10 best cheap London deals – from £15 theatre tickets to Inamo dinner and drag show Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to in this city to do for cheap! At least… There is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro.co.uk, and on our socials. You’ll also find them…
Londoner does the impossible and actually gets his stolen bike back | UK News A Londoner managed to do the (nearly) impossible and retrieve his stolen bike – but the suspect’s mum didn’t seem surprised when police turned up at her door. When Alasdair Bayman’s bike was stolen from the communal hallway of his block of flats in Dalston, east London, he was shocked to find it up for sale on online marketplace Gumtree the…
I moved to London from New Zealand — the UK’s obsession with Quality Street baffles me If you’d told me six months ago that Quality Street was a UK fan favourite, an institution no Christmas is complete without, I’d have shrugged and said: ‘Yeah, nah, mate.’ You see, on the other side of the world, all the way past Australia, somewhere before Antarctica (and usually left off the map completely) a little place called New Zealand…
Man in his 60s arrested over theft of 950 wheels of cheese from Neal’s Yard | UK News A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing more 900 wheels of cheese from a dairy shop in London. Detectives investigating the theft of 22 tonnes of cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy have arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of fraud by false representation and handling stolen goods. Neal’s Yard Dairy said it delivered more than…
The adventurer’s paradise perfect for exploring the UK’s hidden islands This is the story of a holiday that I’m sure will nourish my spirit for years to come. When the bleak days of winter close in I shall sit in front of a log fire and ponder on a rich list of spellbinding moments. The memories are from a long-distance motorhome trek to Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Gaelic name for the Western Isles, or Outer…
Voting closes in contest to lead UK Conservative Party as it seeks to rebound from defeat Voting closed Thursday in the months-long contest to lead Britain’s Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat, with the result due to be announced on Saturday. Tens of thousands of members of the right-of-center party were eligible to vote in the runoff between lawmakers Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. In a race that has lasted more than three months,…
Don’t be shocked if Robert Jenrick beats Kemi Badenoch in the Tory leadership contest The bookmakers and many observers have almost given up on the Tory leadership final as a contest, with Kemi Badenoch now the firm favourite to replace Rishi Sunak. But history shows that Tory leadership elections are often far from predictable – whether it is in the early rounds where MPs wittle down the contenders to two, or the final run-off, where…
Prolific Gloucester shoplifter banned from wearing wigs in stores after attempts to disguise herself A serial shoplifter has been prohibited from wearing wigs to get around a ban which stopped her from entering stores in Gloucester city centre. Hannah Roberts, 33, had been forbidden from going into shops that were part of Gloucester’s City Safe Scheme following a spate of thefts. A court heard she repeatedly ignored the sanction and tried to get around it…
Mohamed al-Fayed: Full timeline of allegations, from the shop floor of Harrods to Fulham Football Club The “horrifying” scale of the allegations against Mohamed al-Fayed is becoming clearer, as a team of lawyers investigating claims of rape and sexual assault by the late Harrods and Fulham FC boss revealed they have now been approached by hundreds of people allegedly impacted by his abuse. The team called Justice for Harrods Survivors said on Thursday its lawyers…
Oxford student who wanted to be Britain’s youngest PM drowned after jumping into River Thames An Oxford University student drowned after jumping into the River Thames while celebrating the end of his exams, an inquest has heard. Wesley Akum-Ojong was in his first year of studying politics, philosophy and economics (PPE) at Brasenose College when he went missing after leaping into the water from a bridge at the Port Meadow beauty spot. The 19-year-old had…
Rachel Reeves’ value for money tsar to be paid £950 a day The government’s new value for money tsar will be paid a day rate of £950, the equivalent of a £247,000 annual salary. David Goldstone, who will take up the position of chairman of the new Office for Value for Money, will effectively be on a higher pro-rata salary than the prime minister. Rachel Reeves announced during her Budget speech that Mr Goldstone was…
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Today: A weakening band of rain will move south across Scotland, with brighter but colder weather arriving in the northeast. Elsewhere fog patches lifting to leave a mostly dry and mild, though rather cloudy day. Patchy drizzle, with some brighter breaks. Tonight: Mostly cloudy but mild, with patches of fog and some light rain or drizzle through the evening and overnight. Clearer intervals allowing a local frost to develop across northern Scotland. Source: Met Office
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Rachel Reeves admits tax hikes will hit working people as IFS accuses chancellor of ‘undermining trust’ Rachel Reeves has admitted her tax-grabbing Budget will hit the pay packets of working people as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused her of undermining trust in politicians. The chancellor was forced to accept that her decision to hike employers’ national insurance contributions would lead to workers being paid less. But, in a damning assessment of Ms Reeves’s…
Starmer accused of lying to farmers as ‘tractor tax’ threatens to destroy countryside and increase cost of food Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of lying to farmers about wanting “a new relationship” with them after the Budget extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history. The move means farms worth more than £1m are now subject to 20 per cent inheritance tax. Already the tax is being dubbed the “tractor…
Union bosses want Reeves to pay compensation to miners who took on Thatcher The chancellor is under pressure from trade unions to offer payouts to miners involved in strikes during the 1980s. After Rachel Reeves announced £11.8 billion for the victims of the infected blood scandal and another £1.8 billion for the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, attention has been drawn to other ongoing claims. Former TUC president Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire…
CCTV shows Sara Sharif’s family at Heathrow Airport hours before schoolgirl found dead at home CCTV footage of Sara Sharif’s family at Heathrow Airport in the hours before the schoolgirl was found dead at their home has been shown at her murder trial. The 10-year-old’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, are accused of carrying out a campaign of abuse culminating in her killing on 8 August last…
‘He’s been punished enough’: Family’s plea for IPP prisoner who set himself alight under indefinite jail term A prisoner who set himself alight in his cell after serving 12 years for stealing a mobile phone under an indefinite jail term is still fighting to be moved to a hospital. Thomas White has developed severe mental health problems in prison as he languishes under a since-abolished imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence. Earlier this year, the father of one…
Reeves gives Labour post-Budget poll boost despite £40bn tax row Labour has seen its poll rating rise to its highest level in almost a month despite Rachel Reeves delivering one of the most contentious Budgets in recent history. According to this week’s Techne UK tracker poll for The Independent Labour has gone up a point to 30 per cent, its highest since 4 October when it was on 31 per cent. The leaderless Tories, who…
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