Rory McKeown Published April 24, 2026 1:03pm Updated April 24, 2026 1:06pm A rare giant plant known for smelling like a dead body is set to bloom in London within days. The titan arum, nicknamed the ‘corpse flower’, is preparing to open at Kew Gardens’ Princess of Wales Conservatory. Experts say the enormous plant, which […]
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The restaurant tycoon Richard Caring has admitted his private members club Annabel’s made a “dumb mistake” after staff revolted over the use of more than £70,000 of their pre-Christmas service charge takings to pay managers’ bonuses. Just one table of diners at the exclusive Mayfair venue, which has hosted celebrities, financiers and aristocrats ranging from […]
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Brooke Davies Published April 24, 2026 9:06am Updated April 24, 2026 12:25pm A security guard who was hit by a car outside of a London nightclub has suffered ‘life-changing injuries’. Anoosh Chaichy was trying to move his e-scooter while standing next to influencer Klaudiaglam – real name Klaudia Zakrzewska – when the pair were hit […]
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As runners gear up for this year’s London Marathon on Sunday, those who may have missed out have a chance to enter next year’s race. Anyone keen to take on the 26.2-mile challenge around the capital in 2027 has a chance to do so from Friday, 24 April. The 2025 ballot set a new world […]
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Brooke Davies Published April 24, 2026 6:04am Updated April 24, 2026 8:17am There’s a small, sun-drenched patch of grass in the heart of London that has been behind tape and metal poles for months. There are no warning signs, no obvious works, just a fenced off garden and dozens of tourists eating lunch on a […]
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Dramatic footage shows a Rolex ripper ambushing a businessman before snatching his £30,000 watch on a central London street. Stunned, the victim spins around to see Snouci running away across the street and the robber’s face can be clearly seen underneath his hood. Mr Chopra gestures towards a passing motorist. At Southwark Crown Court last […]
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Tube disruption update Severe delays continue on every London Underground line this evening as the strike action continues. The Circle line has also been closed completely. Passengers have been advised to check their journeys before they travel to avoid the worst of the disruption. Lime hire jumps by 23% amid strikes Lime e-bikes and scooters […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has told of his growing “concerns” that countries are using proxies to target the UK as he visited a London synagogue hit by an arson attack. The Prime Minister condemned “malign state actors” as he met people at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north-west London, which was attacked on Saturday. The security […]
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Two asylum seekers have been found guilty of repeatedly raping a woman on Brighton beach while a third, who prosecutors say was convicted of murder in Egypt, filmed the attack. A trial at Hove Crown Court heard the woman was targeted by the men as she was “staggering in the street” and was “incapacitated” in […]
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Surrey Police will close their investigation into reports of a rape outside a church in Epsom that led to widespread public disorder after no evidence of the crime was found. Police received a report on Saturday April 11 that a woman had been raped near a church in the early hours of the morning after […]
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