A set of prosthetic legs stolen from a former Royal Marine’s car in west London have been found. The limbs were among items taken from Mark Ormrod’s vehicle which was parked at a Premier Inn in Chiswick. Following a post on social media, a woman contacted him to say she’d discovered them in an alleyway….
Original scripts from two UK-set episodes of Friends that were rescued from a bin are being sold at auction. The Season Four finale drafts were recovered in 1998 by a staff member at Fountain Studios, Wembley, where the two episodes were filmed. Amanda Butler, of Hanson Ross auctioneers in Royston, Hertfordshire, said they should have…
Strikes by London Underground workers which would have crippled Tube services this week have been suspended, the RMT union has announced. Little or no service was expected across the capital’s entire network from Sunday evening to Friday morning. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) had previously voted to take industrial action over…
Britain’s longest-serving World War Two spy, Christine Granville, risked her life countless times carrying out missions across Europe, yet today her contribution is barely known. Who was she and why does the nation owe her such a great debt? On 15 June 1952, Granville returned to the west London hotel she called home, her flight…
Hundreds of homes have been devastated by flooding in England following a powerful storm and a week of heavy rainfall. There are more than 250 flood warnings in force, the majority in the Midlands, East Anglia and southern England, with many residents forced to evacuate their properties. Flooded roads and railway tracks are bringing more…
The ex-husband of a woman facing extradition to the US accused of murdering her two children says he was “devastated” to learn they had died. In a statement, Kevin Wentz said he and Kimberlee Singler had been involved in a contentious divorce. His nine-year-old daughter Elianna and seven-year-old son Aden were found dead at a…
A 16-year-old boy stabbed to death in north London on New Year’s Eve has been named by police as Harry Pitman. Officers were called to the stabbing in Primrose Hill, Camden, at about 23:40 GMT on Sunday. Metropolitan Police said first aid was given to Mr Pitman but he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight….
Eurostar has said it will run all services to London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam on Sunday following a day of major disruption. New Year plans for thousands were in ruins after flooding in a tunnel under the River Thames led to the cancellation of all Eurostar services between London and Paris on Saturday. Anxious passengers…
A little girl who has spent most of her life on chemotherapy was invited to Windsor Castle for tea with the Queen. Olivia Taylor has a brain tumour which has left her blind but she leapt up to say “Hello, your Majesty!” as she met Queen Camilla. The seven-year-old tried her first cup of tea…
Doctor Who and Emmerdale star Richard Franklin has died at the age of 87, it has been confirmed. A statement announced the actor “passed away peacefully” on the morning of Christmas Day adding he was “fighting a long-term illness”. Franklin is best known for for portraying Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who from…