Day: July 30, 2018

    Other A royal python which was found in a flat in Kensington, west London A woman got the fright of her life when she woke up to find a 3ft snake snuggled up next to her in bed. The royal python, believed to be an escaped pet, had curled up next to her as she slept. After jumping out of bed she rushed out of her bedroom and closed the door before calling the RSPCA for help on Monday morning. However, by the time the charity's animal collection officer Jill Sanders had arrived at her flat in Kensington, west London, the snake had slithered away and could not be found. Ms Sanders said: The poor resident must have had the fright of their life waking up to a snake in their bed. They jumped out of bed and closed their bedroom door to contain the snake but, when I arrive...

    Grenfell residents are angry after being told that the site of the tower tragedy in which 72 people died is to be handed back to Kensington and Chelsea council. A police investigation into the June 2017 inferno is expected to come to and end in the next couple of days after which the site, no longer considered a crime scene, will be handed back to the council. Adel Chaoui, from the survivors group Grenfell United, slammed the decision and said: It's a huge conflict of interest and distressing to the victims that RBKC, who are under investigation for corporate manslaughter, will have anything more to do with Grenfell tower, even in name. The Guardian reports that residents had hoped that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government would take on the sit...

    Special health measures are in place to keep mourners safe at the funeral of the  novichok victim Dawn Sturgess. There will be no pallbearers at the mother-of-three's cremation in Salisbury today, and her coffin will already be in place when people arrive. Public Health England has issued advice to prevent mourners from being exposed to the nerve agent that led to Ms Sturgess' death. Philip Bromiley, the vicar of Salisbury Diocese, told Sky News on Sunday: I have absolute confidence in Public Health England and also the funeral directors. They have been doing a lot of work, they have put various measures in place to make sure everyone is as safe as possible. The coffin will be in situ when we arrive. The family will have 15 minutes of quiet with Dawn's coffin. As f...