US investment bank Morgan Stanley said the two currencies would reach parity in the first quarter of 2018 meaning, once commission is added, you will be worse off after the exchange.more
Chinese tourists visit London for the royals and Harry Potter, and the capital tops their list of favourite destinations in Britain, a new report suggests. More than 250,000 holidaymakers from China spent more than half a billion pounds in the UK last year.more
Plans to transform a narrow alleyway on a busy street in central London into a multi-million pound three-bedroom luxury home have been given the green light. Dubbed 'The Skinny House', the property will be sandwiched between a pub and an office block in an alleyway just 3.1 metres wide on Euston Road in upmarket Fitzrovia. more
Three people were injured after an envelope containing a "substance" was delivered to a business in London's Borough Market.
Police, paramedics and firefighters were all called after the package was discovered at Feng Sushi in Stoney Street at about 13:40 BST.more
Commuters lost 35 sex toys on London's buses, trains and trams last year - and people still turned up to collect them. Figures show 35 sex aids were left behind by commuters on public transport around the capital last year. more
The 16th athletics world championships, which will run until 13th August, have already sold nearly 700,000. tickets. The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is convinced of the excitement of the great sport.more
London rail commuters pay up to four times as much for their ticket compared with those using transport networks in European cities such as Berlin, Rome and Brussels, new research reveals today. The fares "gap" is set to worsen with UK passengers paying even more as prices were labelled "the great British rail rip-off."more
There have been significant investments in the financial services sector in the first half of 2017. IDA Ireland has today confirmed that over 15 global financial institutions have announced their intentions to set up or expand their operations in Ireland since January.more
London is the least neighbourly place to live in the UK, new research has revealed. Sixty-eight per cent of people in the capital said they did not know their neighbour well or at all, according to research commissioned by Nextdoor, a social network which aims to link people living in the same area.more
Offences involving scooters and mopeds have rocketed in London, but the epidemic is yet to spread to the rest of the UK. In one incident on a Friday night, earlier this month, a heavily pregnant woman became a victim of moped criminals.more
Three would-be jihadists who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police or military target.more
The "smart" bikes, whose wheels can be locked anywhere and unlocked using a smartphone app, will arrive in the west London borough of Ealing in September, Mobike announced on Monday.more
The least safe place to park your car in London has been revealed, with roads across the capital ranking highly on a list of car crime hotspots. Streets in Fitzrovia, Marylebone and Mayfair all appeared among the top five worst streets in London for vehicle-related crime, while four out of the capital's top 10 were designated car parks.more