Sales at UK’s biggest supplier of Rolex and Omega watches rise 43% on pre-pandemic levelsThe UK’s biggest seller of Rolex and Omega watches said sales had surged as Britons splashed lockdown savings on luxury watches and jewellery, including wedding an…
Woman killed as buses collide at Victoria station in London
Three other people treated for non-life-threatening injuries after collision, say emergency servicesA woman has been killed and three other people injured when two buses crashed in central London, police have said.The Metropolitan police were called to…
Disabled woman wins permission for judicial review of Hampstead Ponds charges
Christina Efthimiou claims new charging regime discriminates against disabled swimmersA disabled woman has won permission for a judicial review of the new charging regime for swimming at Hampstead ponds in north London, which she claims is discriminato…
‘This story isn’t over’: TV drama explores the legacy of Stephen Lawrence’s murder
Steve Coogan, Sharlene Whyte and Frank Cottrell-Boyce on their depiction of how Doreen and Neville Lawrence pursued justice for their son’s racist killing with veteran detective Clive DriscollSharlene Whyte doesn’t just remember the racist murder of St…
‘Great to be back’: tears in London as quarantine-free travel from France resumes
First Eurostar train arrives at St Pancras on Sunday morning since Covid restrictions were liftedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNot until the automatic doors of Eurostar arrivals opened could Sue Stevens be sure that her da…
Heavy rain causes flooding in south-east England and Scotland
Met Office warns of severe downpours across Northern Ireland, north Wales, northern England and ScotlandParts of the UK have faced rain and localised flooding this weekend, but forecasters have said drier and sunnier weather could be possible by the en…
This Week in Apps: In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]
Apsana Begum’s court ordeal is an indictment of Tower Hamlets council | Shami Chakrabarti
We must examine the independence of local bureaucrats, and whether they can be trusted to deal with imprisonable offencesIt could have been a John Grisham novel set in the Chicago of yesteryear. Apsana Begum, Britain’s first hijab-wearing MP, was acqui…
Plans for 190 flats on London Latin Village site scrapped after protests
Developer abandons plan for site in Tottenham, which would have involved demolishing Seven Sisters Indoor MarketCampaigners trying to save London’s only surviving Latin market have claimed a victory after the developer behind a multimillion-pound resid…
Ever heard a shrew warble? Secret sounds of small mammals revealed
Discover how bat detectors are used to capture the hypersonic world of voles, shrews and wood mice – and listen in yourselfIt sounds like the alarm call of a macaque but is in fact the slowed-down squeak of a pygmy shrew. This warbling call is an insig…