Noora Mykkanen Published April 11, 2026 4:00pm Updated April 11, 2026 4:01pm A trespasser who caused almost £1 million worth of disruption to trains in south London is ‘lucky to be alive’ after a chase down the tracks. Ashley Cox, 35, from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire East, wreaked havoc on a railway line between Gatwick and […]
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Two people have been arrested over the murder of a filmmaking student in Primrose Hill. Finbar Sullivan, 21, was stabbed to death when a fight broke out in the north London park last Tuesday evening, April 7. The park was packed at the time and detectives are still appealing for witnesses – particularly those with […]
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Charlie Sawyer Published April 11, 2026 10:30am Updated April 11, 2026 10:30am While tourists might flock to Big Ben or Tower Bridge, locals know that London’s most impressive attractions are its bakeries. Whether you’re sinking your teeth into a dulce de leche chunky cookie at Sablé or sampling a slice of Populations Bakery’s chocolate and […]
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English wine is crushing it right now. There are currently more than 1,100 vineyards and 238 working wineries across England and Wales. And get this, we’re producing over 16 million bottles of wine a year. That’s a drop in the pond compared to Champagne’s 300 million, but still. Wind back the clock 10 years, and […]
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Living in a flat alone in the big city is one of the requirements of our most beloved movie characters. Just look at our beloved Bridget Jones, who lived in her one-bed Borough Market flat (which would now cost more than £2,000 per month to rent), or Carrie Bradshaw in her iconic Upper East Side […]
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Maria has been tirelessly working the streets of Enfield as a sex worker on and off for seven years after escaping Romania to try and make a better life for her family back home. ‘Many women like me do this work because we have no other way to survive,’ Maria, 27, tells Metro. ‘Some of […]
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The Duke of Sussex has rejected an “offensive and damaging” defamation claim made by the Sentebale charity he co-founded after it lodged a High Court action against him. Harry is being sued for defamation by the charity over allegations he co-ordinated an “adverse media campaign” which caused “operational disruption and reputational harm”, its board of […]
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Eghosa Ogbebor was shot dead in Woolwich, south-east London (Family handout/PA) PA Media A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police have said. Eghosa Ogbebor was shot dead in Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, with police called to the scene at about 3.40pm […]
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A British man died and dozens of others were injured when a tourist bus crashed into a ravine in the Canary Islands. The bus carrying 27 British tourists crashed on the island of La Gomera shortly after 1pm, leaving four people seriously injured and one man dead, according to the local government. The Foreign Office […]
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People in Ireland have been urged to only buy the fuel they need, to ease supply issues caused by continuing fuel protests. The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) also warned that the number of fuel stations without supply could rise to 500 on Friday amid road blockages and protests at fuel depots. Gardai were involved […]
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