Ground handlers at London's Heathrow Airport began a 72-hour strike at 4am today, demanding pay rises, union Unite has announced.more

Firefighters and control room staff are to vote on whether to go on strike after a 5% pay offer was rejected.more

Traffic levels in Covent Garden have dropped by as much as 25 per cent as Westminster and Camden councils look to make a trial scheme permanent in the area. more

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the contents of his Autumn Statement in the House of Commons. He has revealed tax rises and spending cuts worth billions of pounds aimed at mending the nation's finances.more

Lidl has said it took £58m in additional sales from traditional supermarkets in the past month, as shoppers look for ways to save money, after quadrupling profits in a bounce back from Covid disruption.more

The Chancellor has been warned council tax increases are "not an answer" as hundreds of thousands of Londoners face £2,000 bills for the first time. more

Three London town centres will be receiving £130,000 each in a bid to bolster evening High Street business. Bromley, Vauxhall and Woolwich will benefit from the Night Time Enterprise Zones.more

One in three tenants must find a guarantor in the country’s most competitive rental markets as arrears loom and nervous landlords demand a bigger safety net. more

Richmond has the highest proportion of poorly-insulated homes in the capital, research has revealed. Seven in 10 families in the south-west London borough are living in homes with energy efficiency ratings between EPC bands D and G. more

The UK is facing another six months of rail strikes. The trade union RMT, which represents workers in rail, sea and road transport, received a mandate from its members in a vote to organize further strikes for the next six months.more

The Speaker of the British House of Commons has warned MPs to be careful how they use their mobile phones as they are a "potential gold mine" for hostile states, the Huffington Post UK reported.more

London was battered by heavy rain overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning - but a drier couple of days is in store for the capital, says the Met Office.more

Royal Mail has extended the length of time you have to use traditional stamps before they become no longer valid. more

Eleven-year-old Yosuf Shah scored 162 on the MENSA IQ test. This is the maximum score possible for people under the age of 18. In doing so, he beat the scores of Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, who reportedly scored 160.more

All GP practices in England will be able to book cancer tests directly for their patients from later this month, NHS bosses say. more

Civil Aviation Authority gives regulatory approval for Newquay site to send satellites into space.more

New research reveals that the UK has the highest electricity bills. Brits pay more for their power than anywhere else on the planet. more

Food prices are rising at their fastest rate for 45 years, with the cost of basics such as milk, cheese and eggs surging. more

Developers seeking planning permission for ugly new homes will have their projects “called in” by the government and vetoed, Michael Gove pledged yesterday, as he outlined plans to reduce public opposition to housebuilding. more

Magdalena Abakanowicz, the pioneer of artistic textiles, invites you on a fascinating journey through a world where fabric is combined with what appear to be fairy tale forms, writes the British newspaper The Times, announcing the artist's exhibition at London's Tate Modern gallery.more

Doctors and nurses are “absolutely frightened and petrified” about how bad this winter will be for the NHS in England, hospital bosses have revealed. more

One of the world's most notorious Holocaust deniers has been arrested in a small Scottish fishing village two years after fleeing his native France, where he has been convicted multiple times, the Scottish newspaper The Herald reported yesterday.more

Ship crews from the British Border Guard and the French Navy are colluding to drive boats with illegal immigrants in the English Channel to the British side and then hand them over, the Daily Mail revealed yesterday.more

People are being alerted to the fire risks of unsafe use of electric heaters as they try to keep down costs during the winter. more

Petition handed to City Hall on Tuesday asking for the benefit which was was suspended soon after the start of the pandemic to be reinstated more