A third of all Londoners aged between 21 and 35 still live with their parents with most saying it is because they cannot afford to move out, new research has revealed. More than half of those who still live in their family home (54 per cent) said they could not afford to buy or face paying the notoriously expensive rent prices in the capital, the survey found.more
A "tropical" Christmas is expected in the UK with temperatures set to hit double figures, forecasters predict. Although freezing weather will remain for the rest of the week, by early next week a tropical maritime air mass will move in, causing temperatures to climb.more
London Overground's all-night service will launch tonight on its east London line. Round-the-clock trains will connect passengers on both sides of the river between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate on Fridays and Saturdays.more
Euston station is to become a shelter for 200 homeless people on Christmas Day. The London station, which saw around 44 million commuters use it in 2016/2017, will be transformed into a dining room for 200, complete with Christmas decorations.more
This is the first picture of young man stabbed to death following an argument in an off-licence. Patryk Jezmanski, 23, who moved to the UK from Poland with his mother, was found collapsed in the street after staggering out of the shop in Perivale, west London.more
Londoners were moved to tears while watching a virtual reality video in which they were spat on while sleeping rough in a tunnel and stared at by shoppers while begging on a busy street.more
Uber's appeal against the loss of its London license should begin on April 30 for five days but might be delayed until June, a British judge said on Monday at a preliminary hearing at Westminster Magistrate's Court.more
Police believe they have exposed a new grooming gang in London as officers warn widespread abuse is taking place across the country. Four girls between the age of 13 and 15 have reported being raped by a group based around a McDonald's in Stratford, triggering a crackdown that has so far identified at least 30 potential victims.more
Londoners avoid talking to their neighbours because of a fear of rejection, researchers have claimed. People living in the capital would like to get to know their neighbours better but fear their feelings will not be reciprocated because "it's not what Londoners do", a study found.more
London's first electric-powered black cabs hit the streets today, the British capital's iconic taxis getting a facelift for the modern age that should help cut pollution in the city. more
A Polish-born Britain First supporter who said he wanted to "kill a Muslim" gave a Nazi salute and shouted "white power" before driving at a curry house owner, a court has heard. Marek Zakrocki, 48, launched his drunken attack outside Spicy Night, a takeaway in Harrow, north-west London, on the first anniversary of the Brexit vote on 23 June.more
In front of the Londoners an unusual project about Poles is being created in the face of Brexit. Opera and the movie "All The Time Uphill" will see the light of the beginning of next year. The originator of the project is Seth Pimlott, an award-winning artist, a graduate of the Royal College of Art and the Bartlett School of Architecture.more
There's an urban myth that you are never more than 6 feet from a rat in a city, but perhaps there is more truth in that than we would like to believe. A report called "Rat Land" by London Assembly member Susan Hall has found that the capital's rodent population is on the rise.more
One of London's busiest A&E departments is to routinely screen patients for HIV after a pilot scheme found 32 people unknowingly carrying the virus. King's College hospital, in Denmark Hill, launched the 12-month initiative last year after receiving £250,000 from the Elton John Aids Foundation to tackle late diagnoses.more
Croydon could soon be home to the UK's second tallest building after plans to build a 68-storey skyscraper were given the go-ahead. London Mayor Sadiq Khan recently signed off plans to build One Lansdowne Road, a complex containing the 944ft tower along with a slightly smaller 41 storey building.more
Franciszek Kornicki, Colonel of the Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, and his wife Patience Kornicka, were buried yesterday in Northwood Cemetery in West London.more