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☆ London Hospitals Face Major Disruptions After Cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Several major hospitals in London have been crippled by a cyberattack, Britain’s National Health Service said, causing surgical procedures to be canceled, disrupting blood transfusions and forcing patients to be diverted. A ransomware cyberattack on Synnovis, an organization that manages blood transfusions and other services, on Monday had significantly disrupted the delivery of services at King’s College and Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospital trusts, which run several major hospitals. The attack has also caused disruptions to primary care offices in southeast London. Mark Dollar, the chief executive of Synnovis, said on Tuesday that the company was working to understand the impact of the attack on its pathology services and to minimize disruption. “It is still early days and we are trying to understand exactly what has happened,” he said in a statement.

Persons: Thomas ’, Mark Dollar, ” Organizations: National Health Service, King’s College, Guy’s Locations: London, St

☆ Julian Assange’s mission was to change the world - but at what cost?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Claudia Rebaza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Julian Assange leaves a Melbourne court after facing charges of computer hacking in 1995. WikiLeaks/ReutersUnder a global spotlightAs WikiLeaks continued its disclosures, Assange found himself the latest cause célèbre – his every movement intensely scrutinized. … He liked the fuss that (the disclosures) caused but he was oddly incurious actually about the documents.”Others offer alternative explanations for Assange’s eccentricities. There were mounting calls for Assange to leave WikiLeaks and, when he didn’t, many cut ties with it. Outside the confines of his diplomatic shelter, the world questioned whether Assange was trying to circumvent justice.

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☆ $1 Million Homes in London
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Marcelle Sussman Fischler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nunhead Green | £795,000 ($1.01 million)A semi-attached, renovated two-bedroom, one-bath Victorian cottage with a contemporary interior and front and rear gardens. The London skyline is visible from the parklike Nunhead Cemetery. Neighboring Peckham Rye has an expansive park and common area with a Japanese garden, sports facilities, cafes, bars, restaurants and shops. From the Peckham Rye station, rail service takes ten minutes to London Bridge and 15 minutes to Victoria. A built-in white sink with a high arc brass faucet and the refrigerator are at the far end.

Organizations: Conservation, London Bridge Locations: Southeast, London, Peckham Rye, Victoria, bookshelves

☆ London Bids Farewell, for Now, to a Beloved, Overstuffed Walrus
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Southeast London has temporarily lost one of its most famous residents: a giant taxidermy walrus that has been on display for more than a century. For most of the past 120 years, the walrus has sat in the middle of the Natural History Gallery at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. The museum displays the collection of Frederick Horniman, a wealthy tea trader who lived in Victorian England. The collection will include more context about how Mr. Horniman came to own the walrus. The museum’s website notes that Mr. Horniman’s wealth was “reliant on the exploitation of people living in the British Empire.”

Persons: Frederick Horniman, —, Louis Buckley, Horniman, ” Organizations: Horniman, Gardens Locations: London, Victorian England, British

☆ ‘Beginning of the End’ as Assange Case Returns to Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Since 2019, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been held in a high security prison in southeast London while his lawyers fight a U.S. extradition order. Now, that particular battle may be nearing its end. On Tuesday, Mr. Assange’s case returned to a British court for a two-day hearing that will determine whether he has exhausted his right to appeal within the U.K. and whether he could be one step closer to being sent to the United States. Image Julian Assange leaving Westminster Magistrates Court in London in 2020. A High Court hearing this week will determine whether he has exhausted his right to appeal in the U.K. Credit... Henry Nicholls/ReutersMr. Assange did not appear before the court, declining to attend virtually because of ill health, according to his lawyers, but dozens of protesters gathered outside, demanding his release.

Persons: Julian Assange, Assange’s, Henry Nicholls, Assange Organizations: WikiLeaks, Court, Credit, Reuters Locations: London, U.S, United States, Westminster

☆ London police fatally shoot man allegedly armed with a crossbow
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Police in the British capital shot dead a man who was reportedly trying to enter a property armed with a crossbow in the early hours of Tuesday, according to a statement. The man, who police say is thought to be in his 30s, “was threatening to harm residents inside the address,” reads the statement. Lucy North/Press Association/AP“Local officers attended and attempted to speak to the man but, after being threatened, armed officers were called and quickly attended the scene,” added police. “The man had got inside the property, and a police firearm was discharged,” continues the statement. Police and paramedics provided first aid but the man died at the scene, said police, adding that two people at the address suffered minor injuries.

