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Why is London called London? How the capital got its name

So much so that the word London has practically lost its meaning and now stands as another word amongst the great many. Yet beyond the word that is the name of the capital, there is a lot more to it. Once upon a time, a group of people ha

Loo rolls go up in smoke in fire on A49 in Herefordshire

Firefighters from Leominster were called to the blaze, which involved a lorry, on the A49 north of Leominster this morning (December 2). The two crews from Leominster were joined at the scene by firefighters from Kingsland. ALSO REA

The Charity Organisation Creating Passion for Music

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Thugs guilty of kidnap, torture and murder of DJ Koray Alpergin

Mr Alpergin and his girlfriend Gozde Dalbudak were snatched as they returned home from an Italian restaurant in Mayfair last October. They were taken to an empty wine bar near Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where 43-year-old Mr Alpergin was sai

South London’s top schools revealed in The Sunday Times list

The anticipated list comes as the UK’s highest-achieving secondary schools have been ranked by the first true set of post-pandemic examination results in the 31st edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide. The guide is widely acknowledg

Herefordshire to get funding for greener farms programme

The Wyescapes Landscape Recovery project, which aims to restore and enhance water quality in the county’s rivers, boost biodiversity and sequester carbon while enabling sustainable food production, is among 34 projects sharing £25 million from

Santa Claus is coming to Sutton this Christmas

Santa’s Sleigh is an interactive experience where Santa visits roads all across the town for children to meet Santa at their doorstep instead of at a grotto. The experience will begin from 6pm, and residents will be able to use the Santa Tra

Royal Mail creates singing postboxes for Christmas in London

The postal service has created special festive postboxes that sing to customers. Appearing in London, the Royal Mail will also be popping up across Swansea, Glasgow and Belfast. The red and gold coloured postboxes, decorated with snowm

Drugs and weapons arrests in Widemarsh Street, Hereford

Dogs sniff out dangerous Japanese Knotweed on M25

Known for its aggressive growth and resilience, Japanese knotweed can shoot to over 2.1m high, suppressing all other plant growth. National Highways called on three sniffer dogs – Fenix the Dutch Shepherd, Spaniels Nica, and Nettle – to ro

TfL announces ‘no service' on certain London buses

The strike by RATP Dev Transit and TfL has announced that routes 13, 23, 28, 218, 295, 414, 452, and N28 will be affected. From 5am on strike days little or no service is expected on the affected routes, including night services. A normal

Leominster's community bakery plan takes step closer

The move comes in the wake of the advertised sale of the Central Bakery, Leominster's only independent bakery, which has prompted the LARC Development Trust, formerly the Leominster Area Regeneration Company, to step in. A meeting last night (

All of the south London criminals wanted on recall to prison

Their photos and information have been shared across various X, or Twitter, accounts run by the Metropolitan Police. Two men are wanted on recall to prison who were last seen in Croydon, Lee Randall and Andrew Mohamed. There are also two c

Best streets to live on in London named by the Telegraph

But now the best 50 in the UK have officially been named and six London streets have made the list. The list was created by The Telegraph alongside estate agent Knight Frank, who looked at the difference between house prices on the streets co