News about Ken Livingstone

This morning, a second London bus burst into flames, completely destructing it just 24 hours after an electric double decker explosion on the school bus. Onlookers yelled "what the f***" as they were told to'move back, get back'. At the junction of Factory Road and Store Road, a video showed the bus ablaze before dawn, but later photographs taken in daylight revealed the bus's burnt-out shell. On route 200 in Wimbledon, south west London, a massive explosion ripped off the back of an Optare Metrodecker bus at 7.20 a.m. on its way to Raynes Park only yesterday. It came nearly two years after all Metrodeckers were temporarily out of service for safety checks in May 2022, when two Metrodeckers were involved in a fire at a Potters Bar bus garage in Hertfordshire, before being returned to service days later.

Clive Myrie of the BBC has slammed the 'intolerant' Islamists who killed 52 people, including a close friend, in the 7/7 terrorist massacre, alleging that their decision to 'buy into the idea of a multicultural Britain'. Everything is Everything, Myrie, the Mastermind host, revealed how Miriam Hyman, a photo editor who was a guest at his wedding, was left distraught by his'senseless' death. When it was blown up, Hyman, 31, was riding a double-decker bus outside King's Cross train station. Three out of the four bombers were British-born, second-generation refugees,'much like me,' and the BBC presenter expressed 'overwhelming indignation' against the terrorists. Three of the bombers were British-born sons of Pakistani immigrants, while one of the bombers was a convert born in Jamaica.

Drivers could be fined for using one of only two fixed routes along the River Thames in East London. By 2025, the Blackwall Tunnel, which is currently free to use, is expected to be fully operational. According to draft road maps, motorcycles will pay up to £3, car owners will be paid up to £4, while other vehicles will cost up to £8.50.

Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His brothers and family members are now caring for him. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the United Kingdom, and it affects approximately 900,000 people. The disease causes anxiety, memory loss, and confusion.

Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London who was known as 'Red Ken' for his left-wing views, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the age of 78. As he steps away from public life, the one-time figurehead of the Labour left, who served as the capital from 2000 to 2008, is being 'well cared for by his family and friends.' The news came after journalists Alastair Stewart and Fiona Phillips, among other notable journalists, decided to share their own battles with the disease. 'Red Ken,' as he is widely known, had tense rivalry with Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s, leading to the authority's removal.' He served as a Labour MP for Brent East in 1987 before being elected as the first modern-day Mayor of London in 2005. However, Red Ken has been involved in a number of scandals surrounding antisemitism, most recently in 2016 when he was barred from the Labour Party for suggesting that Adolf Hitler favoured Zionism, which is the campaign favoring the establishment of a Jewish state in what is now modern-day Israel.

Onlookers blasted panelists and said they did not feel comfortable allowing their children to walk the streets during the festivities. A crunch meeting on the fate of Notting Hill Carnival devolved into chaos. Residents said housing associations had been 'kettled,' and deadlocks on entrances and exits risked 'another Grenfell', a representative for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.' Others dismissed the meeting as a "condescending" tactic exercise, with 'condescending' representatives who did not have enough respect for the attendees.

At a meeting tonight, the future of Notting Hill Carnival will be discussed amid calls for it to be relocated after sickening violence has deterred this year's commemoration. On August 27 and 28, police arrested 308 people over a two-day West London protest, with eight revellers stabbed and at least 75 officers assaulted. Six of the cops were bitten, one was sexually assaulted, and another suffered a serious hand injury. A hooded thug charged across the street wielding a foot-long machete, while another was seen raising a zombie knife in the air. Despite the fact that there were 15 people wounded this year, this year's festival saw the most stabbings since 2016. According to MailOnline's survey, there have been 5,319 arrests at the carnival over the past 20 years, with this year's total of 308 up by 57% on the first carnival murder since 2004. Now, there are increasing calls for the annual party to be relocated, such as nearby Hyde Park, with Policing Minister Chris Philp announcing that if it had been suggested by the Metropolitan Police, it would be relocated. The Carnival Village Trust's organizers are holding a post-event residents' meeting at their headquarters in The Tabernacle community hub on Powis Square tonight.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Families must function within a budget, as do governments and companies, and businesses must function as well. So why should it be any different for local authorities? Birmingham City Council's decision to go into full bankruptcy with debts of £760 million shows a skepticism toward public policy's prudent handling of public funds. The failure to deal with an equal-pay case raging over the authority, as well as an over-budget, botched IT platform all contributed to the financial meltdown. And, it is the people of Birmingham who must pay the bill. Only essential services such as child care and social care will be maintained. All other spending will be cut off. However, the council's leadership seems to accept little or no blame. It's as if it were an act of God rather than a product of continual mismanagement.

