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This UK coffee shop has just been declared one of ‘world’s greatest’ It’s an iconic london coffee shop… Finding a truly great coffee spot seems like a simple enough task, but connoisseurs will know that it’s not always as easy as it seems. Thankfully, those who’ve travelled far and wide have done the hard work for us and shared the best coffee shops to visit. Destination expert Chris Moss recently revealed his list of the world’s greatest coffee shops in The Telegraph and coming in third was a small but iconic London establishment. Bar Italia on Soho’s Frith Streets was…

Met Office gives verdict on if London will see hot weather this weekend | UK News Highlight the bias, if any in the title by underlining the biased words or phrase in the original title There was some sunshine at Basildon Park in Berkshire on Monday. But on the whole last month was the warmest May in 140 years, since we started keeping track in the UK. This may have come as a surprise to many, who felt it was more like Miserable May with so much rain falling. Despite the washout, however, it was indeed warmer than normal –…

Sunak: I’ll change law to protect women’s spaces

Labour is already dominating the online general election campaign But Independents will play a major role Starmer’s party was quicker out of the digital gate, with slicker, more engaging content than the Tory offering The video opens with an old clip of Cilla Black singing her classic ‘Surprise, Surprise!’. The caption reads “POV: Rishi Sunak turns up at your 18th birthday to send you to war.” This appeared on Labour’s TikTok account the day after the Conservatives launched their national service policy. It fitted perfectly with TikTok’s meme-heavy, wry and sarcastic culture and has been watched 4.5 million times. The…

Battle of Britain Memorial flights grounded for D-Day 80th anniversary after Spitfire crash Battle of Britain Memorial Flights will not take place during the forthcoming 80th commemoration of D-Day following the crash of an RAF Spitfire last week. The crash, in which the pilot Squadron Leader Mark Long was killed, is being investigated by the Defence Air Investigation Branch (DAIB) and it has been decided that it would be too risky to carry out further flights before what went wrong is ascertained. Battle of Britain D-Day ceremony The decision on the D-Day ceremony was made by the Chief of Air…

Patrick Vallance becomes the latest public servant who worked with the Tory government to back Labour Sir Patrick Vallance, whose face become synonymous with covid briefings during the lockdown, came out in support of Labour’s Great British Energy plan in the election campaign today. Labour’s Great British Energy plan The former chief scientific officer’s backing was unveiled as Sir Keir Starmer revealed that the publicly owned company which he argues will bring down energy costs will be based in Scotland. Get our free View from Westminster email But Sir Patrick is just the latest former senior Whitehall mandarin to support…

General election 2024 news: Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbot and makes gag about Boris ‘hiding in fridge’ on a day of protests in London.

Man appears in court charged with murder of Amie Gray Nasen Saadi also charged with attempted murder of another woman on beach in Bournemouth in May. You cannot trust Labour – says Newcastle candidate Yvonne Ridley  A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of another woman on a beach in Bournemouth. Nasen Saadi, from Croydon, spoke only to confirm his name and address during the short hearing at Poole magistrates court on Saturday. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/01/twenty-year-old-man-charged-with-of-amie-gray-bournemouth-beach

Tommy Robinson addresses thousands of supporters. The crowd are intoxicated and Met police have warned about violence against people of colour in the Pro-palestinian protests.

UK voters do not want extremes of left or right, says Keir Starmer – UK politics live Labour leader says UK voters do not want extremes and that general elections are won ‘from the centre ground’ – In attempt to justify his party stance that looks similar to the Tories. Yvonne Ridley and independent candidate from the North East said “Labour has ditched every single social policy under starmer” and that even though voters do not want extremes – they want someone with credibility and a backbone. Starmer has neither! You cannot trust Labour – says Newcastle candidate Yvonne Ridley …

Labour leader Keir Starmer says Diane Abbott is “free to go forward as a Labour candidate”, after days of speculation about her political future.

London watch dealer found dead 24 hours after robbers raided his store | UK News A watch dealer who was found dead less than 24 hours after robbers raided his shop is believed to have taken his life, his family said. Oliver White died at his family home in Surrey, a day after unarmed thieves broke into his 247 Kettles store in Richmond in south-west London on Saturday before taking off with dozens of high value watches. His family have now said that the 27-year-old subsequently took his own life due to the ‘anguish and distress of this terrible incident’. Exclusive – You…

Man, 30, who died in Thornwood roundabout crash in Glasgow named Gavin Stokes, 30, was driving a Mercedes GLC at Thornwood roundabout near Dumbarton Road on Saturday, October 8 when it appears the vehicle lost control and left the road. Emergency services attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Gavin’s family has paid tribute to him as a beloved son, amazing dad, brother, uncle and friend. Exclusive – You cannot trust Labour – says Newcastle candidate Yvonne Ridley He is described as being the life and soul of the party and a devoted father to his son Freddie. Gavin also…

Lewis Capaldi fans go wild as he recreates iconic music video for new song The Glasgow-born singer-songwriter released the video for Forget Me on Monday afternoon. After much anticipation from fans, who have not heard new material from the Scottish Beyonce since 2019, the song has not disappointed. The video sees the 25-year-old reenact the instantly recognisable video for Club Tropicana by Wham! Dressed in swimming shorts, Lewis can be seen swimming in a pool, relaxing on a lilo and drinking a tropical cocktail. Fans were loving the homage to George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, with one commenting: “One of…

