Author: london
‘Small mercies’: north London cafe evictions paused after legal challenge
January 31, 2026A couple who run three cafes at north London beauty spots including Hampstead Heath and Queen’s Park have claimed a small victory in their battle to overturn the decision by their landlord, the City of London Corporation, to evict them. Patrick Matthews and Emma Fernandez have run the cafes at Parliament Hill Lido, Queen’s Park […]
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Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara ‘brought love and light’
January 31, 2026Tributes have poured in for Catherine O’Hara following her death, with the actress’s co-stars remembering how she brought “love and light” to the screen and beyond. The Canadian-American actress, known for roles in Home Alone, comedy TV series Schitt’s Creek and the Beetlejuice films, died on Friday at the age of 71 at her home […]
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Epstein and ‘The Duke’ discussed Russian woman and Palace meeting, emails show
January 31, 2026Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein about a “beautiful” Russian woman and invited him to Buckingham Palace, documents appear to show. The exchanges are among more than three million documents published by the US Department of Justice on Friday relating to disgraced paedophile financier Epstein. In an August 2010 exchange, two years after Epstein […]
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London travel news LIVE: Euston train chaos until end of day after huge Chalk Farm fire
January 30, 2026Live blog coverage is over Our live coverage of the fire has now finished. Read a the full report of the incident here. Disruptions on Overground downgraded from severe to minor Delays on the Mildmay Overground Line have been updated and are no longer severe. There are now minor delays on the line. Aerial footage […]
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Fire in Primrose Hill sparks travel disruptions across the country
January 30, 2026A huge fire in Primrose Hill, Camden, earlier caused train services cancelled or seriously delayed at peak time for commuters this afternoon. The fire brigade received 27 calls from concerned members of the public about the fire above the railway tracks in Regent’s Park Road, Primrose Hill, at around 9.30am. Firefighters put out the huge […]
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Epstein set up dinner between ‘The Duke’ and Russian woman in 2010, emails show
January 30, 2026Jeffrey Epstein set up a dinner between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and a “beautiful” 26-year-old Russian woman, an email exchange appears to show. The August 2010 exchange between Epstein and an email address named “The Duke”, which signed off with “HRH The Duke of York KG”, is among more than three million documents published by the US […]
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Father ‘wants answers’ after five-month-old son was fed now-recalled baby formula
January 30, 2026A father whose son needed hospital treatment after being fed a now-recalled batch of Nestle baby formula has told Sky News he wants “answers” after putting his “faith and trust” in the brand. The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said it found cereulide, a toxin that can cause vomiting and diarrhoea, in batches of […]
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London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters
January 30, 2026Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London who wondered whether posting poems inside subway cars might enlighten, amuse and inspire riders. The result was Poems on the Underground, a project that turns 40 this […]
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Driver who murdered man during Christmas Day car rampage jailed for life
January 30, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A drunk driver who murdered a man during a Christmas Day car rampage in which he deliberately ploughed his Mercedes into six people has been jailed for life. Anthony Gilheaney, 32, ‘drove like a maniac’ through London’s West […]
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Prison officer told inmate ‘I’m literally praying to have your babies’, court hears
January 30, 2026A prison officer told an inmate “I’m literally praying to have your babies” and she smuggled contraband materials into jail for him, a court has heard. Charlotte Winstanley, 27, was in a “romantic and intimate” relationship with gang member Jabhari Blair, 30, for three years, Sheffield Crown Court was told. The judge, Jeremy Richardson KC, […]
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