The murderer who helped disrupt the London Bridge terror attack by confronting Usman Khan with a narwhal tusk while on day release will see his sentence reduced. Steven Gallant, who was praised for risking his life to stop the attack, has been granted the royal prerogative of mercy, an extremely rare case of absolution for a convicted murderer.

It will become illegal for anyone to pick up and use their mobile phone while driving, under new legislation to be enacted next year. The change will end a loophole that can allow drivers to escape punishment for using a hand-held phone to take a photo or play a game. Mobiles will still be able to be used to pay for a drive-through takeaway. And drivers will still be able to use devices hands-free under the plans, the Department for Transport said.

Two misleading ads for mobile games that bear little relation to the actual product have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ads, for the Homescapes and Gardenscapes games, both come from developer Playrix. They showed a game where users pull pins in a specific order to solve a puzzle - though the actual games had totally different "core gameplay".

A London strip club owner allegedly used hidden cameras to expose licensing breaches at a rival venue in a bid to have it closed down. John McKeown, who owns the SophistiCats lap dancing club on Brewer Street, Soho, is accused of orchestrating a “prolonged covert operation” to expose his competitors. He allegedly used former dancers and a private investigator to cause and expose breaches.

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Saurav Dutt smoked up to six cigarettes a day. The 38-year-old author from London first took up the habit as a way to unwind from college exams. But as the years went by he found that it helped him focus, and it became essential to his writing process.

The government has announced plans to introduce a new law to clamp down on illegal deforestation and protect rainforests by cleaning up the UK’s supply chains. The proposals, published on Tuesday, suggest the introduction of legislation to prohibit larger businesses operating in the UK from using products grown on land that was deforested illegally.

Witnesses have described the moment beachgoers formed a human chain to rescue a man in danger in the sea by the Durdle Door. The incident happened on Thursday, as large waves crashed in around the popular tourist attraction on the Jurassic coast.

Domino's has launched two vegan pizzas in its 1,200 U.K and R.O.I outlets. The nationwide rollout follows a trial in 46 stores earlier this year, which the pizza giant described as 'highly successful'.

The government is planning to “opt out” of parts of the European convention on human rights in order to speed up deportations of asylum seekers and protect British troops serving overseas from legal action. The proposals are being coordinated by Downing Street aides. They are intended to rule out claims in areas where judges have supposedly “overreached” their powers.

Due to booming population, siblings will no longer have the privilege of getting a priority in school places. It has been announced by the Wandsworth council in London that it will be removing the rule that gives an automatic place to the pupil’s brothers and sisters even if the family has moved out

UK based mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse announced that it is planning to launch its own mobile network. The retailer promised an increased contract flexibility and greater access to free data roaming with the best value 4G network in the UK market. The upcoming network by Carphone Warehouse will be called as iD …Share the joy         

Fake mobile towers that scoop up data from passing phones are routinely being used in London, an investigation by Sky News suggests.

The BBC's Paddy O'Connell says that migrants in France are so desperate to get to Britain that they are now trying to swim across the English Channel.

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Any attempts to repeal the Hunting Act would be "deeply unpopular" among the majority of the British public, a new poll has found. The Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports found 84% of the public do not want a return to fox hunting. Opposition to hare hunting and deer hunting was even stronger, at 91% and 88% respectively.

Record collectors have flocked to a derelict Manchester shop where thousands of rare and antique records are being given away for free. Everything from Bob Marley LPs to Jimi Hendrix singles have been discovered within the haul of around 50,000 records in Newton Heath. Haulage collectors clearing out the store have been inundated with collectors and vinyl enthusiasts hoping to pick up something rare.

Anti-terror police were called to a catholic school in Doncaster following threats made against “infidel” pupils on social media. McAuley Catholic High School, in Cantley Lane, was placed on alert on Monday after the school was told “we have our sights set on you”. The message, uploaded to social media sites Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, read: “We have our sights set on you, and by Allah we will kill every single infidel student at this school #McAuleySchoolMassacre.”

A high-profile conspiracy theorist who was found dead in Poland sent a text warning his mother to investigate if anything happened to him. Max Spiers, 39, from Canterbury, was in Warsaw to speak at a conference about his research into extra-terrestrials and alleged government cover-ups. His body was found lying on the sofa of the apartment where he was staying. His mother says she received a text days before his death saying: "Your boy's in trouble. If anything happens to me, investigate."

London property prices are set to fall next year as uncertainty about Britain’s exit from the European Union damps the U.K. housing market, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research. London, and especially the priciest areas of the capital’s housing market, will be most affected, with prices dropping 5.6 percent in 2017, according to the consultancy’s predictions. Across the U.K., while property value growth will accelerate to 6.9 percent in 2016, it’s set to slow to 2.6 percent next year.

Wages for average UK workers are less than they were 12 years ago shocking official figures revealed today. The gender pay gap also remains stubbornly high, data from the Office of National Statistics showed. The median full-time worker is now paid £539 per week (£28,028 a year), less than the £555 per week they earned in 2004, after taking inflation into account. Despite a 1.9 per cent salary increase this year, annual average earnigs in 2016 are still around £1,600 less than their 2009 peak.