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Popular Chelsea restaurant hit with six-figure fine for hiring illegal workers
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (567+ words) Seven people were found to be illegally working at a West London noodle bar during a Home Office immigration raid. The unauthorised employees, who were paid cash in hand, made up over half of the staff members found working at…...
The London children trapped in Britain’s £500m County Lines drug trade
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (910+ words) A drugs inside his body — likely his anus — to evade police detection. Beatings became routine as Casper’s captors enforced obedience through fear. They targeted his family as well, repeatedly vandalising their London home. If Casper tried to leave, they put…...
US secretly flew diplomat out of UK after indecent image allegations – reports
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (399+ words) US officials secretly flew an American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children out of the UK without telling British police, it has been reported. According to The Sun, US authorities raided the diplomat’s London flat last month, seizing…...
Death of man in West Lothian may have involved firearm, say police
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (266+ words) Police have said the death of a man who was found injured in West Lothian may have involved a firearm. Detectives are investigating the death of the 35-year-old, who was found injured at a property on Harestanes Road, Armadale, shortly…...
Thousands of e-bikes seized in the last year as anger grows over dockless bikes
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (588+ words) London boroughs have seized over 3,000 ebikes this year, with hire companies facing growing calls to stop blocking pavements. Local authorities across the city have seized 3,393 dangerously parked or abandoned ebikes so far this year, according to an investigation by The…...
London councils receive hundreds of complaints linked to harmful aesthetic procedures
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (557+ words) London councils have received hundreds of complaints related to businesses carrying out potentially harmful aesthetic procedures, according to new data. Freedom of Information requests by VIP Italia have revealed that 117 complaints linked to non-surgical cosmetic procedures were made to London…...
Man arrested over concealing identity at anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (270+ words) A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of concealing his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth after police warned they would use powers to arrest demonstrators wearing a face covering. A person wearing what appeared to be black…...
Drug dealer who was caught hiding in wardrobe after accidental Wi-Fi login jailed
15+ hour, 7+ min ago (548+ words) This is the moment a drug dealer was caught by the police hiding in a wardrobe after connecting to public Wi-Fi has been jailed for 12 years. The Metropolitan Police had been investigating the “Bobby” drugs line after examining mobile phones…...
Woman and child flee burning flat 17th-floor flat fire in Poplar
21+ hour, 26+ min ago (230+ words) A woman and child escaped a burning flat on the 17th floor of an east London tower block early this morning. The pair left the flat alongside fifty other residents before firefighters arrived at the scene at around 4.35am. An investigation into…...
Disabled person left homeless for over a year after Hounslow Council housing application errors
1+ day, 32+ min ago (656+ words) A West London council left a disabled person sofa surfing after failing to inform them that it had closed their homelessness application. Hounslow Council has apologised for the mistake which left two people, referred to as X and Y in…...