Alex McDonald is a security guard for the historic ship Cutty Sark, which is based in Greenwich, south-east London. During the coronavirus lockdown, he spent a great deal of time patrolling the empty vessel. He recorded some of his thoughts about the boat, which he says comes “alive” even when tourists are not there. boiler […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Plastic on the banks of the River Thames The River Thames has some of the highest recorded levels of microplastics for any river in the world. Scientists have estimated that 94,000 microplastics per second flow down the river in places. The quantity exceeds that measured in other European rivers, […]
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Image copyright Sheerin Khosrowshahi-Miandoab Image caption The first time Babak was able to talk to his daughter Sheerin was after 30 days in hospital. Babak Khosrowshahi was taken to hospital with coronavirus at 4am on 22 March – a day many people in the UK had spent on FaceTime talking to their mums on Mother’s […]
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Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 12 Premier League games Manchester United have “earned the right” to challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League after a “fantastic” spell of post-lockdown form, says boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United maintained their relentless pursuit of a place in the Champions League with a hard-fought win […]
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A Jewish woman saved nearly 75 years ago from a Nazi concentration camp has met the family of the man that set her free. Lily Ebert survived the horrors of Auschwitz but lost her mother, brothers and sister in the death camps. Nearly eight decades later, she met the American family of the soldier who […]
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Image copyright Google Image caption The two victims were discovered injured near Crossharbour DLR Station in the Isle of Dogs A man has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death at a Docklands light railway station in London. The 19-year-old died on Friday after the knife attack at Crossharbour DLR station in Poplar, […]
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Image copyright LBT/Family handout/PA Media Image caption Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August An inquest into the death of a London teenager found dead while on holiday in Malaysia is scheduled to begin next month. Nóra Quoirin, 15, whose mother is from Belfast, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort […]
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Eric Dier’s ban means he will miss all but one of Tottenham’s remaining Premier League fixtures Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he wants the fan who abused Eric Dier to return to watch the club once crowds are permitted at stadiums again. Spurs and England midfielder Dier received a four-match ban and £40,000 fine after […]
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Image copyright Metropolitan Police/PA Wire Image caption Khloemae Loy checked into the hotel with the man on Saturday A woman stabbed to death at a hotel in south-east London has been named as Khloemae Loy. Police were called to the Holiday Inn, on Bugsby’s Way, Greenwich, just after 10:00 BST on Sunday. Ms Loy, 23, […]
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Image caption The City of London has been much quieter since the lockdown began Coronavirus is changing London. Some of it may be temporary, as the capital adjusts to the presence of an invisible killer, some of it will be more permanent. It is more than 100 days since the prime minister ordered the nation […]
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