[ad_1] LONDON: Harry Kane became Tottenham Hotspur‘s all-time record scorer with his 267th goal for the club arriving in the Premier League home game against Manchester City on Sunday.Kane struck in the 15th minute to give his side the lead and his feat was warmly celebrated by the Spurs fans …
Read More »David Carrick: London Metropolitan Police officer admits to dozens of offenses against women, including 24 cases of rape
[ad_1] London CNN — A serving officer in London’s Metropolitan Police has admitted to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape over an 18-year period, reigniting calls for urgent reform in the United Kingdom’s largest police force. David Carrick appeared at Southwark Crown Court in the British capital Monday to …
Read More »‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar
[ad_1] London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in a town north of London, where a train could get …
Read More »Rolls-Royce uses green hydrogen in jet engine test
[ad_1] LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had carried out the ground test of a jet engine that used hydrogen produced from tidal and wind power. In a statement this week, aerospace giant …
Read More »China is planning an embassy in London on land with a royal past. Residents want King Charles to intervene
[ad_1] London CNN — Residents of an apartment complex that sits on a historic parcel of land opposite the Tower of London want Britain’s King Charles to buy it back, claiming that its current owner, China, will turn it into a hub for shadowy diplomatic activity. The British monarchy sold …
Read More »Kevin Spacey charged with seven more sexual offenses in the UK
[ad_1] London CNN — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with seven more sexual offenses, UK police have said. The 63-year-old actor was charged on Tuesday with a number of sexual offenses against the same man between 2001 and 2004, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement to CNN …
Read More »Energy security trumps the climate? London’s biggest IPO of the year is an oil company
[ad_1] London CNN Business — The world may be losing the fight against the climate crisis, but investors are still willing to throw money at oil and gas companies. That’s one lesson from the initial public offering on Wednesday of Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas producer — …
Read More »The best and worst parts about van life, and one tip before trying it
[ad_1] Bradley Williams “absolutely hated” his first job after graduating from college. The 28-year-old said the office environment wasn’t for him — and he quit in three months. Williams’ girlfriend, Cazzy Magennis, had just finished her degree at the University of Exeter, where they met. While their friends were starting …
Read More »The US and UK, twin bastions of Western stability, are now political basket cases
[ad_1] CNN — Americans and Britons once smugly viewed political uprisings, governing meltdowns and self-defeating errors as the eruptions of unstable countries and immature political systems. No longer. And China and Russia couldn’t be happier. The humiliating resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after just 45 days in power …
Read More »‘Knives Out’ director is revealing the sexuality of Daniel Craig’s character
[ad_1] CNN — The director of “Knives Out” is revealing the sexuality of Daniel Craig’s character in the hit film. Rian Johnson says super sleuth Benoit Blanc, a wacky detective, does have male lovers, Johnson confirmed at a BFI London Film Festival press conference. Johnson was discussing “Glass Onion,” the …
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