The Big Ben’s famous chimes will sound for the final time at midday on Monday before being disconnected to allow the clock and surrounding tower to be restored, according to the BBC. The Great Bell has sounded on the hour ...
Read More »1,600-Year-Old Roman Sarcophagus Unearthed In London
A 1,600-year-old Roman sarcophagus with an open lid was discovered at a construction site near Borough Market in central London. Scientists think that the remains in the coffin belong to a mother after a baby’s bones were found in the ...
Read More »London Tube Makes Announcements Gender-Neutral
The famous London Underground will not use the words “ladies and gentlemen” to start announcements. The staff is instructed to use a gender neutral term. According to The Telegraph, from now on, a message will start as follows: “Hello everyone!” ...
Read More »London fire: 600 tower blocks thought to have similar cladding
Flames spread rapidly up the 24-storey residential Grenfell Tower last week, trapping people inside, in what was Britain’s worst blaze since World War Two. Exterior cladding added during a refurbishment may have played a part, residents have said, according to ...
Read More »Grenfell Tower fire survivors to move into a £2billion luxury block in Kensington
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower blaze are to be moved into flats in a £2billion ($2,5billion) luxury development in Kensington, according to Daily Mail. The government has bought up 68 flats in the lavish new apartment block on Kensington High ...
Read More »Adele cheers Chelsea firefighters ‘with a cup of tea and a cuddle’ to thank them for towering inferno heroism
Adele has continued her support of the Grenfell Tower disaster’s heroes and victims by visiting Chelsea firefighters to thank them with a ‘cup of tea and a cuddle’, according to Daily Mail. The pop star, who was at the scene ...
Read More »Man dies as van hits worshippers near London mosque
The van mounted the pavement and struck a group of people just after midnight BST near Finsbury Park Mosque in Seven Sisters Road. A 48-year-old man has been arrested, according to the BBC. Prime Minister Theresa May said police were ...
Read More »London tower fire likely killed at least 58 people – police
If that death toll is confirmed, it would make the Grenfell Tower blaze the deadliest in London since World War Two, according to Reuters. “Sadly at this time, there are 58 people who we have been told were in Grenfell ...
Read More »More than £1,000,000 raised in 24 hours for people affected by Grenfell Tower fire
Companies, individuals and charities sprang into action to help those in need of food, water, clothes and shelter after the inferno in north Kensington, according to Metro. Three appeals have raised a seven-figure sum in just over 24 hours since ...
Read More »London fire: Crews work through night at tower block
Flames could still be seen inside the tower block as crews used lights to search the building floor by floor, according to the BBC. Sixty-five people were rescued after fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in north Kensington on Wednesday morning. ...
Read More »London fire: Twelve dead in Grenfell Tower blaze
Firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, after they were called at 00:54 BST, according to the BBC. Eyewitnesses said people were trapped in tower block, screaming for help and yelling for their children to be saved. ...
Read More »London tower fire: Desperate woman threw baby from 10th floor
Samira Lamrani said she saw a woman try to save a baby by dropping it from a window ‘on the ninth or 10th floor’ of the burning west London building, to waiting members of the public below, according to Metro. ...
Read More »Some people reported dead, at least 50 in hospital, as fire engulfs London tower block
Flames licked up the sides of the block in the north Kensington area as 200 firefighters, backed up by 40 fire engines, fought the blaze for hours, according to Reuters. Plumes of black and grey smoke billowed high into the ...
Read More »London Bridge attack: Death toll rises to 8 as police recover body from River Thames
The 45-year-old was crossing the bridge with his girlfriend Christine Delcros on Saturday night when he is believed to have been knocked down at the start of the murderous rampage, according to Metro. Ms Delcros remains in hospital where she ...
Read More »US President Trump lashes out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Trump, writing on Twitter Monday, said: “Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his ‘no reason to be alarmed’ statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!” Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq ...
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