WIRELESS FACES SERIOUS BACKLASH FOR HEADLINING KANYE WEST FOLLOWING ANTISEMITISM CONTROVERSY

Lime has introduced a new smaller e bike designed to be easier to ride, with features aimed at making cycling more accessible for women. The updated bikes will launch in Oxford and Milton Keynes first, before arriving in London next month.

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in the UK for a historic state visit, the first of its kind by a Nigerian leader in nearly four decades. The trip is expected to focus on strengthening ties between the two countries through discussions around trade, security and investment.

Harman Singh Kapoor, the owner of an Indian restaurant in London, faced a crowd of unhappy protesters after he publicly refused to sell halal food and made derogatory comments on Muslims.

An uninsured driver who killed four-year-old Mayar Yahia after making a “split-second decision” to overtake a vehicle has been jailed. Yahia was returning from Eid celebrations with her family on the evening of April 14, 2024, when she was struck by 23-year-old Javonnie Tavener on the pavement of Upper Highgate Street.

For Black Women UK are highlighting a worrying trend in the UK, where too many Black women reported missing are later found in rivers, lakes or other bodies of water. The organisation says families deserve transparency, media attention and urgent action, while public awareness could help prevent further tragedies and ensure missing women are treated with equal urgency.

A pensioner couple have admitted racially aggravated assault after a video of them abusing an NHS nurse in a Yorkshire park went viral, with the incident sparking shock online and prompting police action. The couple, both in their seventies, appeared at a magistrates’ court where they pleaded guilty to racially aggravated charges relating to abuse captured on social media last August.

A coroner has ruled that a young mother died from sepsis after medical failings within the NHS led to her being prescribed the wrong antibiotics during a worsening infection. Aleisha Rochester, 33, a bank cashier from Croydon, died in August 2023, two weeks after undergoing what was expected to be a routine procedure to remove an abscess from her left armpit.

A married couple have admitted carrying out a racially aggravated assault after a confrontation with a healthcare worker in a public park was widely shared online. Fyona Bairstow, 72, and Michael Bairstow, 77, admitted the offence during a hearing at Bradford Magistrates' Court. The incident took place at Manor Heath Park on 28 August last year and involved Apple Moorhouse, who challenged the couple about their dog not being kept on a lead.

The Bank of England has announced a major design shift for the next series of UK banknotes, revealing that traditional portraits of famous historical figures will be replaced with images of British wildlife. The move ends more than 50 years of featuring prominent individuals such as William Shakespeare, Sir Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Jane Austen.