Author: london
‘Plainly wrong’: London flat dwellers fight shock £200,000 heating bill
February 7, 2026‘If I could move, I would – to a place without a heat network. But I can’t while this debt is hanging over me,” says Anja Georgiou. The mother lives with her family in a rented flat in the River Gardens development in Greenwich in south-east London where, three years ago, residents were shocked to […]
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More than 80 flood warnings issued in UK with more downpours forecast
February 7, 2026More than 80 warnings of expected flooding are in place as relentless rain continues to soak the country. The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 91 flood warnings, mostly scattered across the south and south-west England and the East and West Midlands. On Saturday morning, the EA also had 261 flood alerts in place, meaning flooding […]
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Teenage boy charged by police after allegedly assaulting teacher
February 7, 2026A pupil who allegedly assaulted a teacher at a school in Milford Haven has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article on education premises, police said. Dyfed-Powys Police said the 15-year-old boy has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear at Swansea Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. Senior […]
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I think we’ve reached ‘peak Reform’, says senior SNP MSP
February 7, 2026A senior SNP MSP has claimed Reform UK has reached its “peak” in Scotland and the party’s performance at May’s election will not reflect the polls. Reform UK has been surging in the polls in the past year, with a recent survey putting Nigel Farage’s party in second place ahead of Labour. But Mairi McAllan, […]
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Beavers to be released at two sites in South West
February 7, 2026Beavers are set to be released at two sites in south-west England as part of efforts to reintroduce the species into the wild. Natural England said it has issued two further licences to release the semi-aquatic animals, which engineer the landscape with dams, ponds and channels that boost other wildlife and help counter flooding and […]
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Restaurateur was caught on CCTV spiking woman’s drink in Mayfair club
February 6, 2026A restaurateur has been found guilty of spiking a woman’s drink with a date-rape drug at a Mayfair private members’ club in a bid to overpower her for sex. Vikas Nath, 63, laced the woman’s spicy margarita with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) after she left him with the drink in the rooftop garden bar at Annabel’s. Southwark […]
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Watch robbery gang jailed after tying up store manager who then killed himself
February 6, 2026Three men who plotted a £1.1 million jewellery shop robbery and tied up its manager who then took his own life have been jailed. Kyle Mehmet, 40, Michael Holmes, 35 and Mannix Pedro, 38, were found guilty of conspiring to rob more than 70 watches from 247 Kettles, in Richmond, London, in May 2024. Oliver White, […]
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Police search two homes connected to Peter Mandelson over Epstein scandal
February 6, 2026Police are searching two properties connected to Peter Mandelson as part of an investigation into claims that he passed market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein. A Metropolitan police statement, which did not name Mandelson, said searches were taking place in Camden, north London, and Wiltshire. Mandelson has been living in a rented property in Wiltshire since […]
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Japan cancels iconic cherry blossom festival — here’s the best places to see them in the UK
February 6, 2026Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes the cherry blossoms. The delicate pale pink petals are typically associated with Japan, where the iconic festival dedicated to them attracts millions of tourists each April. But in a disappointing turn of events, the festivities have been cancelled this year after authorities said the surge […]
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E-bike rider killed in crash with horse and cart on ‘wild west road’ is named locally
February 6, 2026John Dunne Published February 6, 2026 11:14am Updated February 6, 2026 11:27am Tributes have been paid to an e-bike rider killed in a collision with a horse and cart in a corner of east London described as ‘like the wild west’ by locals. The victim, 46, was on Folly Lane, Chingford when he was fatally […]
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