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This London area is the most up-and-coming location for a flatshare It’s definitely not cheap to rent in Central London, with the average rent coming to a whopping £2,121 a month according to Zoopla. Meanwhile, the cost of a first home in London averages at around £587,700 – and Halifax research shows deposits can total £188,700. The bank also says private renters – 2.7 million of whom live in the capital –spend on average £3,000 more a year on housing than homeowners. And since many are struggling to survive with rising bills, one South East suburb has become a hot…

Protesters in Israel disrupted aid deliveries to Gaza on Monday, obstructing trucks and causing chaos at the Tarqumiya checkpoint near Hebron in the West Bank.

Australian whistleblower David McBride, pivotal in exposing allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to five years and eight months behind bars.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen took to the stand on Monday to testify in the former president’s New York hush-money case. 

After U.S. withdrawal, terror groups 'gaining strength' in Afghanistan, report warns The power vacuum that America left behind in Afghanistan is fueling a resurgence of Islamist terrorists who have the will, and perhaps the capability, to target the U.S. and its interests abroad, according to a major report by the United States Institute of Peace, which argues that the Biden administration should consider unleashing more military strikes against terrorist targets in the country.

Summary Rugby legend Martin Johnson’s final game for Leicester ended in disappointment as arch-rivals Wasps secured a dominant 39-14 victory in the Premiership final. Despite Johnson’s 500th career start, Leicester could not recover from a scintillating Wasps opening that saw them race to a 13-0 lead in just eight minutes. Former England stars Joe Worsley, Josh Lewsey, and Simon Shaw led the way for Wasps, who claimed their third successive Premiership title. Johnson, along with his colleagues Neil Back and coach John Wells, finished the season without silverware, while Wasps coach Warren Gatland bid farewell in style with a championship…

L.A. Councilmember Nithya Raman rallies with working moms over child care crisis The day after Mother’s Day, Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman joined working moms at a rally in Northridge to call attention to the dire shortage of affordable child care in Los Angeles and across California. “I would gladly give up (Mother’s Day) if my state government were to tell me that we are going to fully fund the cost of child care for every single working parent that deserves it here in the state of California,” said Raman, the mother of two second-graders, on Monday, May…

Man slashed three strangers with blade before killing woman in street | UK News A man who slashed three strangers with a blade before cutting a woman’s throat and killing her as she walked down the street faces life in jail. Mohamed Nur carried out his unprovoked rampage on April 29 and May 1 last year in south London. He previously pleaded guilty to the murder of Johanita Kossiwa Dogbey, 31, but denied the earlier three attacks. He was found guilty of those at the Old Bailey today following a trial. Johanita Dogbey died after Mohamed Nur attacked her in…

Man, 26, shot dead in south London is named and pictured | UK News Jazmel Dashourn Patterson-Low died in the early hours of Saturday morning in Lambeth. A man shot dead in the early hours of Saturday morning in south London has been named as Jazmel Dashourn Patterson-Low. Hospital staff called police at around 2.30am when the 26-year-old was dropped off at A&E by car, but he died about half an hour later. Police say he was shot on the Westbury Estate in St Rule Street, Lambeth, where a group of around 40 people had gathered an argument is believed…

London’s best cocktail bars – from Lucy Wong to Scales Some of London’s best bars are underground (Picture: El Bar De Cavita) Spicy margs, martinis, strawberry daquiris – who doesn’t love a good cocktail? And it’s even better when you find the perfect setting to sip in. May 13 is World Cocktail Day, and we can think of no better way to celebrate than by picking some of our favourite cocktails bars in London. Unsurprisingly, the capital is full of incredible, award-winning bars, from glamourous hotel salons to quirky underground speakeasies. Whatever your vibe, we’ve selected some of the best…