Author: News Desk

Thursday’s front pages continue speculation about the upcoming October Budget. The papers offer up their predictions and reports on whether the chancellor will raise taxes or cut spending.
Other domestic topics are splashed on the front pages including reports on whether Russian spies planted devices in Birmingham, and there’s ongoing coverage of showbiz topics.
The newspapers had gone to print long before news broke of the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina. The 31-year-old fell from his balcony at his hotel. The story is dominating the UK news cycle online and on social media.
The papers continue their coverage of the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as the new England Football manager.

Council puts up giant pencils to stop parents driving children to school | UK News Giant pencils have been introduced in one London borough’s streets to stop busy parents from driving their kids to school, and some people are inevitably unhappy. The coloured pencils are part of a plan to prevent cars entering certain roads at drop-off time. And while many have welcomed the idea, others have said it simply pushes traffic problems further out. The borough of Richmond-upon-Thames in south west London has now approved a roll-out of the eye-catching designs, which warn people a school street is near.…

Man arrested for selling illegal Sky streaming packages in bulk | UK News A man has been arrested on suspicion of selling illegal streaming packages which provided access to Sky channels. Officers from the police intellectual property crime unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police arrested the 38-year-old while executing a search warrant at a home in Wolverhampton early yesterday morning. He was detained on suspicion of copyright and money laundering offences after he was suspected to have sold illegal streaming packages in bulk for others to sell to the public. Further search warrants were carried out at four business…

Two-metre-long snake is breeding in UK living in attics and walls | UK News Invasive snakes breeding in the wild in at least three UK regions crawl up walls and into attics to survive, researchers said. Aesculapian snakes, which can grow to over 7ft long, originally escaped from captivity, but are now surviving on their own using warm corners made by humans. Researchers tracked 13 males and eight females between 2021 and 2022 to find out how they were surviving in a climate previously thought to be too cold for them. They found out they relied on ‘human habitats’ –…

80s punk legends announce huge tour – with iconic rock band supporting The Offspring sent fans into meltdown as they confirmed a worldwide tour, kicking off next year. The legendary punk band, first formed in 1984, will be hitting the road for the Supercharged tour in 2025, including five dates in the UK. The You’re Gonna Go Far Kid icons – currently made up of Bryan ‘Dexter’ Holland, Noodles, Todd Morse, Jonah Nimoy and Brandon Pertzborn – are set to be joined by rockers Simple Plan, who are serving as their support act. They will be heading to the UK…

Huge reward to find killer who stabbed student to death at Soho club | UK News Scotland Yard has released new enhanced images of the suspect in the murder of Camille Gordon in 2004 (Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA) Detectives investigating the murder of a Soho nightclub hostess 20 years ago have put up a £20,000 reward to help finally catch her killer. Camille Gordon was stabbed in the heart on the doorstep of the Blue Bunny Club in Archer Street, where she was working part-time as a hostess while training to be a nursery assistant, on March 1, 2004. The 23-year-old…

Drivers keep getting stuck on housing estate stairs thinking it’s a shortcut | UK News Multiple drivers have become stuck on a set of stairs in the middle of a London housing estate – after apparently mistaking the route for a shortcut. Residents at Maitland Park Estate in Camden say there have been five incidents of cars becoming trapped on the steps in the last month alone. But while locals can see the funny side when drivers take a wrong turn, they have also voiced concerns over the possibility of someone getting hurt, especially children who happily roam the estate. Camden Council has now said it will…

Elderly man attacked at london bus stop ‘for letting women and children on first’ | UK News A manhunt has been launched three months after an elderly man was attacked at a London bus stop. The 85-year-old had stopped to let women and children board the 220 bus at Hammersmith bus station on Tuesday July 2. However, someone in the queue behind him started verbally abusing him. The same man then pushed him out of the way, causing him to fall to the ground at around 1pm. The victim needed hospital treatment and it was later discovered he suffered a…