Glasses worn by Hollywood star Emma Stone in Cruella stolen in £500,000 London burglary June 15, 2021 Luxury glasses worn in the new Disney film Cruella are among hundreds of pairs worth up to £500,000 stolen from a designer eyewear store. CCTV shows thieves smashing into the Tom Davies shop in Sloane Square, central London, and clearing glasses off the shelves into a tray. The burglars’ haul included six frames worn in [...]
London murder probe: Human remains found in Neasden in search for 20-year-old Agnes Akom June 15, 2021 Human remains have been found in the search for 20-year-old suspected murder victim Agnes Akom. Metropolitan Police officers found the remains in Neasden Recreation Park near Cricklewood in north-west London. Formal forensic identification has not yet taken place, but Ms Akom’s family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers. The Hungarian [...]
Prime minister calls harassment of BBC journalist Nick Watt ‘disgraceful’ June 15, 2021 Footage posted on social media showed anti-lockdown protesters verbally abusing and chasing Nick Watt, the political editor of BBC Newsnight, near Downing Street on Monday. On Twitter, the prime minister said: “Disgraceful to see the hounding of Nick Watt doing his job.” “The media must be able to report the facts without fear or favour – [...]
Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
Sarah Everard death: Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to rape and kidnap June 8, 2021 A serving British police officer has admitted the rape and kidnap of Sarah Everard, whose body was found a week after she disappeared walking home in London in March. Couzens, 48, a London officer whose role was to guard diplomatic premises, told the Old Bailey that he accepted responsibility for killing Everard but did not [...]
London’s launch of e-scooters in the Square Mile to be postponed until July June 7, 2021 The launch of London’s e-scooter rental trial today is set to be delayed across the Square Mile as the City Corporation has postponed its involvement until July. The City Corporation, the local authority for the Square Mile, said it would not be joining the scheme until 5 July, apparently due to administrative setbacks rather than [...]
North London man charged with murder of flower seller Tony Eastlake in Islington June 2, 2021 A 21-year-old man was charged this evening with the murder of a flower seller who was fatally stabbed close to his stall in north London, the Metropolitan Police said. Tony Eastlake, 55, known as the “flower man of Islington” by customers and his local community, died from a knife wound after being attacked on Essex [...]
Sarah Everard died from ‘compression of the neck’, police said June 1, 2021 A post–mortem found Sarah Everard, who went missing in March, died from compression of the neck, police have said. Everard, 33, went missing as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham on March 3. Her body was found a week later in woodland in Kent. The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday: “A post-mortem [...]
In pictures: Londoners gather at Essex Road vigil for ‘flower man of Islington’ June 1, 2021 A loud applause broke out at a vigil for a stabbing victim who was known as the “flower man of Islington”. Tony Eastlake, 55, died from a knife wound after being attacked in Islington, north London, on Saturday just before 5.30pm. A crowd of family, friends, customers, passers-by and neighbours gathered last night for a [...]
Black Lives Matter activist in ‘critical condition’ after being shot in the head May 24, 2021 A Black Lives Matter activist has been left in critical condition after being shot in the head in London on Sunday morning. Sasha Johnson, a member of the Taking Initiative Party and mother-of-three, had received ‘numerous’ death threats before the incident in Peckham. “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own [...]