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The grocer is the first UK brand to use the glasses to film an ad which will appear in Snapchat's walls. The spot was shot in a 115-degree circular format to give a first person viewpoint, and was designed to capture the comforting feeling of huddling road a hot pot of food and diving straight into the saucepan for a taste.

The minute I walked through the doors of that boxing club, that was it. I saw the ring, the bags, the lines on the floor, and I was immediately obsessed. This was going to be my life. I saw boxing as a game of tag. I'm going to hit you and you can't hit me. It took speed and accuracy and I was really good at it.

"This is disgraceful. It's disgusting. And it's not to be tolerated Ofcom has our full support to take action in relation to this."

One commuter based in Islington, North London, wrote on social media: 397 a month council tax and they can't even put a bit of grit in the roads. Death trap out there today. Simon O' Farrell from Richmond added: Disgraceful lack of gritting around Whitton. Roads and pavements icy. People sliding around all over the place. It's winter, it's icy. We pay a fortune for council tax. Get on with it! Atrocious ice in SW London. Main high street almost impossible to walk on. Useless councils, said another. The Councils in London are not even bothered about gritting the roads after a snowy morning. All the pathways and main roads are filled with ice all day. That's a disaster waiting to happen, another added.

Fahri, then 19, received a life sentence in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years for the killing of 16-year-old schoolboy Jimmy Mizen. On 10 May 2008, in a south London bakery, Fahri threw an oven dish at Jimmy, which shattered and severed blood vessels in his neck. Witnesses reported seeing Fahri swaggering from the shop with a smile.

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Metropolitan Police A convicted sex offender who was accidentally released from prison has pleaded guilty to burglary and carrying a knife. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, became the centre of a manhunt in November after he was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth while on remand awaiting trial for the offences. On Tuesday, Kaddour-Cherif appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court and admitted breaking into a garage in Walthamstow, east London and stealing bikes in January 2024.

A body unable to match his will, a team unable to match his ambition and, surely, a screaming sense that he made mistakes when preparing for this challenging but winnable series all adds up to a horrible seven weeks for the England captain. His personal form inevitably buckled and you have to feel a little sympathy for a man more guilty of giving too much rather than too little.

To request tickets, go to the bottom of this page and email your request before the end of February. You can request up to four tickets. IMPORTANT - to make life easier for everyone, when applying for tickets, provide the full name of each applicant, as that's needed for the tickets. An alternative option - and one that comes with rather better seating - is to join the Friends of St George's Chapel, as that includes an opportunity to get tickets to Garter Day.

Both Human Rights Watch and the cross-party law reform organisation Justice say recent legislative changes have created a chilling effect on lawful protest and should be repealed. Their reports, simultaneously published on Thursday, also say that proposals for more curbs should be halted. They highlight the arrest of Republic anti-monarchy protesters during King Charles's coronation, charges and arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators and long sentences for climate protesters as examples of the crackdown on the right to peaceful dissent.

East Midlands Railway is warning that some of its services will close from 8pm this evening (Thursday), and most of its branch lines will be closed on Friday. They expect to run a full service into London on Friday, but are relaxing ticket restrictions for those who want to delay their trip until Saturday. Chiltern Railways says it will run a restricted service from London Marylebone on Friday.

The festive period is often a time of extensive travel disruption in London, with rail operators taking the opportunity to undertake repairs and upgrades while the city has fewer commuters. While the major closures of major stations like Waterloo and Liverpool Street are over, there is more planned disruption to watch out for over the coming days. When it comes to travel disruption, users of the Jubilee, Mildmay and DLR will be among those most impacted by planned changes to timetables.

The District and Metropolitan lines are both dealing with major disruption this morning due to signal failures and faulty trains. There are further delays on the rest of the network, with both Northern and Piccadilly lines part suspended. Elsewhere, the Met Office have issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice that will affect services across the country today, as Storm Goretti approaches.

Detectives probing the case issued a CCTV image of a man they believe may have vital information. The spokesman added: Detectives investigating a sexual assault at Finsbury Park Underground station in December have released this image in connection. Anyone who recognises man is asked to contact police At around 10pm on Friday December 5, a man approached a woman on the platform and sexually assaulted her.

Elsa is a beautiful little girl, a raucous bundle of excitement and laughter. I am pleased to have seen photos of her. I know from reports that she lights up the space around her. She is happy and settled in her new family, as yet unaware of how she differs from other children. Her best chance in life comes with a permanent placement in an alternative family.