GRIFF RHYS JONES: Last week, I was actually surprised when an old friend called me out of the blue to say that it had been ten years since Mel Smith died. I don't mean I was surprised he was in touch. He didn't want me to go and lay a wreath or something. I couldn't believe it was ten years since July 2013, on a day just like this, with wood pigeons practising their school recorder scales outside, Jo Johnson dropped her voice in the room next door and started saying things like, 'Om, I'm so sorry to hear that...' and 'if there is anything we can do...' I was still sneaking out to join the wood pigeons.' It was the surprising revelation that we had all been half-expecting. Mel was dead. It was a heart attack in his sleep after a rough stretch of illness. He was 60 years old.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Who the hell do these people think they are? The Commons privileges committee has now accused a democratically elected prime minister who gained an 80-seat majority three and a half years ago, not content with defenestrating him. Those MPs and peers who had the audacity to condemn Hattie Harman's lynch mob protesting Parliament's "integrity" were accused. Jacob Rees-Mogg and others are reported to have attempted to put undue pressure on members of the committee's members and, in turn, have attacked the very legitimacy of parliamentary democracy.

Samuel Kasumu blasted Sadiq Khan for seeking to ease the UK's cannabis regulations while being 'absent from being in charge of the Metropolitan Police' during his seven years as mayor. Mr Kasumu said that if he were elected, he would take a zero tolerance approach to the burgeoning street crime epidemic, which will include 'buying, selling, and using opioids, which is also full of violence.' Boris Johnson's former adviser has already secured the help of Richard Taylor, whose son Damilola was stabbed to death in 2000 at the age of 10, who died at the age of just 10. The Tory candidate, according to MailOnline, will attempt to imitate Mr Johnson's 'blueprint' for London. However, Mr Johnson's leftwing predecessor, Ken Livingstone, has said he would revert a decision of Mr Johnson's leftwing predecessor by reversing the London Week of Peace.

The High Court heard complete witness statements in the case brought by Prince Harry, Baroness Lawrence, Sir Elton John, and other celebrities against Associated Newspapers today, including the statement by the private investigator who denied their charges that they are incorrect. Gavin Burrows denied that he had ever done any unlawful data gathering for the Daily Mail or Mail on Sunday.

With a win in two years' time, he could guarantee a third term in office, one more than either of his predecessors, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone. Last night, local Labour parties in the capital endorsed his appointment. With the party miles ahead of the Tories in the London polls, it is likely that only a herculean attempt will be able to unseat him. After being elected party nominee, he said the upcoming election would be a "great chance for Londoners to send a letter to the Tories," not only for crashing the economy but also for their anti-London campaign, the Tories' refusal to take national action to solve the climate crisis, and their appalling attempts to inflame divisions between our ethnic groups for political gain. However, Susan Hall, Tory leader in the Greater London Assembly, said: "London can't afford another four years of Sadiq Khan."

Samson Kambalu's work, Antelope (right and top inset), depicts Baptist preacher John Chilembwe and European missionary John Chorley. It resurfaces a photograph from 1914 at the opening of Chile's new church in Nyasaland, now Malawi, in which the preacher holds his hat on, defying colonial rule that barred Africans from wearing hats in front of white people. He led an uprising against colonial rule a year later, but Chilembwe was killed and his cathedral, which had taken years to build, was destroyed by the colonial police. Chilembwe is larger than life on the plinth, while Chorley is life-size. The artist elevates Chilembwe and his legend by increasing his scale, exposing the overlooked lives of African and other indigenous peoples in the history of the British Empire. Many people may not know who John Chilembwe is,'s David Lambalu, an associate professor of fine art at the University of Oxford, said. And that is the whole point.' It replaces the work that has stood on the monument for the past two years, The End by Heather Phillipson (bottom inset), and comes at a time when there has been a call for a statue of the Queen to be a permanent fixture atop the fourth plinth.

As MPs and Buckingham Palace debate how to commemorate the late monarch's historic 70-year reign, a statue of the Queen may become a permanent fixture at Trafalgar Square. In the United Kingdom, there is only one full-size statue of Her Majesty, which was erected in Windsor Great Park in 2002 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. However, no plans for a new tribute will be revealed until after the official mourning period, though no such discussions have been held ahead of her state funeral on Monday. "We do want to think very carefully in the fullness of time," a government source told the Times. Other options under discussion include renaming streets, parks, racecourses, and even Heathrow in London, where Queen Elizabeth II returned to Britain from Kenya after her father George VI's death in 1952. However, Trafalgar Square will be the most likely memorial, where the fourth plinth has been deliberately kept empty for the past 20 years.

Amnesty released with a lot of enthusiasm on Donatella Rovera's visit to Kramatorsk to cover the Russia-Ukraine conflict on August 4 and Ukraine. Rovera (main) made the controversial argument that Ukraine has intentionally put civilians in risk by establishing bases and weapons systems in populated urban areas.' According to the tawdry paper, which in effect accused a country trying to stop an occupying army from using human shields, such military actions' violate international humanitarian law.' It has also accused Ukraine of failing to evacuate civilians from several urban areas. Agnes Callamard, the Amnesty secretary general, has been asked to resign (bottom right). Ukrainian policeman says goodbye to his family top right)

Israeli troops were on the ground today fighting Hamas after dramatically raising the stakes by moving tanks into the Gaza strip in an attempt to avoid the group's rocket attacks. At 6 p.m. British time, soldiers first poured over the fence, backed by assault helicopters and artillery fire, and encountered significant resistance at 6 p.m.