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Forecasters have upgraded a severe weather warning for rain to amber as Britain faces being battered by 24 hours of torrential downpours, thunder and lightning.more

Half of Londoners calling 999 will be treated at the scene of an emergency and not taken to hospital under a planned care revolution.more

Police and paramedics were called to the scene in Cathcart Road, Kensington, shortly after 10.20pm on Wednesday.more

The alarm was raised after the youngster told her father she was going to school on Friday morning but failed to arrive.more

In January 2018 the numbers of Polish-speaking schoolchildren in London dropped by nearly 2% from the previous year. This has finally ended a year in year increase in the number of Polish-speaking children since statistics were first collected in 2007, shortly after Poland's access to the European Union. more

Discovery is preparing plans to relocate its London-based European TV hub to Europe as it undertakes contingency planning for the potential of no post-Brexit TV deal being struck.more

A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country's soaring knife crime epidemic.more

A man has been charged with murdering a 30-year-old who was stabbed to death on a busy street in broad daylight in north London.more

A missing schoolgirl who left the UK on the EuroTunnel train is believed to have gone to Poland, where her mother lives.more

A plane carrying voters heading to cast their ballots in the Irish abortion referendum collided with another flight as it prepared to take off from Stansted Airport.more

Police are concerned the welfare of Serena Alexander-Benson, a 13-year-girl who is missing from home in Wimbledon.more

A 'danger to life' weather warning has been issued amid fears of a repeat of the vicious thunderstorms that battered parts of the country on Saturday night.more

The spree of fatal violence in UK cities has been caused by middle-class cocaine users, the justice secretary has claimed.more

London's first-time buyers are having to scrape together a record 420,000 to fund the purchase of their first home - putting down deposits of more than 90,000 on average, according to new figures published today.more

Schoolchildren in London are being taught in classrooms where air is so polluted that it breaches World Health Organisation guidelines, a new study has found.more

London has seen an "appalling escalation" in killings, robberies and burglary, figures show. Data released by the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee showed that there were 157 homicides in 2017/18, a 44% rise from 109 the previous year.more

Two Tube maps have been designed to help commuters avoid London's major stations when they are at their busiest. more

Newcastle could be getting its own version of the London Eye called the Whey Aye and Geordies can't contain themselves.more

Tube drivers on the Jubilee Line will strike for two days next month in a row over new timetables.more

The average person will have to save 260,000 over their lifetime to enjoy a basic income in retirement, climbing to 445,000 if they are unable to get on the property ladder, according to a report by a former government pensions minister.more

There is a warning about the growth of Polish far-right groups after residents in north London have been cleaning up Nazi graffiti.more

A man is behind bars after "mercilessly beating" to death a young father who came to the UK from Poland in search of a better life for his family. Vitalie Daikov, 26, of no fixed address was jailed for 17 years at the Old Bailey on Monday (May 14) for taking another man's life in a fit of "uncontrolled rage".more

A new Tube map has revealed the best locations to live in London to cut down journey times while saving on rent. Seven Sisters on the Victoria line, with an average weekly rent of £209 and a journey time of 15 minutes to Green Park, came out on top.more

Workers at Luton Airport, including baggage handlers, firefighters and security staff, are to stage strikes over the May Bank Holiday weekend in disputes over pay and zero hours contracts. The Unite union warned of disruption to flights unless a series of rows with the airport and contractors are resolved.more

A secret police database containing the name of thousands of gang members has been accused of targeting young black men - many of whom have been deemed to have zero risk of violence.more