The creators of the stunning ceramic poppies display which engulfed the Tower of London have received New Year Honours awards. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/new-year-honours-for-tower-of-london-poppies-duo-joan-collins-and-john-hurt-9951239.html
The screening process for Ebola is being reviewed after a nurse with the virus was allowed to leave Heathrow Airport despite being tested. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/screening-process-for-ebola-under-review-after-nurse-with-virus-travels-through-heathrow-9951291.html
New Year’s Eve revellers will be able to take advantage of free travel on the London Underground, buses and trains from this evening. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/free-travel-for-new-years-eve-revellers-9951362.html
A photojournalist plans to lodge a complaint about police behaviour following his arrest for trying to gather images using a drone. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/photojournalist-plans-to-lodge-police-complaint-following-arrest-for-using-drone-9951669.html
After putting on such a stunning display in the latest Chanel no.5 film, it is no surprise that Gisele Bundchen has once again been chosen to face the brand for its Spring 2015 print campaign. http://www.standard.co.uk/fashion/news/barefoot-in-paris-gisele-bundchen-wanders-the-parisian-streets-for-chanels-latest-ad-campaign-9949855.html
The huge, rectangular box lands with a thump. Two minutes later colleagues scramble around my desk. “Oohs!” and “aahs!” and a collective “mmm” follow. http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/hamming-it-up-londons-best-restaurants-for-jamon-9941617.html
Traditionally, the only people left in central London on Christmas Day are dozens of enterprising photographers waiting for each other to move out of the way so they can get the perfect shot of an “eerily deserted” Oxford Street. http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/techugees-in-crimbo-limbo-the-startup-workers-and-assorted-media-mates-who-wont-be-home-for-christmas-9943901.html
Police are “urgently” hunting for a mother and her newborn baby daughter who went missing from a maternity hospital last night. Charlotte Bevan, 30, left Bristol Maternity Hospital between 8.30pm and 9pm with her four-day-old baby girl, … http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/03/missing-mother-newborn-baby_n_6259862.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Wary neighbours, police watches and food left outside the house — the lot of the families quarantined due to Ebola in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is a mix of ostracism and excruciating boredom. Amasoula Kagome, 19, knows the pain of Ebola only too well. http://news.yahoo.com/families-ebola-hit-leone-face-long-wait-freedom-230932447.html
British authorities overnight arrested four men for suspected terrorism, police said on Friday, adding to the scores that have been rounded up in recent months as part of efforts to prevent homegrown attacks. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/07/world/europe/uk-terror-arrests/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
American drivers across the country are rejoicing at falling gasoline prices, but there’s a downside, writes Sharon Burke http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/07/opinion/burke-low-oil-prices-instability/index.html?hpt=hp_t5
Lindsay Lohan was certainly shining after her performance in the West End’s Speed the Plow last night. http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/star-of-the-night-lindsay-lohan-shines-at-after-party-for-speed-the-plow-9771889.html
The BBC was today forced into a humiliating apology after a Question Time discussion about the murder of Alice Gross was branded “insensitive and horrible” by her grieving sister. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bbc-sorry-alice-gross-sister-insensitive-horrible-question-time-debate-9771633.html
Lindsay Lohan was certainly shining after her performance in the West End’s Speed the Plow last night. http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/star-of-the-night-lindsay-lohan-shines-at-after-party-for-speed-the-plow-9771889.html
The possibility of a mansion tax will influence prices as the election nears http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/property/prices-investment/article4224462.ece
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for more than eight years after raping an 11-year-old girl in Croydon he had befriended as she went to visit a relative. http://www.london24.com/news/crime/man_jailed_for_raping_11_year_old_girl_in_croydon_1_3794336
Increasing insurance benefits increases access to private care, which has become a necessity in Canada. Those wanting psychological treatments must either choose between public care (ex: psychologist in a hospital) or private care (ex: psychologist i… http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/roger-covin/canada-healthcare-cbt_b_5916462.html
Conservatives are again accusing Justin Trudeau of not taking an international crisis seriously after the Liberal leader made a joke Thursday about Prime Minister Stephen Harper trying to “whip out our CF-18s” just to show how big they are…. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/02/trudeau-whip-out-jason-kenney-rob-nicholson_n_5922798.html
The Ontario Provincial government is working on their promise to allow municipalities to use Ranked Ballots in the 2018 elections ‘as an option’ which would be a timid step in the right direction. However, Toronto Mayoral lead Candidate John Tory is … http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/michael-d-nicula/canada-democracy_b_5918208.html
VANCOUVER – The Asian owners of Grande Cache Coal have signed a deal to sell a controlling interest in the Canadian coal mine for just to Up Energy Development Group Ltd., a Chinese company.Marubeni of Japan and Hong Kong-listed Winsway Coking Coa… http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/01/grande-cache-coal_n_5913986.html
This might be the best form of birth control to hit the market yet — because nobody will have sex with you if you wear it. The Scroguard is essentially a girdle made of latex that, when paired with a condom, “reduces skin-to-skin contact&quo… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/scroguard-scrotal-condom_n_5921372.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&ir=UK
Picture the scene. You ride a motorbike – and you also like to indulge in a little bodypopping. So next time you find yourself waiting at the lights, what are you going to do? Check out this guy who was filmed entertaining himself – and other r… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/02/motorcyclist-robot-dance_n_5919028.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
The man set to be in charge of digital rights in Europe has refused to apologise for implying female celebrities were to blame after huge quantities of private nude images were stolen and leaked online. Günther Oettinger said the stars inclu… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/02/celebrity-nude-selfies-eu-head-of-digital_n_5919122.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Luxy might just be the worst thing to ever happen to online dating. While on the surface it may just look like a posh version of Tinder it’s much much worse. For starters it’s described as ‘Tinder, minus the riff-raff’. Secondly the app’s founder… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/02/luxy-app-iphone-rich-people_n_5918994.html?utm_hp_ref=uk