Carphone Warehouse cyber attack probed by data watchdog ICO August 10, 2015 Dixons Carphone has suffered its first major blow since last year’s £4bn merger after admitting to a huge data breach that has put millions of customers at risk and sparked an investigation by the UK’s data watchdog. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) said yesterday that it is “making enquiries” into the attack after being [...]
London bus roof ripped off after colliding with tree near Russell Square in Bloomsbury August 3, 2015 A London tourist bus has collided with a tree as it was going through Bloomsbury this afternoon, slicing its entire roof off. Emergency services including the Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade are on the scene near Russell Square/Woburn Place, north London. Four people have been taken to hospital by the London Ambulance [...]
How London’s streets became a death trap for cyclists: Every bicycle accident mapped July 31, 2015 To scroll past this visualisation on mobile, swipe down on the right-hand side of the map. The Elephant & Castle roundabout is infamous among the capital's cyclists. In 2013, the last year for which we have complete data, there were 15 incidents involving cyclists on or next to the junction. In May last year, [...]
Lord Sewel bows to pressure and quits House of Lords amid sex and drugs allegations July 28, 2015 Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun has bowed to pressure and stepped down from the House of Lords after allegedly taking cocaine with a pair of £200-a-night sex workers at his apartment in Dolphin Square, in Pimlico. In an expose by the Sun on Sunday this weekend, the paper alleged it had filmed him reclining and smoking [...]
Indian billionaire buys Great Scotland Yard for £110m July 26, 2015 THE HISTORIC home of London’s Metropolitan police will be converted into a luxury hotel – with rooms up to £10,000 a night – after it was bought by Yusuffali Kader.
Lord Sewel resigns as House of Lords deputy speaker after Sun on Sunday alleges drug taking July 26, 2015 Lord Sewel has resigned his position as the deputy speaker of the House of Lords following allegations that he took drugs with prostitutes. The Labour peer, who chairs the Lords' committee on standards and behaviour, was allegedly caught on camera taking cocaine with two prostitutes according to the Sun on Sunday. Now Sewel, a former [...]
Great Scotland Yard snapped up by Indian billionaire Yusuffali Kader’s Lulu Group for luxury hotel July 26, 2015 Indian billionaire Yusuffali Kader has snapped up the historic home of London's Metropolitan police and will turn Great Scotland Yard into a luxury hotel. Kader's Abu Dhabi headquartered Lulu Group has bought up the Edwardian building in Whitehall in a £110m deal with Galliard Homes, and will work with the Steigenberger Hotel Group to run the [...]
Tower Bridge reopened by police after “suspicious package” was found July 17, 2015 Tower Bridge has been reopened by police after a suspicious package was found earlier this afternoon. The Metropolitan Police said cordons would be taken down "shortly". Earlier, a spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police had confirmed officers were dealing with a suspect package on the bridge, while the City Police tweeted: We are currently dealing with [...]
Kingsland Road reopened after police officers talk a man down from a roof July 16, 2015 Kingsland Road has been reopened after police talked a man down from the roof of a building he had been threatening to throw himself from. Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called to the scene – a major A-road near Shoreditch – at 10:22am this morning, along with London Ambulance Service and London Fire [...]
Theresa May bans water cannon use in England and Wales after London mayor Boris Johnson authorised the Metropolitan Police to buy three last year July 15, 2015 It's a case of egg on the face for London mayor Boris Johnson today, after home secretary Theresa May banned the use of water cannon on the British mainland today. May said the weapons should not be used as a part of riot control techniques, citing safety fears as a major factor. In the House [...]