Metro – UK on Red Alert
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Metro – UK on Red Alert
The UK is on red alert, with Storm Eunice set to batter the country with high winds. Metro writes that it could be the worst storm in 30 years.
Also sharing the front page is an image of a Russian launcher firing rockets during an exercise near the Ukrainian border – the front page asks: “Is this what Putin means about pulling out troops?” – as the paper says the Ukrainian crisis continues to escalate despite Putin’s claims.
Today's Headlines
How to gift to charity this Christmas: From helping children in need to donating clothes
Helping a stranger could be the most satisfying Christmas gift you can give this year.
Girl, 5, fined £1,000 and threatened with court dates after council ‘caught her fly-tipping’
Harrow Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team has claimed to the girl’s father they caught her in the act (Picture: Shutterstock/Richard Coomber) A five-year-old girl from north london has been fined £1,000 and threatened with court appearances after she was caught ‘fly-tipping’. Harrow Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team told the girl’s father they caught her in the act. But the dad has argued that she is in fact five-years-old, and trying to fine her was ‘absurd’. The council
Drug dealer caught after he wore three Rolex watches on his wrist
Michael Babalola posed with stacks of cash and watches which helped officers prove he was selling drugs (Picture: Cambridgeshire Police) A drug dealer was caught after he was spotted posing for pictures wearing three Rolex watches. Michael Babalola, from Lewisham, south london, posed with stacks of cash and watches which helped officers prove he was selling drugs. The 24-year-old was arrested in May last year after police raided his brother Olusegen’s home in Peterborough. Officers
Teenager’s chilling words to cellmate after he was arrested for murdering schoolgirl
The teenager accused of murdering schoolgirl Elianne Andam shouted, ‘do you want to end up like her, six feet under?’ at another prisoner, jurors have heard. Hassan Sentamu, 18, has been accused of knifing the 15-year-old to death outside a bus stop in Croydon town centre, south London, in September 2023. But prosecutor Alex Chalk KC said while Sentamu was on remand he got in an ‘angry’ shouting match at Oakhill Secure Training Centre just
Severe delays on London Underground Piccadilly line | News UK
London Underground travel status update Victoria line – Minor delays due to train cancellations Northern line – Minor delays between High Barnet and Camden Town southbound only due to a shortage of trains, while the rest of the line has good service Piccadilly line – The section between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge at the end of the line remains suspended due to difficult track conditions, while the rest of the line has minor delays because
Paul McCartney’s O2 Arena gig was the best of my life – he’s unbelievable at 82
Gently swaggering onto the O2 Arena stage last night at the age of 82, Sir Paul McCartney’s silhouette looked much like it always has – save for a slightly gravity-inclined head and neck thanks to 60 years of strumming on guitars. Incredibly, he sounded just about the same too, even though he’s two years into his lauded Got Back tour. In recent years Sir Paul’s voice has been criticised as being a ghost of its
