Thomas Mackintosh

London

Journalist at BBC

Award-winning journalist with @BBCNews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Exiled Aberdonian 🫡Tartan Army member 📬 [email protected]

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Two dead and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League win

5 days ago | aol.com | Thomas Mackintosh |Anna Lamche

Two people have died and hundreds have been arrested across France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fans celebrated the club's victory in the Champions League final, according to the French interior ministry. In the south-west town of Dax, a 17-year-old boy died after being stabbed in the chest late on Saturday evening, local media reported. A 23-year-old man who was riding a scooter in central Paris was also killed after being hit by a vehicle, the prosecutor's office said.
Brits can be extradited over Tokyo jewellery heist

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Brits can be extradited over Tokyo jewellery heistThomas MackintoshGetty ImagesThe high-end Harry Winston jewellery store in Tokyo was burgled in November 2015Two British men accused of robbing a luxury jewellery store in Tokyo can be sent to Japan following a landmark ruling.
London mayor urged to halt new Penge flats over fire safety fears

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Aurelia Foster |Thomas Mackintosh

Mayor urged to halt flats over fire safety fearsAurelia Foster & Thomas MackintoshHadley Property Group Holdings LimitedThe Fire Brigades Union said it was "shocking" the affected block in the new development would not get a second staircaseThe mayor of London and Bromley Council have been urged to halt plans for what the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has described as an "unsafe" block of flats in south-east London.
Princess Diana playground granted £3m makeover

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Princess Diana playground granted £3m upgradeThomas MackintoshRoyal ParksThe current galleon at the playground will be replaced with a new wooden ship - complete with a crow's nest, wheel, telescope and slideA £3m refurbishment of a playground built in memory of Princess Diana is going ahead after planning permission was granted by a west London council.
Taliban suspends chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Thomas MackintoshBBC News, LondonThe Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling. Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until its compatibility with Islamic law can be determined. Chess is the latest sport to be restricted by the Taliban. Women are essentially barred from participating in sport at all.
Taliban suspends chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Taliban suspends chess over gambling concernsThomas MackintoshAFP via Getty ImagesA stock image of a man playing chess in a tournament in Kandahar in June 2022The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling. Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until its compatibility with Islamic law can be determined. Chess is the latest sport to be restricted by the Taliban.
Taliban suspends chess over gambling concerns

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Thomas Mackintosh

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling. Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until its compatibility with Islamic law can be determined. Chess is the latest sport to be restricted by the Taliban. Women are essentially barred from participating in sport at all. Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban has steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect its austere vision of Islamic law.
Airport shutdown cause still unknown, report says

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsThe root cause of a fire which led to the shutdown of Heathrow Airport and affected hundreds of thousands of journeys worldwide “remains unknown”, an interim report says. Heathrow was closed to all flights for much of 21 March after a fire at a nearby electrical substation, which started the previous night, caused a power outage at the airport.
Three men held over suitcases stuffed with hermit crabs

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Three men held over suitcases stuffed with hermit crabsThomas MackintoshGetty Images(File photo) It is unclear why the men attempted to steal the hermit crabsThree men have been arrested in Japan for attempting to smuggle hermit crabs out of the country. The suspects, aged 24, 26 and 27, and widely identified in Japanese media as Chinese nationals, were detained on Amami, a southerly island where the spiral-shelled crustaceans are a protected species.
Cómo un iPad encontrado en el río Támesis ayudó a resolver un intento de asesinato y un robo que "parecen la trama de una película de Hollywood"

3 weeks ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Thomas Mackintosh

Un jarrón Ming robado de un museo suizo. Un tiroteo en la casa de un comediante en Woodford, en el este de Londres. El robo de un apartamento de lujo en Sevenoaks, Kent, Inglaterra. Estos sucesos aparentemente inconexos formaban parte de una red de crimen organizado internacional que la policía desenmascaró tras una investigación de seis años. La prueba clave: un iPad, hallado bajo dos centímetros y medio de arena en la orilla del río Támesis, en Londres.