Police cordon around London Uber office as drivers protest at “slave labour”
Dozens of police in riot vans were forced to blockade the entrance to the glass skyrise where the company is based, in Aldgate, amid fears of violence.
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Seventh East London school closed due to spiders, though there’s bad news too:
Eastlea Community School is set to become the seventh east London school to close due to being infested by Britain's most dangerous spiders - the False Widow
Homeless deaths investigation begs the question “what have we become?”
John Simpson has questioned what Britain has become following a shocking investigation that revealed there has been a soaring number of homeless deaths in the UK over the last 12 months. The journalist and author took to social media to lament “deeply shameful” statistics that show at least 449 homeless ...
Watch the most hilarious response to Tory MP’s request for video editor to work for no pay
“If the unpaid time I spent working on this film manages to raise Ben Bradley MP’s profile on social media, then it will have been unpaid time well spent.”
Traditional chippy has gone completely vegan & is selling ‘fish’ made out of BANANAS
Sutton and Sons, a traditional Cockney chippy, has relaunched their shop and reckon they are the capital's first vegan chippy.
Only 12 years left to save the planet from catastrophe
Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut almost in half by 2030 to avert global environmental catastrophe, says a damning UN report. The landmark UN document has concluded that if we don’t drastically cut Greenhouse emissions, then the earth will see the disappearance of Arctic Ice, loss of all coral reefs and the ...
Pamela Anderson blasts Gordon Ramsay for “cruelly” selling foie gras in his restaurants
The 51-year-old vegan actress has written a letter to the TV chef urging him to stop selling the posh dish at his fine dining establishments.
Intimidating posters in UK airports threaten to “keep out people who have no right to enter”
The Home Office has been criticised for erecting “intimidating and hostile” posters in UK airports that warn arrivals that checks will be carried out on all arriving passengers “to keep out people who have no right to enter”. A series of people took to social media this week to flag ...
Observer caught in social media storm after veering to the right with May op ed
The Observer is today facing a social media backlash after running an op ed from Conservative leader Theresa May that appears to mark a notable change in their political persuasion. Once revered as one of the few remaining mainstream newspaper outlets for Labour voters the rare editorial feature from May ...