Transport for London (TfL) is yet to install more than 800 Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) cameras ahead of the scheme’s expansion later this month, reports have stated. more
London's Metropolitan Police said yesterday that it would take no further action following an investigation into media reports that a foundation set up by King Charles III when he was still heir to the throne was offering honours in return for donations.more
South London is about to get a fresh burst of green goodness as part of an exciting £70,000 project set to transform the landscape around a beloved local estate. more
Persons wanted in connection with the murder of a Polish-Pakistani 10-year-old near London are her Pakistani father, his Pakistani partner and his brother, Surrey County Police said yesterday. All three, along with their five children, had travelled to Pakistan.more
Oligarch Yevgeny Shvidler (Eugene Shvidler) lost his case in a London court yesterday to have sanctions imposed on him by the British government overturned after the Russian attack on Ukraine.more
The person who has been stealing artifacts from the British Museum is the museum's longtime curator and renowned expert on ancient Greek art Peter John Higgs, the Daily Telegraph and Times revealed yesterday. As it turned out, he had been selling the carried away items on eBay since 2016.more
The British Museum has said one of its employees has been fired after items from the museum's collection, including gold jewelery and gems, were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.more
Wanted by British police in connection with the murder of a 10-year-old Polish-Pakistani girl near London two days before her body was found, they bought one-way flights to Pakistan for the next day, the BBC has revealed.more
Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, 48, has been handed Brent Council’s first ever bannning order, following multiple housing-related offences in the borough.
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The top ten streaming faux pas have been revealed in a bid to update Londoner’s etiquette, with 39 per cent of commuters watching their favourite shows on-the-go up to four times a week.more
A trio of Bulgarian nationals arrested in the UK on suspicion of spying for Russia posed as journalists and used fake journalist IDs, 'The Times' revealed today.more
A large part of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) will be out of action for 10 days from Saturday, August 19, so that engineering works can be undertaken.more
South London’s tallest office block after The Shard could be built on the South Bank, alongside two skyscrapers with 433 homes. Developer Hines wants to construct the triplet of skyscrapers on a mostly empty site on Blackfriars Road.more
The cost of living has been squeezing the saving ability of households across the country, with single young people in particular often finding it the hardest to put money away.more
Those responsible for the disorder seen in London's Oxford Street area should be "hunted down and locked up", Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said.
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As we all know, London is full of fantastic parks. As one of the greenest cities in Europe (in terms of number of park spaces, anyway), there are apparently over 3,000 leafy R&R zones in the capital. But did you know that one of them is apparently the best in the entire UK?
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Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian onslaught in Ukraine mean the UK is likely to experience five years of lost economic growth, leading economic think-tank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) warned yesterday. more
Hillingdon Council has expanded banning orders on 'anti-social' behaviours which now includes using speakers being played in town centres and placing tables, stands and signage in certain areas. Doing so could land offenders with a £1,000 fine if prosecuted.
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The spending power of workers in many UK regions will remain below the level it was before the pandemic until the end of 2024, a think tank has warned.
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New York City has more in common with London than any other city in the world. Its subway-riding population of nearly nine million people (about the same as ours), drives one of the biggest service sector economies in the world. Arts, retail, hospitality and culture in both places are pretty much unrivalled. more
High mortgage rates are pushing Londoners —particularly first-time buyers— out of the capital, as buyers look to reduce their borrowing costs by choosing more affordable properties.more