My Birthday Gift was a Covid Jab
I had a birthday present from my doctors’ practice asking me whether I would like a Covid-19 vaccination.
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Turner’s £20 is ‘Most Secure and Colourful’ Banknote Ever
Bank of England says new polymer £20-note featuring artist JMW Turner will be its most counterfeit-proof ever.
Sun, Snow and Sorbet: An Ice Cream Company for all Seasons
When Philip Harrison and Vera Thordardottir, set up Bears Ice Cream Company in 2016, they wanted to move away from the unhealthy ‘Mr Whippy’ image of polluting ice-cream vans.
How to Fix a Neighbourhood? Get Fin DAC on the (Paint) Job
Acton Unframed is an ambitious community-driven arts project crowdfunded by residents to bring the world’s best street artists to W3.
Open House 2018: Enter London’s Most Desirable Buildings
Open House London invites you to venture beyond the keyhole to inspect those homes you’ve always been nosey to see what really lurked behind closed doors.
Grenfell Fire: Mum and Daughter Who Died Side by Side Mark Final Death Toll
The final death toll from the fire that destroyed the Grenfell Tower social housing block in west London in June is 71 after two women, a mother and her daughter were added to the list of the dead.
Paddington 2 Desperate to Escape Harvey Weinstein Scandal
It was while working as a BBC cameraman in 1956 that late Michael Bond alighted on the idea of writing a book after spotting a small bear in a Paddington shop window. The Paddington movie franchise has since become an international blockbuster.
Parsons Green Tube Blast: Sixth Suspect Arrested
Counter-terrorism detectives have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a bomb attack on an underground train in southwest London last week that injured 30 people.
Parsons Green Tube Blast: Two Held Over Terror Attack as Searches Continue
Counter-terrorism detectives arrested a second man over the bombing of a London Underground train on Friday (15 September) that injured 30 people and the security services lowered the threat level for an attack from its highest setting. The 21-year-old man was detained under Britain’s terrorism laws in the west London suburb of Hounslow just before midnight on Saturday, Scotland Yard said in a statement. Police had earlier arrested an 18-year-old male in the departure lounge of Dover port in what they called a “significant” step and raided a property in Sunbury-on-Thames, a town near London and about four miles (six km) from Hounslow. The home-made bomb shot flames through a packed carriage at Parsons Green Tube station in southwest London during the Friday morning rush hour but apparently failed to detonate fully. Islamic State claimed responsibility, as it has for other attacks in Britain this year, including two in London and one at a concert by American singer Ariana Grande in Manchester in May. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said on Sunday the second arrest showed …
Why Mellow Parsons Green was a Bomb Plot too Far
Parsons Green? When news filtered in of an ‘incident’ at a west London train station, you had to do a double take to be sure it was actually the same idyllic neighbourhood with the ample green park families seem to luxuriate in every time harried neighbouring Fulhamites rushed past . The hustle and bustle from the butt-end of the King’s Road is drowned out by the civilised mellow pace of life in this genteel part of town. Well, it turned out to be southwest London, although it really was just a quirk of geography due to its close proximity to its west London neighbours Fulham and Chelsea. TO BE CONTINUED…