Author: london

The real reason why women often feel colder than men thumbnail

The real reason why women often feel colder than men

February 11, 2026

The study found that women had a cooler lower critical temperature – resembling an “arctic” shift compared to men. According to the study’s authors, it comes down to resting metabolic rate – the calories your body burns at rest to maintain basic life functions like breathing, blood circulation and temperature regulation. Lead study author Robert […]

Read More
Butcher who cut up and buried girlfriend jailed for at least 21 years thumbnail

Butcher who cut up and buried girlfriend jailed for at least 21 years

February 11, 2026

A turkey butcher who cut her girlfriend in half and buried her in a garden more than 15 years ago has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years for her murder. Anna Podedworna, 40, killed Izabela Zablocka before trussing her up “like a chicken” with electrical tape and burying her remains […]

Read More
Met had ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, says spycop who tricked women into sexual relationships thumbnail

Met had ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, says spycop who tricked women into sexual relationships

February 11, 2026

An undercover officer who deceived three women into sexual relationships said his superiors did nothing to prevent him from doing so, the spycops public inquiry has heard. Jim Boyling, who infiltrated environmental and animal rights activist groups for five years, said senior managers turned a blind eye to undercover officers having deceitful sexual relationships with […]

Read More
Will London’s bridges to nowhere ever reopen? thumbnail

Will London’s bridges to nowhere ever reopen?

February 11, 2026

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video London’s bridges are falling down – and they risk taking the rest of the city with them. In a city this historic, it is little wonder our infrastructure is starting to crumble, but the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ […]

Read More
‘Holy grail’ footage of David Bowie at his peak to feature in immersive London show thumbnail

‘Holy grail’ footage of David Bowie at his peak to feature in immersive London show

February 10, 2026

Rare “holy grail” footage of David Bowie performing Heroes at Earl’s Court in 1978 is to feature in a new immersive show about the singer’s life and creative practice. Extended footage of the performance has been pieced back together by the team behind the new Lightroom exhibition, who had access to new camera angles found […]

Read More
Doctor Who star Noel Clarke, 50, arrested over alleged attempted rape thumbnail

Doctor Who star Noel Clarke, 50, arrested over alleged attempted rape

February 10, 2026

Tori Brazier Published February 10, 2026 4:46pm Updated February 11, 2026 7:56am Former Doctor Who star Noel Clarke has reportedly been arrested over allegations of an historic attempted rape and sexual assault against a woman in her 20s. It’s understood Clarke, 50, was interviewed at Islington police station in north London this afternoon, according to The […]

Read More
I moved to the UK’s second most boring place at 25 — I never want to leave thumbnail

I moved to the UK’s second most boring place at 25 — I never want to leave

February 10, 2026

When I pulled up to the kerb of my new abode in the languorous town of Surbiton, a smile broke across my face. Welcome to boring-town, I thought, having read the month before that the London burb had been dubbed the second most boring town in the UK. But that didn’t make me regret the […]

Read More
Train masturbator woken up by police after exposing himself to lone women for third time thumbnail

Train masturbator woken up by police after exposing himself to lone women for third time

February 10, 2026

Brooke Davies Published February 10, 2026 3:07pm Updated February 10, 2026 3:07pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man has been jailed once again for masturbating in front of women on trains just 12 days after his prison release. James Gathercole, 40, ‘fully […]

Read More
London sex workers ‘targeted by teens barging their way into premises’ thumbnail

London sex workers ‘targeted by teens barging their way into premises’

February 10, 2026

Brooke Davies Published February 10, 2026 11:36am Updated February 10, 2026 11:36am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Teenagers are terrorising London’s sex workers by storming into their buildings and breaking down doors in a viral Tiktok trend. As many as 50 children […]

Read More
D-Day for Liverpool Street Station transformation as record 3,700 object to Network Rail's £1.2bn plan thumbnail

D-Day for Liverpool Street Station transformation as record 3,700 object to Network Rail’s £1.2bn plan

February 10, 2026

City planning officials have described the scheme as “transformational” but have reported concerns about funding, as the income from the office block would only cover 92 per cent of the construction costs. A total of 1,152 people have written to the City Corporation in support of the scheme, which would improve accessibility at the station. […]

Read More