Persons: “, Lucy North, ”, Seb Adjei Organizations: London CNN — Police, city’s Metropolitan Police, Press Association, AP “ Local, Police, Independent Office, Metropolitan Police Locations: Bywater, London, city’s, Southwark, England, Wales

☆ Adidas tests upper limit of running market with $500 shoe
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Helen Reid | Thomson Reuters | London-Based Reporter Covering The European Retail Sector Through A Global Lens. Focusing On Companies Including Adidas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Adidas, its bigger rival Nike and other sports brands, have been locked in a "supershoe" war for years, since the first running shoes containing a thick, shock-absorbing foam and carbon fibre plate helping athletes run more efficiently, were released. At $500 a pair, the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 cost $225 more than Nike's equivalent Alphafly 2, raising the question of how many amateur runners will swallow the extra cost. "The price tag is just insane," said Harry Swinhoe, founder of Grove Lane Runners, an amateur running club in southeast London. "This is a shoe optimized for speed, versus durability," Adidas said. Assefa broke the world record by more than 2 minutes to finish in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.

Persons: Ethiopia's Tigist, Harry Swinhoe, Bjorn Gulden, Assefa, Helen Reid, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Adidas, Nike, Evo, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Lane, London

But in Australia, relative newcomers to the game’s big leagues, the arrival of the world’s best women’s players has left old and new fans starry-eyed with possibility. Despite placing fourth – the team’s best finish at a World Cup – the ability of relative outsiders to make it that far has elevated Australia’s Matildas to hero status. Fans cheer Spain's victory while watching a live transmission of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Madrid. Australia fans celebrate at Melbourne's Federation Square after the Matildas scored the opening goal in their FIFA World Cup round-of-16 match against Denmark on August 7. It’s not just football, it’s different.”Spain's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2023 Women's World Cup.

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☆ Sinéad O'Connor: Irish singer's death not treated as suspicious, London police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor was found unresponsive by police and pronounced dead at a residential address in Southeast London on Wednesday, London’s Metropolitan Police said, who added they are not treating the death as suspicious. “Police were called at 11:18hrs on Wednesday, 26 July to reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address in the SE24 area,” the police statement read. A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been notified. The death is not being treated as suspicious.”This is a developing story, more to follow.

Persons: Sinéad O’Connor, “ Organizations: CNN, London’s Metropolitan Police, Police Locations: Southeast London

☆ Sinead O’Connor’s Death Is Not Suspicious, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Alex Marshall | More About Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sinead O’Connor was found dead in a private home in London, the city’s police said on Thursday, a day after the provocative Irish singer’s death was announced. While few details have been released about the death, the police said that it was not being treated as suspicious. Ms. O’Connor, best known for her rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” was 56. Her family confirmed Ms. O’Connor’s death in a short statement. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead,” the statement said.

Persons: Sinead O’Connor, O’Connor, ”, O’Connor’s, Sinead, “, Ms Locations: London

☆ Stephen Lawrence: New suspect named in racist murder of Black British teenager
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —A new suspect has been named in the racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in southeast London over 30 years ago. The statement, issued in response to a BBC investigation released Monday into the Met’s mishandling of key inquiries, added that too many “mistakes” were made in the initial investigation of the murder. Two men were sentenced to life in jail in 2012 for the murder, but “three or four other killers of Stephen Lawrence (are) at large,” according to the statement from the Met’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward. Lawrence, an 18-year-old architecture student, was fatally stabbed at a bus stop by a gang of youths in April 1993. He died in August 2021, months before the police declared the murder investigation inactive and said there were no further lines of inquiry.

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☆ A Fight to Improve London’s Air Quality, One Vehicle at a Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Farah Nayeri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nick Arlett is a retired builder living in West Wickham, southeast London, and he owns a Renault Trafic van that runs on diesel fuel. If Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, gets his way, Mr. Arlett will soon have to pay about $16 a day to drive his vehicle in the city — an amount Mr. Arlett says he can’t afford. That’s because on Aug. 29, Mr. Khan plans to extend London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to every borough of the capital in an effort to improve air quality and prevent illnesses and deaths caused by air pollution. To stop the measure from going through, Mr. Arlett is leading a campaign called “Action Against ULEZ Extension” with some 30,000 members. “I would absolutely be immobilized,” said Mr. Arlett in a phone interview about the ULEZ expansion.

