Lacazette joined Arsenal from Lyon in 2017 Arsenal are taking a report striker Alexandre Lacazette inhaled nitrous oxide from a balloon “seriously”. An article in the Daily Star showed the France striker pictured with a balloon in his mouth and he is said to have sent a video to friends. An Arsenal spokesperson added that […]
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Image copyright Nad Nazir Image caption Some 20 fire crews are tackling the blaze in Barking A huge fire has broken out at warehouses in east London. Plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing across London from the site of the blaze in Barking. Nad Nazir, who lives nearby, was out walking when he […]
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Alli has 37 England caps and was part of his country’s squad at the 2018 World Cup in Russia Tottenham and England midfielder Dele Alli was held at knifepoint during a burglary in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Two men broke into the 24-year-old’s house in north London, where he is spending lockdown with […]
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Ian Wright was Arsenal’s record goalscorer with 185 until he was surpassed by Thierry Henry Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright says he is “fighting this all the way” after being sent “humiliating” and “dehumanising” racist abuse on social media. Wright, 56, tweeted a series of screengrabs of the offensive messages he received from […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Danny Pearce died of a stab wound, a post-mortem examination found A man has been charged with the murder of 31-year-old who was stabbed to death almost three years ago. Danny Pearce was attacked while walking on King William Walk, Greenwich, south-east London, on 15 July 2017. A post-mortem […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Black men and women are nearly twice as likely to die with coronavirus as white people in England and Wales, according to the Office for National Statistics. The analysis shows the inequality persists after taking into account age, where people live and some measures of deprivation and prior health. People from […]
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Image copyright NHS Image caption Jermaine Wright worked as a senior pharmacy technician in the aseptic unit at Hammersmith Hospital A “driving force” behind London’s amateur football scene has died after contracting coronavirus. Jermaine Wright, 45, was known as Mr Hackney Marshes due to his involvement with the famous Sunday League pitches in north-east London. […]
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Image caption The incident happened at a property in Kerry Drive, Upminster Two teenage boys have been arrested after an 11-year-old boy was shot in east London. The child sustained potentially life-changing injuries at a property in Upminster on Friday and his father, in his 40s, suffered cuts to his head. Police said the homeowner […]
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Image copyright Marius Zarnescu Image caption Mohammed Abdullah Al Araimi was stabbed in Knightsbridge near Harrods A man has denied murdering a student outside the Harrods department store in Knightsbridge. Badir Rahim Alnazi, 23, is accused of attacking 20-year-old Mohamed Abdullah Al Araimi on 5 December last year. Mr Al Araimi had been walking with […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Pavinya Nithiyakumar (left) and three-year-old Nigish Nithiyakumar were killed on Sunday A man has been arrested after a one-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy were stabbed to death in east London. Pavinya Nithiyakumar, aged 19 months, and three-year-old Nigish Nithiyakumar, were both found with stab wounds in Aldborough Road […]
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