UCI cycling world championships Glasgow: Dates and venues The city will be the first ever host of the event, which brings together road, mountain and track cycling into one event. It will be held between August 3 and 13 2023, and organisers have now revealed the dates and locations of the various events. Kelvingrove Park will host the BMX flatland and freestyle, with the racing at the Glasgow BMX centre. Track events will naturally be held at the Chris Hoy velodrome, with indoor cycling in the same venue at the Emirates Arena. The official route of the men’s road race, which will…

Scotland’s Home of the Year judge shares snap of baby girl Kate Spiers, a judge on the hit BBC show Scotland’s Home of the Year, has been posting regular updates on her pregnancy journey since first announcing the news in April of this year. Yesterday, the interior design expert shared a photo of her newborn child with her 306,000 Instagram followers saying she and her partner Jordan are ‘smitten’. The post read: “Dahlia James Spiers. “Our girly arrived on the first day of September and we’ve been smitten ever since.” Amongst those wishing the couple congratulations were blogger Zoe Sugg who said: “She’s beautiful!…

Sir Keir Starmer defends taking private jet to Scotland Answering questions from journalists after a speech in Greenock, Sir Keir said: “We did use a private jet because we needed to get very quickly to Scotland from Wales yesterday, and we have to use the most efficient form of transport in the middle of a very, very busy General Election campaign. “We offset the carbon, we always do whenever we use transport in the air.” He added: “We’ve got five weeks to take our argument to the country, I need to get across the country to speak to as many people…

The Last Pearl, Tron Theatre Glasgow review – five stars The world is drowning in this exquisite dive into troubled waters by Ireland’s Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, touring the fourth of a series of devised shows after premiering in Sligo in 2022. It’s there in the stormy seas conjured up by the five people on stage who use shadow puppets, model houses and all manner of impressionistic techniques to make their point without having to hector or harangue. The company’s slow burning artistry does the talking in a way that transcends words. Director Niall Henry’s exquisitely realised construction focuses on…

JK Rowling is right. The battle for women’s rights is far from over THE experiences of an intelligent, articulate and successful woman like JK Rowling make for sorry reading (“Rowling regrets not speaking out sooner on ‘regressive’ gender identity ‘ideology’”, The Herald, May 30). Sadly she is not alone in being subjected to misogynistic abuse as a result of expressing her well-informed and widely-held views in the toxic arena of social media. I felt something close to shame when I read this article and understand the “chronic pain” she has felt because of guilt over not speaking out sooner. I cannot…

Joanna Cherry criticises ‘Stalinist’ leadership of Nicola Sturgeon The comments were made in The National and in a new book of essays by gender critical women. In The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht, published on Thursday, Ms Cherry recounts her sacking from the SNP front bench in 2021. At the time, the then Westminster leader of the group, Ian Blackford, said she had been demoted because of her “unacceptable behaviour.” He never explained what this meant, but his decision came a week after members of Out for Independence, the official LGBT wing of the SNP, criticised Ms Cherry for defending a…

Forres woman Elizabeth Diane Gray dies in A96 Nairn crash Emergency services attended and the woman, who was a passenger in the Dacia, was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with serious injuries where she later died. She has been named as Elizabeth Diane Gray, known as Diane, from the Forres area. The driver of the Dacia, a 79-year-old man, was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. The van driver, a 57-year-old woman, was uninjured, and she was arrested in connection with a road traffic offence. Police Sergeant Doug Scott of the Road Policing Unit said: “Our thoughts are with Diane’s…

Girl, 9, shot in Hackney drive-by shooting was having dinner with family | UK News A nine-year-old girl who was having dinner with her family is in critical condition after being shot in a Hackney Turkish restaurant yesterday evening. Three other men, aged 26, 37 and 42, remain in hospital for treatment, with one facing life-changing injuries after being shot in Evin Restaurant on the busy high street in Dalston, Hackney. Police were called at about 9.20pm to Kingsland High Street after reports of multiple gunshots fired. The little girl who was shot is not thought to have known the…

For a series about the ‘reality’ of the property market, Buying London massively falls short Cinema rooms; gold-embellished ceilings; castle-like exteriors. These are just some of the typical features the properties for sale in Netflix’s new series, Buying London, pose – a far cry from the mouldy walls, limited space and sky-high prices that characterise so many rental experiences in the capital. With a set-up that attempts to focus on the agents as much as it does the glitzy properties, the series was likely marketed as the English version of the likes of Selling Sunset: there’s the boss at the…

Epileptic mum died feet from son’s cot and family fear sister is next | UK News A mum with epilepsy died just feet from her newborn son’s cot in a sudden and unexplained death and now her family fear her sister could be next. Daniella Jane, 31, was found dead in her bed in Romford, East London on January 24 this year by her partner Reggie, 29. Their baby Ronnie, now nine months, had been lying in cot just a few feet away at the time. The results from a post-mortem, which Daniella’s mum, Kerry Cook, 51, received last week,…

TikTok’s Italian food obsession is coming to Caffé Nero this summer Highlight the bias, if any in the title by underlining the biased words or phrase in the original title Whether it’s a hearty bowl of pasta, thin crust pizzas or buzzing espressos, we all know that Italian food is among the world’s best. And, as we look forward to European summer breaks, TikTok is full of videos showing off the best cuisine the country has to offer. You’ve probably already seen videos of the trending maritozzi bun. Typically eaten for breakfast, the indulgent but light bun is made of…