Category: News

A man has entered a plea of not guilty in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old boy who suffered a sword attack in east London. Marcus Arduini Monzo, aged 37, is alleged to have approached Daniel Anjorin from behind while he was en route to school, inflicting wounds to his chest and neck in […]

The Metropolitan police officer, Martyn Blake, who was acquitted of the murder of Chris Kaba, is now facing the prospect of a disciplinary hearing due to allegations of gross misconduct related to his use of excessive force, as determined by the police watchdog. This ruling is likely to incite strong reactions from both the Met’s […]

An inquest that commenced indicated that the girl who tragically passed away after falling into the River Thames likely succumbed to the cold water’s effects “quickly.” Kaliyah Coa, just 11 years old, was reported missing on March 31 after having spent time near Barge House Causeway in Woolwich during a school inset day. Her body […]

Fanny Wilkinson was a trailblazer in early feminism, paving the way for female gardeners and transforming London’s landscape by developing “green lungs” that provided relief for Victorians plagued by pollution and overcrowding. Now, a charity is working to honor Wilkinson, the first professional female landscape gardener in the UK, by revealing her very first statue […]

The inaugural recipient of a groundbreaking breast reconstruction surgery in the UK expresses that she now “feels complete once more.” Tanya Tanna, 56 years old and hailing from South Ruislip in west London, underwent the procedure following her diagnosis of cancer and subsequent mastectomy. A group of surgeons based in London conceived and executed this […]

Members of the public intervened to capture a bulldog that was attempting to bite the legs of two police horses during their patrol in London. Officers were riding the Metropolitan police horses, Yvonne and Snaffles, when the unruly dog began snapping at them. This event took place on Monday morning in Shepherd’s Bush Green, and […]

A London-based mosaic artist expressed his initial feelings of “nervousness” when McVitie’s approached him to create iconic portraits using biscuits. Ed Chapman remarked, “I was uncertain if it was feasible to work with biscuits, as I feared they would just crumble apart.” This artistic endeavor was commissioned as part of the brand’s centennial celebrations for […]

Executing Erik Satie’s piano composition Vexations, with its demanding 840 iterations, is a remarkable feat; however, neither Igor Levit nor Ruth Davis was the pioneer in this endeavor in the UK (‘It is trance-like’: pianist Igor Levit performs Erik Satie’s Vexations 840 times, 24 April). On October 10, 1967, Richard Toop executed the performance at […]

Approximately 60 firefighters responded to a blaze at a hospital in Paddington, west London, on Thursday afternoon. According to the London Fire Brigade (LFB), a storeroom on the ground floor of the St Mary’s Hospital building located on Winsland Street was engulfed in flames. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries, and the fire was contained […]

Evgeny Lebedev, proprietor of the Standard, has committed to allocating funds to sustain the newspaper after it suffered nearly £20 million in losses in the year leading up to its transition to a weekly format. Previously known as the Evening Standard, which had been a daily staple in London for almost two centuries, the publication […]