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Breaking News
Worst roads for potholes in Britain amid 'international embarrassment'
The condition of Britain’s roads was today branded an ‘international embarrassment’ amid a pothole epidemic as some of the country’s worst streets were revealed. London, the Midlands and North East have emerged as the worst regions for road condition – with shocking pictures showing the state of some routes in those areas. Locals in St Osyth, a seaside community in Essex, have…
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Dan Walker takes his new yellow bike for a spin around London for the first time since horror crash
Ex-BBC presenter Dan Walker said he felt ‘safe and secure’ being back on the saddle for the first time since being hit by a car last month. The 5News host was left with a swollen and bloodied face and a black eye after being knocked of his bike on a roundabout in Sheffield on February 20. A month on, the…
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World
Report Finds London Police Force Is Sexist and Racist
London’s police force is institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic, according to a new independent report investigating the culture and behavior within the department. While the force has been under intense scrutiny for months, the report, released on Tuesday, offers a damning new assessment of the police department and perhaps the strongest condemnation yet of its inner workings. It called for…
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Woman took own life after discharging herself from hospital without family's knowledge, inquest told
A ‘glamorous’ businesswoman took her own life days after discharging herself against the wishes of her psychiatrist from a flagship Priory hospital which then failed to tell her family she had left, an inquest heard. Annabel Findlay, who had a history of depression and psychiatric illness, had been receiving treatment at the firm’s Roehampton clinic in August 2021 after being…
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USA
Paul Grant’s heartbreaking final words: ‘I need to stop doing this’ as he shares battle with alcohol
Paul Grant revealed just weeks before he died that he had been ‘drinking too much’ and admitted to ‘blowing’ his Star Wars fortune. The actor, in an interview conducted at London’s King’s Cross station last month, explained how he had spent his money on sex workers and drugs. He declared that it was ‘my last day of drinking’, adding: ‘I need to…
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Nicola Sturgeon hits out at online trolls as she warns about impact of social media on politics
Nicola Sturgeon today hit out at online trolls as she warned of a ‘harsher and more hostile’ environment for female politicians created by social media. The departing Scottish First Minister, beginning her last week in office, used a speech in London to despair at how online platforms ‘mis-shape’ issues. Ms Sturgeon, speaking at the RSA, also admitted she agreed with…
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Members of the Druid Order perform ancient ritual outside the Tower of London
Members of the Druid Order performed an ancient ritual outside the Tower of London today to mark the Spring Equinox. The group appeared next to the tower to hold their ceremony stamping the start of ‘astronomical’ spring. ‘The March equinox – also called the vernal equinox – is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere,’ NASA…
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Life Style
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That’s where The Slice comes in. Every week, our free London newsletter serves up the best events currently on around town, with a side order of our all-time favourites, and plenty of exclusive competitions and fantastic deals on top! From the latest club openings to free food from your favourite pizza joint, we’ll keep you up-to-date on all the events…
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Celebrity
“London Class” .. a series that discusses the issues of alienation of Gulf students
Cairo: Hany Kamal El Din A group of Gulf students carry their convictions, ideas, traditions and dreams to the foggy capital of London, where they enroll in the Faculty of Medicine in the early eighties, and there they come into contact with neighbors and acquaintances from different foreign communities, including: Iranian, Iraqi and Indian, and experience another form of freedom,…
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ULEZ used for SNOOPING: Sadiq Khan has already granted Met Police access to new cameras in London
Campaign groups have hit out at Sadiq Khan for ‘playing with the privacy of London’s inhabitants’ after it emerged he has already granted the Met Police access to new cameras installed for the ULEZ expansion. The Mayor of London granted TfL the power to give the Met access to additional Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras last year when he…
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