Adriana Elgueta

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Journalist, BBC London at BBC

Reporter/producer @BBCLondonNews

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Twickenham coding genius swapping GCSEs for Silicon Valley

2 months ago | bbc.com | Adriana Elgueta

Coding prodigy swapping GCSEs for Silicon ValleyBBCToby, 16, has secured a $1million deal with Silicon Valley investors for his AI platform BeemAs a toddler, Toby Brown first began tinkering with padlocks. Then he started kitting his house out with alarms made out of bits of paper and wires. By the time he was in primary school, he had coded timetable games and was selling them back to his teachers in Twickenham, west London.
Coding prodigy swapping GCSEs for Silicon Valley

2 months ago | aol.com | Adriana Elgueta

As a toddler, Toby Brown first began tinkering with padlocks. Then he started kitting his house out with alarms made out of bits of paper and wires. By the time he was in primary school, he had coded timetable games and was selling them back to his teachers in Twickenham, west London. The schoolboy later joined Hack Club, a global hackers' community for teenagers, where he became their youngest employee at age 13.
TfL photocards still unavailable after cyber attack

Oct 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Adriana Elgueta |Nicola Ford

Transport for London (TfL) Oyster photocards are still unavailable following a cyber attack. About 5,000 customers were contacted by TfL saying details including their sort codes and bank account numbers could have been accessed by hackers amid the "cyber security incident" at the start of September. A 17-year-old boy was arrested over the hack, which also included names, emails, home addresses and Oyster refund data.
Muslim footballer stopped from wearing trousers

Oct 29, 2024 | msn.com | Adriana Elgueta |Alice Bhandhukravi

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Muslim footballer stopped from wearing trousers

Oct 29, 2024 | msn.com | Adriana Elgueta |Alice Bhandhukravi

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Muslim footballer stopped from wearing trousers

Oct 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Adriana Elgueta |Alice Bhandhukravi

A football coach and refugee advocate was prevented from playing because she wears tracksuit bottoms rather than shorts, which she says compromises her religious beliefs. Iqra Ismail, who captained Somalia in 2019 and established Hilltop FC, told BBC London the issue arose when she signed for Regent's Park grassroots team United Dragons FC. The 24-year-old from west London was expected to play her first game on Sunday against an east London team.
Boys who died in fire often left alone, court hears

Sep 24, 2024 | aol.com | Adriana Elgueta

September 24, 2024 at 3:40 PMKyson, Bryson, Leyton and Logan (L-R) died in a fire at their home in 2021 [Police handout]A mother left her four young sons home alone to go shopping "several times" before they were killed in a house fire while she was at Sainsbury's, their great-grandmother has said. Deveca Rose, 29, left her two sets of twins locked in when a fire ripped through her house in Sutton, south-west London, on the evening of 16 December 2021, the Old Bailey heard.
Teacher cleared over coconut placard files complaint

Sep 24, 2024 | msn.com | Adriana Elgueta

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Met police officer probe after double murder

Sep 18, 2024 | msn.com | Adriana Elgueta

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Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to 'crawl off' train

Aug 26, 2024 | aol.com | Adriana Elgueta

August 27, 2024 at 5:30 AMBaroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to "crawl off" an LNER train arriving at London's King's Cross. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the 11-time Paralympic gold medallist said she had initially booked assistance to help her off the 19:15 train from Leeds, but missed it and instead travelled on the 19:45. She said she should have been helped off but after waiting for 20 minutes, no one arrived so she had to try to disembark herself.