Group’s ongoing peaceful disruption in London is gaining it global attention and new members
On Monday morning a strange sight appeared, edging its way through the buses, taxis and shoppers on Oxford Street in London.
A bright pink boat, named Berta Cáceres after the murdered Honduran environmental activist, was being pulled carefully through the traffic, eventually coming to a halt in the middle of one of London’s busiest thoroughfares.
Continue reading...Milly and Toby Savill, both in their twenties, died when their vehicle plunged into a ravine
Tributes have been paid to a “devoted” young British couple who died while on holiday on the Greek island of Santorini when the buggy they were driving plunged 200 metres into a ravine.
Teachers Milly and Toby Savill – both in their twenties – died in the accident on Sunday afternoon, according to local media reports.
Continue reading...Authorities say 100-metre-long mass is the result of concrete being poured down drain
People pouring concrete into sewers has led to a “concreteberg” forming in central London that weighs 105 tonnes, as heavy as a blue whale.
The 100-metre-long mass is blocking three Victorian-era sewers in the heart of the capital. Thames Water’s operations manager, Alex Saunders, said it was the largest mass of concrete the company had seen, and could take two months to remove at a cost of at least several hundred thousand pounds.
Continue reading...Climate protesters warn they will escalate action after blockading capital’s landmarks
Climate change protesters, who police say have caused “serious disruption” affecting half a million people in London over the past two days, have said they are planning to escalate their protests to disrupt rail and tube lines.
Thousands or people have taken part in the civil disobedience protests, blockading four landmarks in the capital in an attempt to force the government to take action on the escalating climate crisis.
Continue reading...16 April 1864 A large number of policemen drove back the crowd as best they could; but again the cry arose, “Garibaldi for ever!”
On Thursday evening, the General dined with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and a select family party, including the Earl of Carlisle (who had just come over from Dublin), and at eight o’clock, accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland, proceeded to the Royal Italian Opera House, to witness the performance of the operas of Norma and Massaniello.
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Continue reading...Climate group occupies major landmarks in campaign that could last several days
Thousands of people have blocked well-known landmarks including Waterloo Bridge in central London, bringing widespread disruption to the capital in a “climate rebellion” that organisers say could last several days.
Parents and their children joined scientists, teachers, long-term environmentalists and other protesters both young and old to occupy major junctions and demand urgent action over the escalating ecological crisis.
Continue reading...The former first lady was greeted on stage at the O2 in London on Sunday night by tears, screams and a standing ovation. Obama was at the 20,000-capacity arena to promote her book, Becoming, which charts her journey from Chicago to the White House. The memoir has sold more than 10m copies worldwide since it was published in November. Her appearance at the event followed a similar one at the capital's Southbank Centre in December, which sold out within minutes. The Becoming tour has taken Obama to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Oslo and Stockholm, as well as a string of events across the US and Canada.
Michelle Obama gets rock-star reception at O2
Continue reading...Restaurateur’s response criticised as being dismissive of Asian critic’s Lucky Cat review
Gordon Ramsay has hit back against accusations of cultural appropriation at his new “authentic Asian” restaurant after an east Asian food writer described it as “a real life Ramsay kitchen nightmare”.
In a review of a preview event for Lucky Cat this week, the food writer Angela Hui said that she was “the only east Asian person in a room full of 30-40 journalists and chefs”.
Continue reading...WikiLeaks founder’s removal from London embassy brings seven-year diplomatic stalemate to an end
Julian Assange is facing extradition to the United States and up to five years in prison after he was forcibly dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday, bringing an extraordinary seven-year diplomatic stalemate to an end.
After 2,487 days in the embassy, the 47-year-old was arrested after Ecuador revoked his political asylum and invited Metropolitan police officers inside their Knightsbridge premises, where he has stayed since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations which Assange has always denied.
Continue reading...Material that originated from Ecuadorian embassy was reportedly offered for sale
WikiLeaks has said it has uncovered a surveillance operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy and that images, documents and videos gathered have been offered for sale.
Spanish police were said to have mounted a sting operation against unnamed individuals in Madrid who offered the material for sale in what lawyers and colleagues of Assange said on Wednesday was an attempt at extortion.
