The Metro – ‘12-year-olds to get jabbed’
Summary of Today's Paper
The Metro – ‘12-year-olds to get jabbed’
The Metro says the decision to offer the vaccine to more children will make 3.2 million more youngsters eligible for the jab. It quotes Prof Whitty as saying it had been a “difficult decision” but was “an important and potentially useful additional tool to help reduce public health impacts’ of school closures and quarantines”.
Today's Headlines
Chilling CCTV shows teens being sold fireworks they used to kill gran | UK News
Chilling CCTV shows teens being sold fireworks they used to kill gran | UK News Shocking CCTV shows the moment two teenage yobs are sold fireworks that they later used to kill a grandmother by shoving them through her letterbox. Josephine Smith, 88, died in her bed after a Megaburst rocket exploded and set her home in Harold Wood, east London, ablaze in October 2021. Kai Cooper, then 18, and Callum Dunne, then just 15,
Londoners brace for tropical weather as heatwave continues in the UK | UK News
Londoners brace for tropical weather as heatwave continues in the UK | UK News Londoners are boiling in the grips of a mini-heatwave as warm weather is set to continue in large parts of the UK. If you’ve woken up groggy after a badly slept night, you’re not alone as London is taken over by a mini heatwave. Tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far in the UK, the Met Office said.
‘Nobody helped’ woman, 23, after she was assaulted on the tube | UK News
‘Nobody helped’ woman, 23, after she was assaulted on the tube | UK NewA woman who was kicked and verbally abused by a stranger on the tube says other passengers did nothing to help. Scarlett Owens, 23, was travelling from London to Liverpool on June 10, 2024, to meet up with her family, when the incident took place. She was sat on the Northern line when she claims a man got on and ‘booted’ her
London Travel updates: Bakerloo, Jubilee, DLR and London Overground hit by closures and severe delays | UK News
London Travel updates: Bakerloo, Jubilee, DLR and London Overground hit by closures and severe delays | UK News Here are all the service hit by disruption today on the Transport for London network. Bakerloo line – severe delays Severe delays due to an earlier fire alert at Queen’s Park and a points failure at Lambeth North. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses. Central line – minor delays Minor delays between Leytonstone and Hainault due
This ‘rare’ private island could be yours for less than £100K
This ‘rare’ private island could be yours for less than £100K Looking for a bit of peace and quiet? This private island could be exactly what you need. Found on the River Thames – near Bisham in Berkshire, to be specific – is the idyllic Temple Weir Island, up for sale for £75,000. All things considered, that’s not too bad for an entire private island. Measuring approximately 2,000 square feet (around the size of a
Rush hour disruption at London station over fire alert and fallen tree | UK News
Rush hour disruption at London station over fire alert and fallen tree | UK News A major London Underground station has been forced to close due to a fire alert. Commuters were forced to evacuate over a fire alarm at Liverpool Street, which has since reopened after being closed to passengers for about half an hour.