Move over Leyton, there's officially a new cool kid on the block. The Sunday Times has christened Penge one of the trendiest postcodes to move to in not just London, but the entire UK.more

Inflation will briefly hit 3.6 per cent this year and “remain well above” the Bank of England’s target until late 2026, according to Oxford Economics.more

Four in five school leaders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland say they have suffered abuse from pupils’ parents in the past year, according to a poll that found they had been spat at, trolled on social media and even physically attacked.more

Emergency services have cordoned off the area surrounding Big Ben after a man scaled one of the buildings in the Palace of Westminster. At least nine emergency service vehicles lined Bridge Street in central London and crowds looked on from beyond a police cordon.more

Three Bulgarian citizens were yesterday found guilty by a jury in London of belonging to a spy network on behalf of Russia. Their targets were said to include a US military base in Germany where Ukrainian soldiers were being trained.more

The US owner of the Boots pharmacy chain is being taken over by a private equity firm in a $10bn (£7.8bn) deal. The price being paid for Walgreens Boots Alliance is a fraction of what the company was worth a decade ago, reflecting its struggles with growing debt and shoppers going online for cheaper products. more

London has been named the most expensive place to use public transport in the world following a hike in Transport for London prices last week (Sunday, March 2).more

Steep declines in housebuilding and engineering work have led to the biggest plunge in UK construction activity since May 2020, according to a survey of building companies.more

Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it due to long Covid with pioneering surgery that expands their nasal airways to kickstart their recovery. Most patients diagnosed with Covid-19 recover fully. more

Criminals could be banned from pubs, sports grounds and social events under proposals being considered as alternatives to prison, a minister has said. Sarah Sackman, the courts minister, told the Guardian that such exclusions, as well as mandatory work for offenders, were “very much part of the mix” under a review of sentencing being conducted by the former Conservative Lord Chancellor David Gaukemore

King Charles III is launching a personal playlist of music that lifts his spirits and brings back important memories, including Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue and Grace Jones.more

A new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive procedure to detect the disease.more

The UK yesterday lifted sanctions imposed on 24 Syrian institutions, including the central bank and oil companies, Reuters reported.more

The election of Donald Trump as US president and changes to the UK tax system have resulted in a 40 per cent increase in the number of applications by Americans for UK citizenship, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.more

Three major energy suppliers Octopus Energy, E.ON Next i EDF issue urgent smart meter warning to 185,000 customers who risk being cut off. Those needing to act are households with electricity meters that rely on the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) to set the rate of energy. This service charges them cheaper rates depending on the time of day. more

More than 900,000 Londoners say they are unable to work full-time because of a long-term health condition – including a rising number of younger adult Londoners blaming mental health issues. A City Hall report has revealed that, over the last decade, there has been a 62 per cent increase in the number of Londoners reporting a work-limiting mental health condition.more

Poundland's owner has said it is considering putting the chain up for sale after warning tax changes coming in April will put more pressure on the business. The discount chain has 825 UK stores but sales were down this January and February, its Polish owner Pepco Group said.more

British military experts have developed an air defence plan over Ukraine independently of NATO; it envisages the use of 120 fighter jets, ‘Guradian’ reported today. Among the 74 signatories of the Sky Shield plan are former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Deputy Senate Speaker Michał Kaminski.more

The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024.more

A British citizen captured while fighting alongside the Ukrainian army has been sentenced in Russia to 19 years in prison on charges of terrorism and “mercenary activities”. James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was captured by Russian forces last November while fighting on Ukraine’s side during its cross-border offensive in Russia’s Kursk region.more

On 5-7 March this year, a delegation from the Senate of the Republic of Poland, headed by the Marshal of the Senate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, is visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Yesterday, the guests from Poland visited the London POSK, where in the evening they met with representatives of the Polish diaspora.more

Camden Council has given the go-ahead to pedestrianise Camden High Street to create a "less stressful" experience.more

London’s rental inflation seems to be on the wane as data released today by Zoopla shows rents in the capital increased by 1.1 per cent in the year to January.more

A looming deadline for people to plug gaps in their National Insurance record, to ensure they get the full state pension, has been softened. Concerns over a rush of last-minute enquiries mean anyone who requests a call back from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on the issue will not be regarded as having missed the 5 April deadline.more

Greggs' revenue passed £2bn last year thanks to higher sales of pizzas, chicken goujons and potato wedges, but the sausage roll remains its top seller. The firm traditionally known for its baked goods said adding more items to its menu was a sign of its "further growth ambition".more