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An 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman have been stabbed in London's Leicester Square. In a post on X, external, the Met Police said a man had been arrested and taken into custody, adding the force does not believe there are "any outstanding suspects".more

A new artwork of swimming fish on a police box in the City of London has been confirmed as a Banksy piece. The elusive street artist claimed the piece as his in an Instagram post, making it his seventh artwork to be unveiled this week in various locations across the capital.more

A special set of stamps is being issued to mark the "myth and legend, ceremony and tradition" of the Tower of London. Royal Mail has partnered with Historic Royal Palaces, which manages the Tower, to produce 10 stamps that depict images of the history and buildings of the world-famous landmark.more

A new group of Covid-19 variants, known collectively as FLiRT, have driven up infection rates in the UK over the summer. The latest weekly figures show that cases - which have been rising - remained stable.more

Banksy’s latest animal-themed artwork has been stolen from London just hours after it went on display. The latest piece is a stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, painted on what appears to be a satellite dish on top of a building on Rye Lane in Peckham, south-east London.more

Despite being in the height of summer, tickets for London’s highly anticipated Winter Wonderland are now on sale. On Thursday, August 1, tickets went on sale for the iconic festive event which will return for six weeks from November 21, 2024, through to January 5, 2025.more

Banksy has posted another artwork in London, marking the third piece of a new animal-themed collection - this time featuring monkeys. It is the third black silhouette composition that the Bristol-based street artist has claimed credit for since Monday.more

The Victoria line is the hottest on the London Underground, data from Transport for London (TfL) shows. The average platform temperature across 2023 was 28.2C although between June and October, the average was above 30C.more

Banksy has unveiled his second animal artwork in 24 hours, showing two elephants reaching towards each other from blocked-out windows. The artist verified his latest work in an Instagram post on Tuesday, with the mural painted on the side of a house in Chelsea, south-west London.more

London is home to a number of fantastic museums, from the V&A to the Natural History Museum, and of course the Museum of London. The latter, which covered the history of England’s capital city from prehistoric times to modern day, shut down its site at London Wall after 45 years and is in the process of relocating to a new space in West Smithfield.more

Banksy has revealed a new London artwork featuring a goat perched on top of a wall. The street artist, whose identity is not known, posted the new piece featuring the goat silhouette with rocks falling down below it and a CCTV camera pointed at it, on Instagram this afternoon.more

A stray Thames dolphin that was seen several times in west London on Thursday has not survived. The dead animal was found on the riverbank yesterday. On the same day, the body of another dead dolphin was also spotted in east London.more

Love them or hate them, crocs are back in fashion. And, whilst donning a pair during your commute sounds like a great idea, Network Rail is urging people to consider the dangers of doing so.more

This year the station won’t have any event, countdown or departure board for the Hogwarts Express.more

Sadiq Khan’s vow to "eliminate" rough sleeping by 2030 has moved further out of reach. Latest figures published by City Hall on Wednesday showed that 4,223 people were seen sleeping rough in London between April and June, up 29 per cent on the same period last year. more

The lack of toilets on Elizabeth line trains has been blamed for stranded passengers trying to force open doors. A report into trains being stranded for several hours near Paddington, west London, on December 7 last year found the absence of lavatories on Elizabeth line services was “a contributing factor to the passenger self-evacuation”.more

Concerns have been raised for a lone dolphin that has been spotted swimming in the Thames in west London. The mammal, believed to be an adult common dolphin, has been described as looking “extremely disoriented and pretty lethargic” and is being monitored by British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR).more

Newham town hall is facing “considerable financial pressures” over its temporary accommodation bills.more

On the main campus of Kings's College London, one of the most important universities in the UK, the exhibition 'Warsaw Calling: Uprising 1944' is on display, telling the story of the Warsaw Uprising. Today is the 80th anniversary of its outbreak.more

The now famous former presenter of the British public broadcaster BBC Huw Edwards pleaded guilty in a London court yesterday to three charges of possessing sexually explicit images and videos of children, including sexual acts involving children.more

There was a riot last night in front of the gate leading to Downing Street, where the British Prime Minister's residence is located. Participants in a protest organised in the wake of Monday's knife attack in Southport threw flares outside the gate, with police using tear gas against them.more

A handful of London’s best-known sports bars are consolidating with a re-brand and to mark the occasion, all of its venues across London are set to sell £2 pints on August 8. more

Londonwide restrictions that would require e-bikes to be parked in designated bays could “stifle” their attractiveness as a green alternative to car travel, Transport for London has been warned.more

Thousands of supporters of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson have filled Trafalgar Square in central London after a march. He claimed the event was the "biggest patriotic rally" the UK had ever seen.more

A suspected shark has been spotted swimming in the River Thames in London. Shocked onlookers filmed the shark fin cutting through the water and posted it on social media.more