Persons: Nick Arlett, Sadiq Khan, Arlett, Khan, “, ”, Mr Organizations: Renault Locations: West Wickham, London

☆ A blind man is suing 3 rail companies after he fell onto the tracks just before a train arrived
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A blind man is suing three rail companies after he fell onto the tracks at a station in England. A blind man is suing a railway company and two train operators after falling onto railway tracks in England. He said the lack of tactile paving at the train station meant he wasn't alerted to the platform edge. Charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People said last year that 40% of major rail stations in the UK lacked tactile paving. A jury found that the lack of tactile paving "more than minimally" contributed to his death, Metro reported.

Persons: Abdul Eneser, He's, Eneser, it's, Cleveland Gervais Organizations: Morning, Manchester Piccadilly, Network Rail, Northern Rail, Guardian, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Metro Locations: England, Avanti West Coast, Eden, London

London CNN —A High Court judge in London has denied Julian Assange permission to appeal an order to extradite him to the United States, where he faces criminal charges under the Espionage Act. A London court issued a formal extradition order to send the Australian to the US in April last year; it was rubber-stamped by the UK government two months later. In January 2021, a UK judge rejected a request from the US to extradite Assange, ruling that such a move would be “oppressive” to his mental health. Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office described the latest court decision as “disappointing.” It said allowing the extradition “would set a dangerous precedent, threatening all our rights to freedom of expression” in a Twitter post. The reaction was similar from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) which said it was “deeply concerned” by the High Court decision against Assange which brings him “dangerously close” to being extradited.

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☆ A Black teen’s murder sparked a crisis over racism in British policing. Thirty years on, little has changed
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Katie Polglase Sarah El Sirgany Ivana Kottasová Martin Bourke Oscar Featherstone | Katie Polglase | Sarah El Sirgany | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

His killing and the subsequent failure of the London Metropolitan Police Service to properly investigate the crime sparked a national outcry. Within days of his killing at a bus stop in southeast London, five White teens were identified as being involved. It took years of campaigning by the Lawrence family — and public support from the likes of Nelson Mandela and the national press — to get the investigation moving. While an initial investigation by then-police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission cleared the police of any wrongdoing, the Rigg family kept fighting. Matthew Brealey/CNNFinding peaceAs the Lawrence family and their supporters mark the 30th anniversary of Stephen’s killing, they are still fighting for his killers to face justice.

☆ An artist struggling to pay rent turned a dumpster into a tiny home for $4,800
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Harrison Marshall converted a dumpster into a tiny home and moved in last month. The artist came up with the idea after struggling to find a home he could afford to rent in London. The project cost $4,800 and has a mezzanine bed, sink, and kitchen area – but no bathroom. The 28-year-old came up with the idea of converting a dumpster, which are called "skips" in Britain, into a tiny home. They are a common sight outside renovation projects, for example, and can easily be moved to another location if desired.

☆ Shoppers scrambled to grab the Prime energy drink promoted by YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI at Aldi, leaving shelves bare
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Aldi says it's sold out of Prime just one day after it started selling the energy drink. "It's not a nice drink at all," one shopper who bought the drink for his son told Insider. Leat told Insider he had followed KSI for a long time, "so I wanted to see for myself if his product lived up to the hype." Sam Kinsella, a landscape gardener from Bedfordshire, told Insider that he'd bought it because his son had seen it on TikTok. Jake Dickinson, a motor factory manager from Lincoln, told Insider that some flavors were better than others.

☆ Struggling to afford heating bills, Britons turn to 'warm banks' to keep out the cold
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jeevan Ravindran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The 52-year-old, who works as a healthcare assistant in Britain's National Health Service (NHS), is among those who are turning to 'warm banks' - designated spaces where people can go if they cannot afford to turn on their heating at home. When they get cold, Obomese said, they wrap up in their coats or sit on the sofa with blankets. CHRISTMAS STRUGGLES"It's really hard to see them like 'but mummy, I'm cold, I'm cold,'" Obomese said, speaking during a cold snap that led to heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. Even though warm banks are providing a refuge for those otherwise trapped in cold homes, library manager Amy Jackson says there is still a stigma attached to using them. She added that it was "such a shame that warm banks actually have to exist in this day and age," and that the service was being used by a wide range of people, including people sleeping rough.

☆ Meet the Black women pushing for equality in swimming
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-30 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Many Black communities in Britain and the US do not have safe access to swimming lessons and public pools due to historic racism and segregation, a problem that is especially alarming given that, as southeast London-based swimming teacher Omie Dale says, it is "the only sport that can save your life." Source: CNN

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