Brooke Davies | News reporter

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Fears new Penthouse strip club will rekindle Soho’s ‘seedy’ reputation

UK February 27, 2025 By John Dunne

Three people stabbed at £15,000,000 mansion where Bonnie Blue filmed sex party

UK February 25, 2025 By Brooke Davies

TD80DM London, UK. Thursday, 13 June, 2019, Two Door Cinema Club performing on stage at PRYZM in Kingston, London. Photo: Roger Garfield/Alamy Live News

Iconic lost London nightclub could reopen in £3,000,000 revamp

UK February 25, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Theft of 300-year-old rare violin from London pub leaves musician in limbo

UK February 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Elijah and Marley Thomas,A mother today (thurs) denied murdering her two young sons after their bodies were found by their father when he forced his way into the home. Kara Alexander, 45, allegedly killed two-year-old Elijah Thomas and Marley Thomas, five, on or before 16 December last year. The father attended the address in Dagenham, east London, that day and Alexander told him the children were upstairs sleeping, but when he went to check he found them dead. She appeared at the Old Bailey today (thurs) wearing a white jacket and denied two counts of murder. Central News

Mum murdered her two young children who were found dead by their dad

UK February 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Machete gang raid RAF hero's home and flee with pet dog and £20,000

UK February 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies

What can be done about London buskers blasting out Sweet Caroline on repeat?

UK February 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies

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Trains to major London airport to be cancelled for five weeks

UK February 21, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Fresh clues emerge in search for missing British journalist Charlotte Peet

UK February 20, 2025 By Brooke Davies

People boarding a busy Tube London Underground train carriage.

Delays on London Underground line after trespasser on tracks

UK February 19, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Woman charged in connection with 1978 death of child Janice Nix, 66 (26.08.58), of Rodenhurst Road, SW4, was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Tuesday, 18 February, following the death of Andrea Bernard. Ashley Road, Thornton Heath

Woman, 66, charged with killing five-year-old girl nearly 50 years ago

UK February 18, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Organiser Tony Swann. Hampstead, London, 14th February 2025. Release date - February 16, 2025. A life drawing class has been kicked out of its home of over 30 years after being told they can only stay if their models are fully clothed. Organisers of the life drawing classes at the Hampstead Community Centre in North London have likened the move to those imposed by Islamic militant group the Taliban.

Life drawing tutor says community centre is like Taliban after nude models ban

UK February 18, 2025 By Brooke Davies

$Story From Jam Press (Expensive Parking Space) Pictured: The ?165,000 parking space is based in St Leonard?s Terrace, Chelsea, west London. Posh ?165,000 parking space on sale in capital? for same price as average home in UK?s cheapest town A posh parking space has gone on sale in the capital, for the same price as the average home in the cheapest town in the UK. The bay is being sold for ?165,000 and is a gated lot. It has pipes and cables running over the top and a big pillar to one side. As well as the huge asking price, there is also ?850 of an annual service charge to pay. It does come with a store room and a port is on hand too. It is based in St Leonard?s Terrace, Chelsea, west London. Most properties in the exclusive street cost around ?2.3million. But the parking space, which can also be rented for ? 8,500 a year, is the cost of the average house in Barrow-in-Furness. Last month, it was revealed as the most affordable place to live in Britain. The cost of a home in the town is just a fraction of the cost of the parking spot, which is ?167,000. But properties do sell there for as little as ?33,000, the same as five of the bays. The parking space is being sold by Nicholas Von Patrick estate agents and advertised on Rightmove. The listing reads: ?Gated covered car park. ?Single space for sale, ?165,000 or ?8,500 per annum. ?Leasehold expires in 2977, approximately 953 years remaining. ?Service charge approximately ?850 per annum. ?Each space includes a store room, porter.? Last January, a parking space was sold in Knightsbridge, west London for ?90,000. But the bay was too narrow for most cars, as reported by Luxury Property News. ENDS$