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More landlords are selling up in London, with the number of buy-to-let properties up for sale hitting a 10-year-high. Analytics company TwentyCi found 22% of all newly listed homes in July had been available to rent in the last 10 years. This compares with 15.6% in July 2023. Across the rest of the UK, the…
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Count Binface has announced he will stand against Rishi Sunak in his Richmond and Northallerton constituency. Speaking on his podcast, Trash Talk, Binface said it would be like “Fury vs Usyk times a billion” in the July 4 election. “That’s right, I am here right now in Richmond and Northallerton and I can announce that…
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The former home of music legend Freddie Mercury is up for sale – on the market for offers in excess of £30m. The Garden Lodge in Kensington, west London, is set in a quiet enclave in the borough, and used to be described by Mercury as “his country house in central London”. Built in the Neo-Georgian style…
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Popular skit maker and artist, Oderhwo Joseph Efe, better known as Carter Efe, has revealed that Grammy-nominated Nigerian singer, Asake was chased off the stage during his concert at London’s O2 Arena last year. The skit maker-turned-singer disclosed this while lamenting the unfair treatment melted at Nigerian creatives by Western music executives and show promoters…
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After a shopkeeper spoke of his surprise on seeing Abdul Shokoor Ezedi revealed as the suspect behind a chemical attack on Wednesday, another local who regularly saw the 35-year-old said he is “shocked”. The asylum support worker, based near the centre of Newcastle, where Ezedi is believed to have lived, said Ezedi had shown no…
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As we reported earlier, it is believed Abdul Shokoor Ezedi – the man suspected of carrying out the chemical attack in south London – was granted asylum after two failed attempts, having reportedly travelled to the UK on a lorry in 2016. He was granted asylum despite being convicted of a sexual offence, which has…
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Police say they are still searching for Abdul Ezedi, with new images to be released of him boarding a Victoria line train on the Tube heading south at about 9pm on Wednesday – after the attack took place. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell also made a direct appeal to the suspect, urging him to “do…
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A 29-year-old woman is sleeping rough in East London after her ex-partner went to prison. Ruth Rugintye was unable to afford the rent by herself, so was evicted by her landlord three months ago. Since then, Ruth has remained in Stratford and is forced to rely on the generosity of Londoners offering money as she…
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A 42-year-old woman has died and two others have been injured after a shooting in Hackney, east London, on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said. Police were called to Vine Close at 6.28pm to reports of a shooting. Officers attended, along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service, and found three people with gunshot wounds. The…
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Paris Hilton has revealed she has had her second child – a baby girl she has called London. The now mum-of-two said in an Instagram post she was “thankful for my baby girl”, along with a photograph of a pink outfit with the name London written on it, with a teddy bear and love heart…
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead. The day unfolded in a backdrop of tensions fueled by Home Secretary Suella Braverman who earlier this week…
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Oxford Street has always been one of London’s most famous landmarks, synonymous with the sort of luxury and lifestyle the world has come to associate with the British capital. Today, however, it offers a jarring snapshot of a crisis of rapidly growing proportions in the UK: homelessness. Every night, scores of rough sleepers take shelter…
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A three-year-old boy and a girl, 11, have been found dead alongside two family members in a flat in west London. Metropolitan Police officers forced their way into the home in Staines Road, Bedfont, Hounslow, at just after 3pm on Friday after being called to concerns about the family. They found four bodies, a man…
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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has said if the prime minister had a “shred of integrity left” he would call a general election. He was speaking to his party after the Liberal Democrat conference was cancelled due to the Queen’s death in September. Sir Ed also suggested the Conservative were scared they would lose…
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Eurostar will axe its direct train service between London and Disneyland Paris, pinning the decision to focus on ‘core routes’ instead on post-Brexit travel restrictions and financial constraints. The company announced that the route will be suspended from June 5 next year. Tickets have not yet been released this far in advance. It stated that it must focus…
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