Month: August 2024

City maintained their 100% start to the season with the 3-1 victory at the London Stadium Manchester City maintained their 100 per cent start to the season as Erling Haaland’s eighth Premier League hat-trick saw the defending champions beat West Ham 3-1 at the London Stadium. Oasis star and City fan Noel Gallagher looked on as Haaland made it back-to-back trebles and seven goals in just three matches this term. […]

The bodies were discovered in a house in Staines-upon-Thames on Saturday afternoon Three children and a man have been found dead in a house in Surrey. Police discovered their bodies in a property in Bremer Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, at around 1.15pm on Saturday. An investigation is being carried out to establish the circumstances of their deaths, though Surrey Police believes it was an isolated incident with no third-party involvement. Their next […]

Thousands of fans have spent many hours today in queues on booking sites All of the UK and Ireland dates for Oasis’s reunion tour have sold out in less than a day, the band announced. Since 9am on Saturday, when shows at Edinburgh, London, Cardiff and Manchester went on general sale, fans have aired their frustrations at being kicked off ticket selling websites and being quoted hiked prices for Noel and Liam […]

Alice Tai, Stephen Clegg and William Ellard have all won gold medals Alice Tai topped the Paralympic podium less than three years after opting to have her right leg amputated to cap a super Saturday for Great Britain’s swimmers in Paris. The 25-year-old completed a 36-minute gold rush with victory in the women’s 100m S8 backstroke after compatriots Stephen Clegg and William Ellard secured titles in world record times. A […]

A schoolboy donned his prize-winning cardboard crown in front of the King as the monarch visited a flower show. The King laughed as Oliver Keith tried on the homemade creation of silver cardboard, purple tissue paper and golden tinsel at the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th anniversary show in the city’s Duthie Park. He questioned the eight-year-old on the fit and how long it took him to make the […]

A charity fundraiser who became the first person to complete a marathon in a “bionic” suit after breaking her back in a horse-riding accident has died in the Middle East aged 44. Claire Lomas, who was paralysed from the chest down since 2007, died following an accident in Jordan on August 22, the Melton Times has reported. Ms Lomas, who broke her neck, back and ribs and punctured a lung […]

The Metropolitan Police say 32 year old Cher Maximen and 41 year old Mussie Imnetu have both now died A mother and a chef who worked under Gordon Ramsay have both died after they were attacked in separate incidents during Notting Hill Carnival. Cher Maximen, 32, was with her three-year-old daughter and other family and friends on Sunday, when she was stabbed in the groin in broad daylight after she […]

A Labour MP has said he is “profoundly sorry” after tenants living in flats he rents out said they live with black mould and ant infestations. Jas Athwal, who represents Ilford South in London, owns 15 rental homes in the capital according to Parliament’s register of members’ financial interests, with some reportedly having “pretty serious faults”. A London City Hall member claimed he saw fire detectors hanging by a single […]

A headteacher’s union is calling on the Government to provide “financial protection” for schools at risk of collapse, as well as funding for students to catch up on any “lost learning”. In 2023, schools were told to close any buildings containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (Raac) that did not have existing safety measures in place. Pepe Di’Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told the BBC […]