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Residents claim they ‘can’t sleep at night’ due to the noise of newly installed speed bumps on their road which cause ‘homes to shake’ and have left cracks in the walls.Locals claim their lives have been turned upside down ever since Waltham Forest Council installed the speed-reducing measures on Old Church Road in Chingford, east London, last year. Shanta Prasad, a life-long resident who was born in her home in 1964, revealed that life on the street was peaceful until the speed bumps were installed.She told the Telegraph: ‘As soon as they were installed, our houses started to shake, it’s a busy…
The most hotly anticipated movies of the year – Barbie and Oppenheimer – have both received multiple nominations at the 81st Golden Globes Ryan Gosling is up for best supporting male actor, while Margot Robbie has been nominated for best female actor for her performance as Barbie The Golden Globes nominations for 2024 have been announced this morning.The most hotly anticipated movies of the year – Barbie and Oppenheimer – have both received multiple nominations at the 81st Golden Globes. Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan are both up for best director and best screenplay for a motion picture. Ryan Gosling is up for best…
Royal fans have spotted a “crown” on Prince George’s head in the new family portrait released by Kensington Palace.Prince William and Kate shared a new family photo for their Christmas card over the weekend.The monochrome picture chosen by the Prince and Princess of Wales shows the family all wearing plain shirts standing around a beaming Princess Charlotte who is sitting on a chair in the middle.The relaxed family photo has been widely praised by royal fans with some spotting what looks like a crown on Prince George’s head.The way the light catches the young royal’s hair a small outline of…
After three weeks of Brexit debates, bottom-baring, immigration rows, cow teat gorging, European Parliament revelations and unforgettable shirt-stripping song routines, Farage is finally out of the jungle.Sadly he hasn’t emerged as King of the Jungle with that title going to anodyne reality TV star Sam Thompson, but Farage still left boycott callers shedding tears onto their iPhone keyboards by making it to the finale.The complainers clung onto Farage missing out on the jungle crown as some sort of victory – despite I’m A Celeb revealing he was merely five percent behind fellow finalist Tony Bellew in the vote to be…
Pubgoers will no longer be able to visit two Wetherspoon locations in the UK. The popular chain has closed two branches this month and others remain up for sale. Wetherspoon closed The Coronet in Islington, London on Sunday. The pub was in a building that was once a cinema. This came one week after The Foxley Hatch in Purley closed its doors. Wetherspoon customers can visit nearby branches PAThe branches were two of many branches that were put up for sale earlier this year and they continued to trade until sold.The Coronet building was bought by the property group DN…
A Christmas market has cancelled its carol service amid concerns about health and safety. Organisers of Columbia Road Christmas Wednesdays, in Bethnal Green, East London have axed the event for the rest of the year over fears for public safety.Footage uploaded to TikTok of last week’s event show massive crowds enjoying the festive singalong, which saw the local vicar wheeling a piano down the street to accompany carolers.Some who attended said they were “packed in like sardines” and feared it was a “disaster waiting to happen”.The East London flower marketGettySt Peter’s Bethnal Green holds a festive event on every Wednesday…
Tributes have been paid to a “devoted dad” who has died following a three-vehicle crash.Matthew Theophilus, 35, from the Caerphilly area, was taken to hospital but died from his injuries following the crash at Trehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on Sunday 3 December at about 22:00 GMT.”He was a man who was full of life and love for his family,” said his family in a tribute issued by South Wales Police.”He was a devoted dad to his three-year-old daughter Shaya who was his princess.”
Smartphones are a fixture in everyday life for most people but one 30-year-old globetrotter has revealed how she has never owned one, despite being on the go all the time in new places. Leslie McNair, from Ohio, reveals in an interview with YouTube creator Jennifer, who is known online as @Jenncysworld, that she has been a nomad for nine years, but she hasn’t found the lack of a phone a hinderance.Instead, it allows the globetrotter, who met Jennifer while traveling through Korea, to have more organic interactions. ‘I’ve never had a smartphone in my life so I’m really used to like writing down…
The firm said sale was a 14.2 per cent discount to its valuation at 30 September Hipgnosis Songs Fund has sold a large number of song rights at a significant discount as the embattled music fund continues to raise cash.The investment trust told investors on Monday it has completed the sale of around 20,000 songs for $23.1million (about £18.4million), roughly 1 per cent of its total assets, reflecting a 14.2 per cent discount to its valuation at 30 September. Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to the music of a broad array of artists including Shakira to Neil Young, faces a battle for…
Kevin Costner and his new love interest Jewel have their mutual friend Richard Branson to thank for their blossoming romance after the billionaire invited them to his Caribbean island – where she is believed to have fallen for the actor’s ‘country western vibe’.The Oscar winner, 68, was pictured with his arms around Jewel’s waist, with the pair – who are both long-term friends of Branson’s – also seen posing for group shots as they reportedly grew close over the Thanksgiving weekend.They are said to be ‘having fun’ but are not ‘serious,’ according to a source, who said the dalliance has reinvigorated the Grammy-nominated…