Author: David Pike

David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

Rolex thief spared prison due to overcrowding after he broke his elbow trying to stealing a Patek watch in Mayfair | UK News A Rolex thief spared prison his elbow trying to grab a £50,000 watch in Mayfair, but has walked free because of prison overcrowding. The thief and his accomplice pounced on a couple in Mayfair after spotting Mr Beard was wearing a blue Patek Phillipe World Time worth £50,000. Walking back to the…

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America Weekly “Everywhere I go, in everyone I meet, I see a nation ready to move forward” – Kamala Harris, VP ‘Harris accepts nomination’ & ‘Joe Biden pushes for ceasefire’ America’s week in politics and culture – the race to the White House heats up and Biden prepares to secure his legacy. The US newspaper front pages were heavily dominated by the Democratic National Convention (DNC). US Politics Weekly Monday’s Highlights Republicans The Democratic National…

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Sixth body found in Sicily yacht wreck Divers have found a sixth body in the wreckage of the superyacht that sank off Sicily, believed to be that of Hannah, 18  – the daughter of Mike Lynch.  She was the last one unaccounted for following the sinking after a freak storm which killed seven people in total. Hannah’s father was one of Britain’s most famous tech entrepreneurs Mike Lynch. A total of 15 people survived including…

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A new Alzheimer’s drug has been “blocked for use on NHS” and the BBC has sacked one of its presenters – these are the top stories on Friday’s front pages.

The papers react to news that the new drug will not be available on the NHS due to costs with most papers reacting with shock and outrage. The drug was deemed efficient at slowing Alzheimer’s disease.

News that the BBC has sacked presenter Jermaine Jenas after complaints were made over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ makes the front page of the tabloids – and a common sidebar article for the broadsheets.

Elsewhere, several of the papers lead on other domestic topics including ongoing discussions around the recent GCSE results, ongoing disputes over public sector pay, Britain’s overcrowded prisons and other issues facing the government.

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10 incredible offers so you can go out in London for less London might have a reputation for being expensive, but that doesn’t mean you can’t experience the city in style on a budget. To prove it, Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, found in Metro newspaper, on Metro.co.uk and on our socials. You will also find them…

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Storm Lilian threatens 80mph winds, power cuts, and travel disruption Storm Lilian is on her way to make sure you all have a great Summer Bank Holiday weekend. This flurry of bad weather will move northwest early tomorrow morning, forecasters say, with winds above 75mph expected. These winds will batter northern England and Wales and parts of southern Scotland. ‘Warnings highlight potential travel disruption, the possibility of power cuts and dangerous conditions near coasts,’ the…

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Six key unanswered questions over sinking of Bayesian superyacht The bodies of five of the six missing passengers recovered following the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht have now been identified, including that of British tech magnate Mike Lynch. The £30 million vessel capsized with 22 people on board during freak bad weather while moored off the coast of Sicily at around 5am local time on Monday. They had been celebrating Mr Lynch’s acquittal in a…

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Everything you need to know about the new £6 EU visa scheme EU

Everything you need to know about the new £6 EU visa scheme What’s the first thing you do after returning from a summer holiday? Start planning another one, of course. But heading to Europe next year will be a little different for Brits, thanks to a new visa scheme called ETIAS. As it stands, visitors from the UK can visit the EU’s Schengen area (a borderless collective of 29 countries) for up to 90 days,…

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Alzheimer’s ‘wonder drug’ won’t be available on NHS because it’s too costly The NHS spending watchdog has recommended that a ‘groundbreaking’ Alzheimer’s drug shouldn’t be made available on the NHS. It comes just days after experts in the UK hailed it as the ‘beginning of the end’ for the devastating disease. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) have now said the benefits of lecanemab are ‘just too small to justify the significant…

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Thursday’s front pages have a variety of stories as their leads but most of the papers feature the dramatic images of the Italian emergency teams bringing victims of the yacht disaster back to shore.

Elsewhere it’s mostly domestic politics on the front pages as the publications offer up their assessments of challenges the new government faces. Some papers are looking ahead to the upcoming Autumn budget.

Showbiz news, including Taylor Swift’s boost to the UK economy and JLO and Ben Afflect’s divorce, make the front pages.

The sports pages are dominated by Premier League gossip, with most back pages choosing to lead on reports Raheem Sterling is being forced out of Chelsea.

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Notting Hill Carnival is back thousands set to embark on London this weekend How to get to Notting Hill Carnival and watch out for Road closures and travel disruptions | UK News There’ll be some travel disruption, that’s the downside for Londoners, as you can expect to see many colourful people flocking to the area trying to reach the carnival, locals who call the area home, and Londoners trying to get from A to B…

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