Author: london
£450m London development thrown into chaos by nesting peregrine falcons
February 8, 2026Lipton Rogers Developments A £450 million development at London’s Barbican Estate faces being derailed after two nesting peregrine falcons were discovered at the location. The birds of prey have been spotted using towers near the 1 Silk Street site as a breeding ground, with authorities warning developers the discovery could jeopardise the entire project. Under […]
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Future UK bids for Olympics and Paralympics must be in the North, mayors say
February 8, 2026Any future bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games on home soil must take place in the north of England, according to a new campaign spearheaded by a team of northern mayors leaders to help rebalance the north-south divide. Staging the Games for the first time in the North, in places like Liverpool and […]
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How London’s men got caught in a blizzard of cocaine
February 8, 2026It’s an early weekday morning in east London. The city around him is slowly waking up, but Danny* has yet to go to sleep. When he finished his shift working front of house at a popular Borough Market restaurant last night, he bought a gram of cocaine and finished it in his flat, alone. He […]
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Olympic snowboarding hopeful Mia Brookes was ‘never going to do anything else’
February 8, 2026A family friend who has known Winter Olympics gold medal hopeful Mia Brookes since she first began snowboarding has said the world champion was sliding down slopes “almost as soon as she could walk”. Brookes, 19, from Sandbach, Cheshire, will begin her campaign on Sunday, having been too young to take part in Beijing in […]
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Man charged with string of sex offences
February 7, 2026A man has been charged with scores of sex offences, some dating as far back as 2003. Adebayo Adeyemi, 58, has been charged with 33 offences against five women, including rape and sexual assault. The attacks are alleged to have taken place across south London between 2003 and 2019. The charges against him include six […]
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Man charged with murder after woman’s body found
February 7, 2026A man has been charged with murder after a woman’s body was discovered in Merseyside. The body of Delia McInerney, 64, was found in Gerards Court, Hawes Avenue, Clinkham Wood, St Helens, on 8 January. Police said George Christopher Gordon, of Gerards Court, Hawes Avenue, Clinkham Wood, St Helens, has been charged with murder. The […]
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The underrated commuter town with houses £240,000 cheaper than London
February 7, 2026Nestled on the cusp of Greater London and Kent, Swanley is increasingly recognised as a favourable yet often overlooked commuter town. Despite its London postcode under Bromley (BR8), the town itself belongs to the Sevenoaks district in Kent, offering a unique blend of suburban convenience and countryside charm. Though some locals feel the town is […]
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‘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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