Lillie Almond

“Where you from?” It’s not a bad question - until it’s followed by, “Where you really from?” Everything is about intentYo, I’m reporting from a lido, mid-pandemic - about Covid-safety measures. A woman comes up to the surrounding fence and starts asking the life-guard about senior swim.She turns to me, and says: “What about you, where did you come from? I mean, you didn’t come from England.”The lifeguard looks at me and I look at him.The woman’s monologue at me continues for a while: “Oooohhhhh,…

I’m seeing a lot of, “She’s 83! It’s generational!” And you know what, that’s what people said to me when a woman persistently hounded me about where I’m actually from while I was reporting at a lido a few years ago. Listen to the “Where are you From” podcast on Global PlayerI too was met with, “It’s because she’s old,” with one person even saying to me that it’s fine, because she’ll die soon and her views will die with her. And that felt like denial. A shoulder shrug, an eye-roll and a hall pas…

Singer-songwriter Will Young says he’ll drive to the police station where two beagles are being held, to take the dogs into his own home for Christmas. It comes after campaigners Animal Rebellion broke into a puppy breeding facility called MBR Acres, in Huntingdonshire, and left with 18 dogs. They handed themselves in to the police - who stopped two more dogs being removed.The two puppies, which the protestors have now named Love and Libby, have been held by the police since Tuesday morning.Camb…

Six months after the 24 year old father-to-be and fiancé was killed by police in South London, Chris Kaba’s parents have told LBC that the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) urgently need to deliver justice. Mr Kaba’s family held a community event at New Road Baptist Church on Saturday 4th March - marking six months since the unarmed Black man was shot by a Metropolitan Police Firearms Officer. Speaking to LBC for the first time, Chris Kaba’s father Prosper Kaba said: “We as a family…

The parents of a man shot dead by police have said that they are now afraid of getting “another call” when their other sons leave the house, because they’re worried about who will be next - while they continue to wait for a charging decision over the death of Chris Kaba. Mr Kaba’s father Prosper says he has “lost the taste for life” and wonders if it will ever come back, one year after his son was killed.Yesterday, parents Prosper and Helen Kaba, alongside supporters, held a panel-led gathering…

At least 70 versions of the synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, have now been detected in the UK, a former Government drug advisor has told LBC. Professor David Nutt says the substance, which has played a part in the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans, is here and “not going anywhere”.Highly addictive and at least 50 times more potent than heroin, Fentanyl has fuelled one of America’s worst ever drug crises in recent years. In 2021 alone, more than 70,000 people died there after taking the synthe…

Self-harm rates in female prisons reached an all time high over the last year, according to new figures released by the Ministry of Justice, as observers raised the alarm about prisoners’ mental health. Officials said that over the last 12-month period, the rate of recorded self-harm incidents in female prisons increased by 63% to a new peak, compared to a much smaller increase of 3% among male prisoners. The self-harm rate in female prisons is now more than eleven times higher than in male pri…

A woman whose visa expired months after she left her violent partner tells LBC that the system can be weaponised by abusers.

A family run burger shop has been told by an international food outlet that it must change its name due to alleged copyright infringement.

Notting Hill Carnival is historic and carries with it traditions of immeasurable significance. It’s upbeat and lively. It’s vibes.