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
It has been a busy Christmas shopping season — but will it have been a profitable one for retailers? We are in a completely different environment to 10 years ago. Just as Lloyds Bank’s consumer spending power index reached a new high for November, a report by GfK market research found consumer confidence at […]
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
The French reacted with anger today after a senior John Lewis executive described their country as “hopeless and downbeat”, saying that even the food and wine was better in London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/the-french-hit-back-after-john-lewis-chief-said-their-country-was-hopeless-9772469.html
A church-going mother-of-two has been uncovered as one of the internet ‘trolls’ who bombarded the family of Madeleine McCann with vile abuse http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4225487.ece
President Obama has turned out to be another failed big government president, who put America into a new war, spied on its own citizens, and made a disastrous health care reform, Executive Director of the Libertarian Party Carla Howell told RT. http://rt.com/op-edge/192484-obama-policy-war-us-public/
A man who filmed himself raping his wife has been jailed for 13 years. The 26-year-old from Tower Hamlets in east London was so confident he would never get caught, he recorded the rape on his wife's mobile phone, and gave it back to her. http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2014-10-01/man-who-filming-himself-while-raping-his-wife-is-jailed/
An ex-professor at UCL who operated a private sperm bank and fathered more than 50 children has avoided jail despite being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who came to him looking for a donor. http://www.london24.com/news/crime/scientist_who_ran_his_own_private_sperm_bank_avoids_jail_despite_sexually_assaulting_woman_1_3789666
The teenage knifeman who killed a young man with a mental age of nine in a street mugging was jailed for at least 15 years at the Old Bailey today. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/teenage-knifeman-who-killed-young-man-with-mental-age-of-nine-is-jailed-for-15-years-9770435.html
A crime boss who vanished abroad owing taxpayers £14 million has been extradited back to Britain and jailed after a tip-off prompted by coverage in the Evening Standard. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/mr-big-who-owes-14m-is-back-in-british-jail-thanks-to-the-standard-9769674.html
The family of a London student believed to have travelled to Syria to join Islamic State militants fear she is in “great danger.” http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/family-fear-london-girl-who-fled-to-syria-to-join-islamists-is-in-great-danger-9769087.html
If there’s one thing we should have learned over the past 13 years of war, it’s that war is good business for those in the business of war. Unfortunately, while profits for the Pentagon’s contractors increase, so does the cost to taxpayers in billion… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-hartung/who-will-profit-from-the_b_5915794.html
Forget about Valentine’s Day — Halloween is the best time of year to be coupled up. Why? Because you and your boo can rock the hell out of a two-person costume. Below, we’ve rounded up 18 clever couples costumes that we encourage you to steal. … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/halloween-costumes-for-couples_n_5915288.html
The lawmaker who told Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) not to “lose too much weight now” because “I like my girls chubby” was the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the New York Times reports. Gillibrand shared that eyebrow-ra… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/kirsten-gillibrand-daniel-inouye_n_5860542.html
Many of our readers who tied the knot this weekend managed to incorporate gorgeous florals into their nuptials, from flower crowns to adorable flower girls. Check out their pics and more in this week’s real weddings round up! If you go to… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/real-weddings_n_5863390.html
Over half of teachers who recently left the classroom reported better working conditions and more autonomy at their new jobs, according to a survey released this month. The National Center for Education Statistics survey looked at how many teacher… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/teachers-leaving-survey-nces_n_5837518.html
A Georgia police officer killed a handcuffed and armed man Thursday, a shooting the city’s mayor says left “a community with many questions.” http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/18/us/savannah-georgia-police-shooting/index.html?hpt=us_c2
A Zambian computer tablet — known as the ZEduPad — is trying to open up the country’s information highway. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/19/business/who-needs-textbooks-zambian-ipad-school/index.html?hpt=ibu_bn5
Shame on the plane! Photos of passengers behaving badly. Jeanne Moos reports on bare bellies and bare feet at 30,000 feet. http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2014/09/17/erin-pkg-moos-passenger-shaming.cnn.html?hpt=travel_hp_blogroll