Continue reading...Police say a woman in her 20s was found dead on a street in Enfield on Sunday afternoon
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a young woman died on a north London street.
The London ambulance service called police to the Brookbank building on Turkey Street in Enfield at around 5.50pm on Sunday, where they found a woman with serious injuries.
Continue reading...Dozens of protesters descended on the Dorchester Hotel in central London on Saturday to demonstrate against Brunei's anti-LGBT laws. The protest comes amid a global backlash against Brunei's decision to introduce death by stoning as a punishment for homosexuality. The hotel is one among many owned by the Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
Continue reading...Almost 1,000 people a year in London are hospitalised with asthma caused by pollution
London is preparing to enforce “world-leading” vehicle pollution restrictions from Monday as the capital attempts to clean up the toxic air blamed for thousands of premature deaths.
The ultra-low emission zone, or Ulez, will launch at one minute past midnight, imposing a £12.50-a-day charge to drive into central London in all but the cleanest cars and vans.
Continue reading...Businesses including Financial Times cancel events at London landmark as backlash grows
High-profile events and awards shows have been cancelled at the Dorchester in London in protest at the decision of Brunei, the hotel’s ultimate owner, to make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death.
The boycott against businesses owned by the Brunei state has continued to grow in recent days, following an outcry from LGBT campaigners including Sir Elton John over the introduction of the new rules, ordered by the sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah.
Continue reading...Fears that WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to the US if he leaves London embassy
Supporters of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gathered outside the Ecuadorian embassy in central London after the organisation said its sources in Ecuador had revealed he could be removed from the building “within hours to days”.
Ecuador’s foreign ministry released a statement saying it “doesn’t comment on rumours, theories or conjectures that don’t have any documented backing”, but a senior Ecuadorian official said no decision had been made.
Continue reading...Anger at attempt by ‘green aristocrat’ Earl Percy to develop wilderness site in London
It is a row that the scion of one of Britain’s oldest aristocratic families could rather do without as he carves out a career promoting his green credentials.
And, gallingly for the Percy dynasty (one of whose ancestors was the inspiration for Blackadder’s half-witted sidekick, Lord Percy) much of it has been self-inflicted. In the one camp is Earl Percy, friend to Wills and Kate and owner of Syon House, a historic Grade-I listed pile in west London where Henry VIII’s body once lay in state.
Continue reading...Anna Patalong, performing at Royal Albert Hall, says free movement ‘essential’ for musicians
An opera singer who was asked to change her EU-themed dress for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, in London, has described her choice of attire as a “subtle nod” to Europe at a time when she and other musicians fear for their livelihoods.
The British soprano Anna Patalong donned the yellow-and-blue outfit, along with a necklace of gold stars redolent of the EU flag, for a Classical Spectacular performance on Saturday after taking part in the anti-Brexit march in London earlier in the day.
Continue reading...As he powers into his 80s, the photographer recalls shooting everyone from Kate Moss to Andy Warhol, shares his regrets over voting leave – and reveals how Gordon Brown pulled a fast one on him
‘You look knackered,” says David Bailey, greeting me at his studio. It’s up a small mews and sprawls so casually across two floors that it still feels like the 60s inside. “Look at you,” he says. “Your buttons aren’t even done up right.” I look down at my jacket: that bit is true. But I tell him: “I’m not tired!”
“I was watching you walking along the street,” he says. “I thought, ‘That must be the journalist, she looks knackered.’” The combination of acuity (he must be right: he is, after all, the one who makes a living with his eyes) and demonic overfamiliarity (by this point, we are holding hands; I have no idea who started it) is disarming. If this is his shtick, it’s working on me, totally and overwhelmingly. Or maybe he has a tailored shtick for everyone he meets.
Continue reading...Suspect, 28, taken to hospital after firearms officers attend domestic disturbance
A man has been shot by police responding to reports of a suspect “armed with knives and making threats to kill” in east London.
An officer was slashed during the incident in Hackney on Tuesday night, the Metropolitan Police said.
Continue reading...Police yet to make arrests after man, 29, dies on Fulham street
A man has has been stabbed to death in Fulham in south-west London.
Scotland Yard said officers were called to reports of a fight on Gowan Avenue close to Fulham Palace Road at 12.27am on Saturday.
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