Tag: London

Students occupy London university building over Gaza

Students have occupied a building at the London School of Economics (LSE) to protest against what they say are the university’s ties with Israel. The pro-Palestinian activists are calling for the central London university to cut financial ties with the country over its conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Protest encampments have sprung […]

Paul Mescal sits on the front row for Gucci’s glamorous London show

Italian fashion brand Gucci touched down in London, transforming the industrial interior of the Tate Modern into a lush green jungle. It marked creative director Sabato De Sarno’s first cruise show, and brought in a star-studded crowd of celebrities to the front row. De Sarno’s first few collections for Gucci have been met with a […]

Former prisoner given indefinite hospital order for killing Irishman in London

A Hunger Games-obsessed ex-prisoner has been given an indefinite hospital order for the “senseless” killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider five days after his release. Lee Byer was psychotic when he stabbed 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in the neck and chest in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. He later wrote repeatedly about a “Hunger […]

Police hold back rival groups as Gaza protests hit London universities

Police held back crowds of protesters outside University College London (UCL) on Saturday as Israel-supporting demonstrators faced off with a pro-Palestine crowd. The counter-protest came in response to a pro-Palestine encampment that has been set up at the university’s campus in Bloomsbury, London. UCL students have pitched tents near the main campus building to show […]