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2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Steve Bird

E-bike batteries used by migrants working as fast food couriers risk starting fires at hotels hired out by the Home Office. The Telegraph has established that the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has been called six times to a single hotel housing hundreds of male migrants since 2023. One of those blazes was caused by a lithium battery bursting into flames while charging in an asylum seeker’s room.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Steve Bird

Video footage from the London hotel showed couriers going to and from the premises fitting and removing battery packs on their e-bikes. A source has now shared evidence which shows electrical fittings, including plug sockets and concealed wiring in the walls, have been scorched in blazes at the hotel, suggesting faulty electrical equipment was responsible. Staff at the hotel, which The Telegraph has chosen not to name, have been informed of the risks posed by e-bike batteries charging in rooms.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Steve Bird

More walkers hit by cyclists than cars in royal parksCyclists on the Outer Circle, the 4.5km outer ring route in Regent’s Park - Geoff Pugh for The TelegraphCyclists are more likely than motorists to hit and injure pedestrians in London’s parks, new data reveal. Nine pedestrians were struck by cyclists in the capital’s Royal Parks, which include Hyde Park, Regent’s Park and Richmond Park, between January 2024 and April 2025.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Steve Bird

Credit: Green Britain FoundationThe UK’s largest supplier of organic salmon has been suspended from an RSPCA animal welfare scheme after staff were filmed “beating fish to death”, The Telegraph can reveal. Some farmers working at a Mowi fish farm on Loch Harport have been accused of 18 incidents of animal cruelty after the Green Britain Foundation (GBF) filmed the site for a month.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Steve Bird

Cyclists are more likely than motorists to hit and injure pedestrians in London's parks, new data reveal. Nine pedestrians were struck by cyclists in the capital's Royal Parks, which include Hyde Park, Regent's Park and Richmond Park, between January 2024 and April 2025. There were a reported 18 similar near misses across the eight outdoor spaces.