Aneesa Ahmed

Birmingham, London, Reading

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

(she/they) writer/subeditor @guardian, weekends @residentadvisor - links and info below 🪐

Articles

Warwick Davis’s wife Samantha died hours before hospital discharge, inquest finds

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aneesa Ahmed

The actor and campaigner Samantha Davis, the wife of Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, died after suffering a cardiac arrest hours before a hospital was planning to discharge her, an inquest has found. Davis, who co-founded Little People UK – the dwarfism charity known as “an essential resource for little people and their families” – died aged 53 at London’s University College hospital on 24 March last year.
Warwick Davis’s wife died as hospital planned to discharge her, inquest finds

1 week ago | msn.com | Aneesa Ahmed

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Warwick Davis’s wife died as hospital planned to discharge her, inquest finds

1 week ago | msn.com | Aneesa Ahmed

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Former MoD clerk faces jail after stealing nearly £1m in expenses fraud

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aneesa Ahmed

A Ministry of Defence clerk is facing jail time for fraud and money laundering after stealing nearly £1m by entering fake expenses claims into the department’s online administrative system. Southwark crown court heard on Monday that the former corporal Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, 34, had run the scam for just over a year between November 2014 and January 2016 while he worked in central London as a clerk at the MoD’s administrative headquarters.
Former MoD clerk faces jail after stealing nearly £1m in expenses fraud

1 week ago | msn.com | Aneesa Ahmed

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Jean Marsh, co-creator of 1970s TV hit Upstairs, Downstairs, dies at 90

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aneesa Ahmed

Jean Marsh, the actor and writer best known for co-creating and starring in 1970s TV show Upstairs, Downstairs, has died aged 90. Film-maker Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who was a close friend of Marsh, said she died of complications with dementia in her London home on Sunday. Upstairs, Downstairs, covering class relations in Edwardian England, ran for five series from 1971 to 1975 in the UK and was also screened in the US.
Body found in Thames amid search for missing 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aneesa Ahmed

The family of the missing 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa have been informed after a body was found in the Thames, the Metropolitan police said. Officers were alerted to a body in the river at Maritime Quay in east London on Sunday at 9.03am. A police spokesperson said: “The body is yet to be formally identified.
Justin Bieber publicly tells fans 'don't waste ur money' on his brand Drew House

1 week ago | nme.com | Aneesa Ahmed

Justin Bieber has appeared to have cut ties with his own brand Drew House, publicly telling his fans “don’t waste ur money”. In a since-deleted Instagram story post, made yesterday (April 10), wrote over a screenshot of the Drew House official Instagram page with a message asking fans to no longer support it – People reports. “I Justin Bieber am no longer involved in this brand. Drew House doesn’t represent me or my family or life,” he wrote.
Watch Will Smith rap 'Fresh Prince' theme over Missy Elliott's 'Work It' beat

1 week ago | nme.com | Aneesa Ahmed

Will Smith has rapped the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air theme track over the beat of Missy Elliott’s track ‘Work It’. As part of Lyrical Lemonade’s Lunch Break Freestyle series, Smith performed a mashup of the theme track over the Missy Elliott beat. He appears to have visited Lyrical Lemonade’s Chicago HQ, as he is also photographed hanging out, playing basketball and acting in a skit.
Pink Floyd share ‘One Of These Days’ performance from ‘Pompeii - MCMLXXII’ concert film

1 week ago | nme.com | Aneesa Ahmed

Pink Floyd has shared a video of their ‘One Of These Days’ performance from the upcoming Pompeii – MCMLXXII concert film, which is set to be released worldwide later this month. The new 4K restoration of the classic 1972 film Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII – which uses the original 35mm footage with audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson – is set debut in cinemas worldwide from April 24. Tickets are on sale now – find yours here.