The Metro – ‘Health fears for the Queen’
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The Metro – ‘Health fears for the Queen’
Concern over the Queen’s health has grown after she cancelled her appearance at the nation’s Remembrance Sunday service after spraining her back, the Metro reports.
Today's Headlines
The day a London bus jumped Tower Bridge to avoid disaster
london buses safely crossing the bridge (Picture: Getty) Of all the trivia about London’s iconic public transport, one example sounds a little too extroardinary to be true. A few days after Christmas 1952, a London bus jumped the gap between the two halves of Tower Bridge’s road section after it started to open. If something similar happened today, it might sound like a publicity stunt. But for driver Albert Gunter it was more or less
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
