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The Independent
a day ago
- The Independent
Tuk-tuk driver caught on camera stealing £24,000 of wine
A tuk-tuk driver, Iuliu Kubola, was captured on CCTV stealing £24,000 worth of wine from a restaurant in the City of London. The 61-year-old removed 73 bottles from Piazza Italiana on Threadneedle Street on 6 May, concealing them in a wheelie bin before leaving on his tuk-tuk. Kubola, from Islington, was arrested on 22 June after an officer recognised him following a police briefing. He is scheduled to be sentenced in September for the theft. Watch the video in full above.
CTV News
22-07-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
City of London crane truck collides with Talbot Street bridge
Emergency crews are on the scene of a collision between a City of London crane truck and the Talbot Street bridge. Although one eastbound lane and one westbound lane of Oxford Street were closed for cleanup, they have since reopened. There was a hydraulic fluid leak from the truck which was contained with absorbent and sand. No injuries have been reported as a result. Talbot Street remains closed from Oxford Street to Picadilly Street.
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Yahoo
Watch: Notorious bag thief using his foot during £6,000 crime spree at pubs in City of London
A prolific bag thief who preyed on after-work drinkers at pubs in the City of London has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. CCTV footage captures sneaky Sid Rebai pretending to chat on his mobile phone while using his right foot to drag bags along the ground and away from their distracted owners. Plain-clothed officers spotted the notorious 36-year-old stalking customers at the Hoop and Grapes in Aldgate. Rebai is seen walking near two people deep in conversation as they talk over a pint. Wearing a black cap, cream hoodie top and jeans he extends his leg and uses a foot to pull the rucksack towards him - before quickly picking it up and fleeing. A prolific bag thief has been sentenced to two and a half years in Rebai, 36, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft in the was also handed a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from entering the Square Mile for six years. — City of London Police (@CityPolice) July 21, 2025 Police approached Rebai, arrested him for theft and returned the bag and its contents to the male victim before he knew it had been pinched. The Old Bailey heard he also targeted All Bar One in Byward Street, The Minories near Tower Hill, Brewdog on Great Tower Street and Portsoken Pavilion in Aldgate Square. Both male and female victims lost laptops, headphones, clothing, wallets, AirPods and sunglasses valued at £6,683. Rebai, of Buckle Street, Tower Hamlets, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft. He was also handed a criminal behaviour order banning him from entering the Square Mile for six years. Inspector Dan Green, of the City of London Police's proactive acquisitive crime team, said: 'This is another great result in seeing a prolific bag thief behind bars and returning stolen items to victims. 'Our warning to criminals - don't come into the City to steal bags. 'If you do, you risk being spotted by our plain-clothed officers, who will track you down, arrest you and bring you to justice.'
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Moment prolific bag thief, 36, sneakily steals a bag from busy London bar
A prolific bag thief who was caught on camera sneakily stealing a bag from a busy London bar has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Sid Rebai, 36, would regularly frequent pubs in the City of London in the hope of snatching bags which contained expensive personal belongings. In the astonishing footage showing Rebai in action, the thief can be seen holding a phone to his ear as he walks near two people deep in conversation as they talk over a pint. Seemingly having picked the pair out as they were engrossed in a discussion, Rebai lingers near and extends his leg out to the bag which is under the table shared by the pubgoers. Wearing a black cap which he paired with a hoodie and jeans, Rebai drags the rucksack to his feet before quickly picking it up and fleeing the area before the victim has the chance to notice his belongings had been stolen. In one day alone, April 8 this year, the thief would steal three bags from pubs in the City - of which he was convicted for. He was also found to have stolen a bag and a laptop from a pub in the Minories on April 29. On May 6, the day of his arrest, Rebai was spotted at a pub in Aldgate, where plain-clothed police officers had stationed themselves in the hope of catching him. Seemingly having picked the pair out as they were engrossed in a discussion, Rebai lingers near and extends his leg out to the bag which is under the table shared by the pubgoers He was found in possession of a stolen bag and quickly arrested before officers returned the bag and its contents to the victim of the crime. Rebai pleaded guilty to six counts of theft and was handed a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), which bans him from entering the City of London for six years. Inspector Dan Green, of the Proactive Acquisitive Crime Team at the City of London Police, said: 'This is another great result in seeing a prolific bag thief behind bars and returning stolen items to victims. 'Our warning to criminals; don't come into the City to steal bags. If you do, you risk being spotted by our plain-clothed officers, who will track you down, arrest you and bring you to justice.' His sentencing comes just a week after we reported how fitness influencer Grace Beverley had her vintage Chanel bag stolen from right under her nose during a day out in Notting Hill. The founder of activewear brand TALA, 28, was sat outside a popular Greek restaurant with her sister in the west London street when a brazen thief sneakily swiped her bag from between her feet. Sharing a clip of the ordeal, she said: 'I feel like I'm so observant and really, really careful with my bag and phone in London but my whole bag just got robbed from between my feet at a restaurant. 'I was at Zephyr in Notting Hill, I was sat outside. My whole bag, my bag was between my feet, squeezed between my feet and this man managed to get the whole thing.' She added: 'Me and my sister were talking about juicy gossip so I feel like that did get in the way but can you believe? 'My entire bag, my brand new, first ever vintage Chanel is dead.' The man then put the vintage Chanel bag inside another tote bag before leaving the restaurant and crossing the road out of sight In the clip, Grace and her sister could be seen chatting animatedly at a table outside while several people walked past. One man, wearing wearing a navy top and grey shorts with a matching grey cap, wandered down the street and then reversed. With handfuls of shopping bags he came and sat down behind the influencer and her sibling, moving a chair and carefully placing his bags down around him. As the two girls continued their conversation, the thief reached down behind him, quickly snatching the bag and putting it inside a white tote bag before calmly walking out of the restaurant's seating area.
Times
19-07-2025
- Politics
- Times
The sky-high battle over the City of London's next skyscrapers
P lanning in the City of London has always been political. Even Sir Christopher Wren was forced to go back to the drawing board when his first iteration of St Paul's was knocked back by the authorities. Today the battle is not between the clergy, the monarchy and an upstart architect, but the Square Mile's governing body and Historic England. A simmering row between the two sparked into the open earlier this year when Lord Mendoza, the chair of Historic England, said there was a 'wonderful natural tension' between the City of London Corporation's go-go attitude to development and the objectives of his own organisation. To planners and officials in the corporation, the tension is anything but 'wonderful', and The Times understands frustration is growing with the heritage campaigners who planners are warning will make building in the city 'increasingly unsustainable.'
