I’ve been left to rot in my damp-ridden house with mould growing like moss… everything is falling apart

A MUM has told how she is being “left to rot” in her damp-ridden flat where mould grows like “moss” and everything is falling apart. Nicola Brennan, 44, has been living in the... Read more »
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Extinction Rebellion: ‘I’ve blocked roads around Parliament – and the new anti-protest law won’t stop me’

An Extinction Rebellion activist who has been arrested five times has pledged to defy the government’s new policing bill. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, currently going through Parliament, would give... Read more »
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‘I’ve already collected multiple knives and a gun from London’s streets just days into 2022’

An East London man has already removed multiple weapons including knives and a machete from the capital’s streets mere days into the new year. Ryan Girling set up a knife amnesty group... Read more »
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‘I’ve known lots of people who beat cancer and lots who didn’t – you can’t get to my age and not’

On a cold winter’s day, I’m greeted at the door of Maggie’s cancer centre in West London by actress Hermione Norris. It is warm inside, very warm, and deliberately so. Chemotherapy often... Read more »
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‘I cried when I wasn’t allowed to dance with my friends because of my disability – but now I’ve been a dancer for 11 years’

Dreaming of dance since she was a very young girl, Emily Farruku tried to join a class with her friends when she was at primary school – but was told she could... Read more »
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‘I’ve found knives, human poo and a London bus, cleaning West London streets 40 weekends of this year’

A woman who has given up dozens of her weekends to pick up litter has explained the strange things that she has found during her inspirational voluntary work. Among the bizarre items... Read more »

‘I’ve heard indirectly’ – Alasdair Gold drops eye-opening behind-scenes claim at Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur reporter Alasdair Gold has been speaking on a recent Facebook Live stream to discuss all things regarding the north London club.  © Provided by This is Futbol Premier League –... Read more »
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Little Simz: ‘I’ve never felt the need to be the loudest person in the room’

Little Simz’s new album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, opens with possibly the least reticent song about reticence ever made. Called “Introvert”, it finds the Londoner rapping about “feelings I keep inside,... Read more »
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‘I’ve cried because I’ve had to turn hungry people away’: Ex-homeless man in desperate fight to keep West London soup kitchen running

An ex-homeless man is fighting to save Hounslow Soup Kitchen from closure after being forced to ‘turn people away’. Quddous Ahmed, 33, created Hounslow Soup Kitchen (HSK) in 2018 after being made... Read more »
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‘I’ve gone from dealing drugs to helping children who are heading on the wrong path’

Leo Powell has swapped a lifetime of partying and dealing drugs to helping younger folks who are on troubled paths. Now Leo splits his time between mentoring teenage pupils at a North... Read more »