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.

Why are people setting off fireworks and flares from London bridges? | UK News Passerbys in central London were shocked to see yellow and red fireworks and flares set off on a major bridge last night. Albert Bridge was set alight and sent some of the explosives over into Thames and on passing boats. Metropolitan Police were called to the scene around 11pm yesterday evening – as many were puzzled about what the group was…

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Fans of 00s CBeebies show floored that London landmark isn’t hospital Some millennials have been shocked to discover that an iconic London building is in fact not a hospital as they were led to believe. Opened in 2004, The Gherkin is a commercial skyscraper in London’s primary financial district, the City of London. Standing at 591 feet tall, the building picked up its moniker years before it was built after plans revealed its highly unorthodox…

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Stray Kids set BST Hyde Park alight with vibrant performance K-pop band Stray Kids took London’s collective breath away with an upbeat UK festival debut for BST Hyde Park’s closing night on Sunday. The South Korean pop group made up of eight charismatic members – Changbin, Felix, Hyunjin, Lee Know, Han, Seungmin, Bang Chan and I.N – has amassed a devoted global audience with their refreshing best-selling discography filled with a range of ballads and…

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The £23 Peach Trompe L’Oeil is the star of the new summer menu at Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley. (Picture: Lucy Young) I tried the £23 ‘peach’ that takes three days to make — it was bewildering Perched on a pink bar stool, I grip the edge of the marble countertop tightly to stop myself from falling face first into the array of stunning pastries in front of me. ‘They look too pretty to eat,’…

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Met Police officer ‘punched’ Palestine protester in London | UK News The Metropolitan Police has come under fire after a video emerged of an officer punching a pro-Palestine protester in the head during an arrest. Footage shows a man wearing a ‘Free Palestine’ vest and carrying a Palestine flag beside a parked car equipped with Palestine flags and a ‘Stop Gaza Genocide’ placard when he was approached by police. The officer then appears to punch…

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The real cost of living in Wimbledon — that is often overlooked With a new Wimbledon tennis champ soon to be crowned, the eyes of the sporting world are on this up-market south-west enclave. But it isn’t all just tennis: there’s some serious property to be invested in around here too, and a community that exists year-round beyond the tennis court. Naturally, it’s an incredibly sought-after area – one that, according to new figures, comes…

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Bristol suitcase victims named as man charged with double murder | UK News Suspect Yostin Andres Mosquera (left) pictured with the two victims – 62-year-old Albert Alfonso (left) and 71-year-old Paul Longworth (right) A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of two men whose remains were found in suitcases in Bristol and at a home in west London. Yostin Andres Mosquera, of Scotts Road, Shepherd’s Bush, was…

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Kylie Minogue dazzles BST Hyde Park proving that she’s still the best Kylie Minogue hasn’t performed at BST Hyde Park in nearly a decade, but my goodness she knows how to make up for lost time. Our camp queen of addictive dance pop, 80s singalong hits and euphoric 00s floorfillers returned to the london festival for the first time since 2015, and her comeback could not have been more outrageous. Entering onto the stage in…

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Third child dies after East Ham house fire in London | UK News A third child has died after a house fire in east London that seriously injured three others on Saturday morning. One child was found dead inside the terraced family home on Napier Road, East Ham, where a fire had broken out around 8.30am. The other two young victims were taken to hospital but could not be saved. Police said that two other…

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Stevie Nicks at Hyde Park was fire – and Harry Styles wasn’t bad either Stevie Nicks entered the stage at BST Hyde Park to a crowd basically vibrating with anticipation. We know Fleetwood Mac transcends generations – but so does Stevie Nicks. Now 76, the legendary vocalist can still produce the same soothing, husky sound with a punch of gutsy, cape-flying rock n’ roll – and the crowd, young and old, gothic and glitter, were…

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Wednesday’s front pages feature a variety of stories covering national and international politics as well as domestic stories including the resignation of England football manager Gareth Southgate – who resigned yesterday after eight years in charge. 

Elsewhere, Jay Slater, 19, whose body was found yesterday also makes the front pages. There is also room for the latest from TV shows and showbiz gossip.

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Breaking – Body found in Tenerife identified as Jay Slater The Canary Islands Higher Court of Justice has confirmed the body found in Tenerife yesterday has been identified as the missing 19-year-old British teenager Jay Slater.  His death was caused “by trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area”, the court adds “We have a positive identification and more data: fingerprint tests show that the body is that of Jay Slater and that the…

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