Four vehicles have crashed on a slip road towards the M25 in Dartford, causing seven miles of traffic towards Romford. Long queues of traffic remain in place as the incident is dealt with. Police were at the scene of the crash. No injuries have been reported. A spokesperson for Kent …
Read More »Screen Actors Guild poised to hit Hollywood with ‘double strike’
Support us and go ad-free Hollywood actors are poised to join writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed. As such, nearly all film and television production will likely to grind to a halt. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) represents 160,000 performers, including A-list stars. …
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Postal workers’ agreement ROYAL MAIL employees accepted an offer that ends their ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. Almost 76 per cent of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members voted for a 10 per cent increase spread over three years, plus a £500 (€584) lump sum. The ballot result …
Read More »TfL TikTok prankster Isaac Richman is dog-mauling convict
An internet prankster who has racked up millions of views is actually a convicted criminal using an assumed name, Newsquest can reveal. The man, who poses as a TfL worker and films himself making fake announcements on the tube, recently gave an interview to news website MyLondon under the name …
Read More »MusicMagpie hit by postal strikes and inflation – but there are reasons to be cheerful
The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail saw the companies' biggest ever walk-out earlier in the year. However this … Source link
Read More »New stamps issued featuring birds, mammals, insects and fish
A new set of stamps is being issued marking the diversity of birds, mammals, insects and fish. The 10 stamps feature the beaver, Atlantic salmon, kingfisher, beautiful demoiselle, water vole, grey wagtail, common mayfly, otter, brown trout and dipper. Royal Mail worked with Professor of Ecology at Cardiff University Steve …
Read More »Heartbreak as schoolboys hurt in horror crash while ‘on way to prom in £187k Lamborghini’ | UK | News
Paramedics from the London Ambulance brigade were at the scene with London’s Air Ambulance also scrambled. Footage shared online shows the supercar appearing to lose control before smashing into the van, scattering debris across the road. It is believed some of those in the crash were Year 11 pupils from …
Read More »‘Harry said William had too much hair’
When the National Portrait Gallery reopened last month after a three-year closure, one of its best-known royal portraits was mysteriously missing. Nicky Philipps’s double portrait of Prince William and Prince Harry, painted in happier, pre-feud days back in 2010, was not included in the rehang. The gallery was reopened by …
Read More »Impounded cars twice as likely to be sold or destroyed than returned to owners
More than 6,000 cars have been impounded and destroyed in London over the last five years – with owners given only seven days notice, if any at all. Cars taken off the road for minor infractions such as failure to pay road tax are impounded by local councils, and – …
Read More »Schoolboys injured in £187k Lamborghini horror crash after ‘hiring car for prom’
A top-of-the-range Lamborghini sports car carrying six schoolboys to a prom smashed into a Royal Mail van, leaving several of them injured. The horror incident happened in Beckton, East London at 7.20pm on Tuesday (July 11). The scene was quickly swarmed on by emergency services, as footage of the crash …
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