Dynasty star Stephanie Beacham reveals she thought she was ‘going to die’ when her west London home was burgled by a man who ‘threatened’ her with a two-foot metal crowbar

Dynasty star Stephanie Beacham reveals she thought she was ‘going to die’ when her west London home was burgled by a man who ‘threatened’ her with a two-foot metal crowbar

Stephanie Beacham has revealed she thought she was ‘going to die’ after her west London home was burgled in an armed raid. The Dynasty star, 76, was ordered to hand over her money... Read more »
Woman mauled by three dogs in south-west London thought she ‘was going to die’

Woman mauled by three dogs in south-west London thought she ‘was going to die’

A woman who had to undergo plastic surgery after she was mauled by three dogs has said the attack being filmed was the “hardest thing” to deal with. Lakaydia Reynolds, 24, feared... Read more »
‘I never thought I’d leave but London feels unaffordable’

‘I never thought I’d leave but London feels unaffordable’

When Kat Poole, 33, found her two-bedroom flat in Haggerston in 2021 she thought it was her dream home. It had two balconies, a view across east London and she loved the... Read more »
Spare a thought for amazing hospital staff this Christmas – South London News

Spare a thought for amazing hospital staff this Christmas – South London News

By Maeve Cullinan As Christmas fast approaches, many of us are settling down, logging off, wrapping up, and enjoying time with family and friends. But for the NHS, Christmas is no time... Read more »
PM ‘not aware of specific claims’ about disgraced MP Chris Pincher and thought he was ‘best choice’ for deputy chief whip job | Politics News

PM ‘not aware of specific claims’ about disgraced MP Chris Pincher and thought he was ‘best choice’ for deputy chief whip job | Politics News

Boris Johnson made the “choice he thought was best” in appointing Chris Pincher to government and was “not aware of specific claims” about the Tory MP, a cabinet minister has insisted. Speaking... Read more »
How we met: ‘I’d been out as gay for a long time, but I thought Imogen was straight’ | Life and style

How we met: ‘I’d been out as gay for a long time, but I thought Imogen was straight’ | Life and style

In 2019, Imogen was working as a freelance musician and studying sound art when she stumbled on a new hobby. “I was inspired to try out bellringing after speaking to a friend,”... Read more »
Spare a thought for ‘Generation Sandwich’

Spare a thought for ‘Generation Sandwich’

Sunday was fairly typical. The police picked up Mum, 73, wandering in distress near Halifax bus station, cold, disorientated and lost. Son, 15, was walking with a friend in north London when... Read more »
Alex, Filmon, Mulue and Osman thought they were safe in Britain. So why did the teenage friends take their own lives? | Refugees

Alex, Filmon, Mulue and Osman thought they were safe in Britain. So why did the teenage friends take their own lives? | Refugees

For a while, the four teenage boys, Alex, Filmon, Osman and Mulue, did a reasonably good job of looking after each other. Filmon and Mulue had met in Eritrea before they embarked... Read more »
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Desperate hunt for missing girl, 15, who is thought to have travelled to London

Police are urging Londoners to come forward if they have information that might lead to the whereabouts of a missing girl from Suffolk. The girl, identified only as Lily, 15, disappeared from... Read more »
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Matthew Bourne: ‘We were always singing at home; my dad thought he was Frank Sinatra’ | Matthew Bourne

It’s tempting to see a Hollywood trajectory, a yuletide miracle, in Sir Matthew Bourne’s life. As a teenager, almost every night, he would take the bus down to London’s West End to... Read more »