More than half a million properties in London are at high or medium risk from surface water floods, according to a new report. The Environment Agency study stressed that one in eight properties, which include homes and businesses, in the capital face this flash flooding threat as Britain is hit with more torrential downpours amid … Read more
Adele’s 2015 track Million Years Ago should be pulled from sales and streaming worldwide due to a plagiarism claim, a Brazilian judge has ruled. Brazilian composer Toninho Geraes claims the song, which features on the London-born singer’s third studio album 25, plagiarises his Samba track Mulheres, recorded and released by Brazilian singer Martinho da Vila … Read more
Epsom, Sutton, Modern and Croydon residents flocked to Bourne Hall and queued for water bottles after being left without water or experiencing low pressure. Due to a fault at the Cheam Water Treatment Works, residents in Sutton, Carshalton, Morden, Cheam, North Cheam, Wallington, Hackbridge, Worcester Park, Epsom, Ewell, and South Croydon flocked to Bourne Hall … Read more
Tom Hardy stepped in to help the crew of Guy Ritchie’s new TV series The Associate after a construction company went into liquidation. The Venom star, 47, recently filmed scenes for the series in London when about 50 freelance building workers were left unpaid. According to The Times, the company contracted to build the sets … Read more
There is apparently a Guinness shortage. “Over the past month, we have seen exceptional consumer demand for Guinness in Great Britain,” said a spokesman for owner Diageo. “We have maximised supply and we are working proactively with our customers to manage the distribution to trade as efficiently as possible.” Stunt? Crisis? Who’s to say. I’d … Read more
“Unacceptable numbers” of Lime and Forest e-bikes are being deployed in London, according to the capital’s transport chiefs. They say that in some areas the number of dockless hire bikes being made available by the private firms breaches the maximum agreed with borough councils. The intervention follows the Government’s announcement on Monday that it will … Read more
A north London primary school teacher has been barred from the profession after assaulting a pupil in a fit of classroom rage. Osman Barkat, 34, was convicted of assault on a student at Brentfield Primary School in Neasden in November 2020, after throwing a weighted smartboard pen at them, leaving them with a cut nose … Read more
Volunteers delivered festive donations to a food charity on their backs as part of a Christmas challenge. A total of ten staff at Harrow Chiropractic used rucking – walking with a full backpack – to carry many of the 276 items it received for the 30-minute walk from the clinic in Gayton Road to London’s Community Kitchen … Read more
Sara Sharif’s mum Olga Sharif described her killers as “sadists” and “cowards”. Three members of Sara Sharif’s family have taken their seats in the dock at the Old Bailey before their sentencing for the 10-year-old’s death. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder and her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or … Read more
A lawyer accused of working for the Chinese government by MI5 has lost her legal challenge against the intelligence agency. The Security Service warned MPs in January 2022 that it believed Christine Lee had engaged in “political interference and activities” for a branch of the Chinese Communist Party, a day after then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson … Read more