Tag: London
Mourners gather for Kelyan Bokassa, 14, who was stabbed on London bus
The teenager, who was fatally attacked in Woolwich, was described as ‘very, very caring’ by his mother Mourners gathered to remember a teenager stabbed to death on a London bus at a church vigil on Wednesday evening. Kelyan Bokassa, 14, was travelling on a 472 bus to Abbey Wood when he was attacked at about…
Boy fatally stabbed on London bus named as Kelyan Bokassa
Fourteen-year-old died after he was stabbed on 472 bus to Abbey Wood in south-east of capital on Tuesday afternoon A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a London bus has been named by his mother as Kelyan Bokassa. Kelyan was travelling on a 472 bus to Abbey Wood when he was attacked at…
Mother pays tribute to son killed on London bus
A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London loved music and cared about the people around him, his mother said in a tearful tribute. Kelyan Bokassa was also kind and good at football, his mother Mary Bokassa told the BBC. He died shortly after being attacked on a 472…
Boy, 14, stabbed to death on London bus
A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death on a double-decker bus in what police have described as “a horrendous crime”. The victim was killed on the 472 bus on Woolwich Church Street near the junction with the A205 South Circular Road in Woolwich, south-east London, at about 14:30 GMT. The teenager died at the…
Filth and frolics – how pointy shoes once caused moral outrage in London
Perhaps one of the oddest moral panics – a fear that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society – was one that arose in medieval times. Fashionable pointy-toed shoes called poulaines were alleged to promote sexual deviancy and, as a resulting sanction from God, were blamed for bringing about the plague. The long points were…
Protesters march in London for release of teenage boy in Dubai jail
Marcus Fakana from north London was convicted of having sex with British girl, now 18, when they were on holiday Protesters have marched through central London calling for the release of a teenager in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old British girl. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham in north London, was jailed last…
It’s time to get serious about stamp duty on shares, a terrible advert for London
The number of listed companies fleeing can’t be ignored – cutting or abolishing the tax could revive the capital market Last year was another depressing one for departures from the London stock market. Back in January, it was Flutter heading for the exit. The owner of Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet got itself a…
London welcomes new year with fireworks as weather cancels events across UK
Tens of thousands attend display in capital while much of the country faces issues with heavy rain and high winds The UK has welcomed 2025 with fireworks and celebrations in London, but many events across the country were cancelled due to bad weather. Tens of thousands of people attended the annual event in the capital,…
Burglar who stole £10m worth of jewellery from London mansion broke in through bathroom window
Police say ‘lone wolf’ in one of Britain’s biggest burglaries escaped with his haul in a rucksack on his back The burglar who stole £10m worth of jewellery in one of Britain’s biggest ever heists broke into a London mansion through a bathroom window and escaped with his haul in a rucksack on his back.…