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Actor and comedian Paul Whitehouse, 68, was the victim of an attempted robbery at an ATM behind a Sainsbury's supermarket in the London borough of Islington. According to his wife Mine Konkci, he had gone out to get medication for her and, when someone tried to steal his card, fought back and got the card back. The attacker fled empty-handed.
Otabek YusupovArtist Joe Namy presented the multichannel sound installation Cosmic Breath at the Musalla space of the Ibraaz project near Oxford Street — a collection of historical and contemporary recordings of the adhan from Mecca, Jerusalem, Singapore, Khartoum and other places. The work, first shown at the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah in 2023, sounds different in London, according to the author, against the backdrop of rising Islamophobia.
Shahnoza ErgashevaAfter a series of failures that allowed convicted sex offender Simon Levie to kill two women and rape a third, the Metropolitan Police launched the Operation Amicus pilot — a two-officer female team working with street sex workers in north London. Officers and rights advocates speak of the need to move away from criminalising sex workers.
Aziz KarimovFrieze London presents interactive works: Benjamin Lallier's coin fountain, Julia Serfaty's installation on gender and technology, and Théo Triantafyllidis's climbable sculpture-game. Art critic Tabish Khan notes that market difficulties are pushing galleries toward more conventional displays.
Shahnoza ErgashevaThe Lion Green Road project in Coulsdon (south London) — 157 homes in five 13-sided blocks — has been named the best building of the year by RIBA. The authors are Mary Duggan Architects and RUFF Architects, with Croydon Council as the client. The jury praised its integration into the landscape and its approach to affordable housing.
Shahnoza ErgashevaA trial has begun at Southwark Crown Court in London against actor and comedian Russell Brand, who faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. The charges relate to six women and the period from 1999 to 2009. Brand denies all charges. The hearings are expected to last about six weeks.
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