the UK a “new direction” with the biggest transfer of power out of Whitehall in modern times. The prospective prime minister promised to end “politics as usual” to rescue a country which is “stuck in a rut”. In his first major speech since Sir Keir Starmer announced he would be […]
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Wimbledon 2026 LIVE: Play under way on day one as thousands of fans flood into All England Tennis Club
June 29, 2026Norrie on next As the first match on Court 2 draws to a close with the USA’s Jessica Pegula cinching a win against Czech athlete Darja Vidmanova, Norrie’s first game is just moments away. Cameron Norrie has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No.8 and is the No.1 singles player from Great Britain. Norrie […]
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Why the new space race is all about going lower, not higher (and a UK firm is leading it)
June 29, 2026The blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX this month threw a massive spotlight on the space sector. It also made Elon Musk a trillionaire — at least briefly. But while Musk’s firm is focused on placing satellites some 500 to 600km above the Earth, a company based in a business park in Reading is […]
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Soho ‘blocked’ from al-fresco dining after council fails to apply for nightlife funding
June 29, 2026Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published June 29, 2026 6:00am Updated June 29, 2026 12:07pm Westminster Council has been accused of ‘thwarting fun in Soho’ after it failed to apply for funding to boost their nightlife. As those enjoying the heatwave and World Cup search London’s streets for somewhere to eat, the Mayor is […]
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