The Met Office warned there will be disruption to transport, difficult driving conditions and some road closures as up to 40mm of rain will fall in two hours
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Police have named four people, including two children, found dead at a flat in Hounslow. Michal Wlodarczyk, 39, Monika Wlodarczyk, 35, Maja Wlodarczyk, 11, and Dawid Wlodarczyk, aged three, have been named by police. All four were found at the property on Staines Road, Bedfont, and thought to be from the same family, police said.more
Charles III made his first appearance as king yesterday at Trooping the Colour, the traditional military parade and troop review that takes place in London on the official birthday of the British monarch - and he not only watched it, but also rode in it himself.more
Transport for London wants to increase the number of daily trips by bike from about 1.2m to 1.6m by the end of the decade by expanding the appeal of cycling to a more “diverse” range of Londoners and moving away from focusing on cycle commuters.more
The Met Office has issued a bleak weather warning as thunderstorms are set to roll in over London come Sunday, 18 June, as well as across most of England and Wales.more
Data obtained by the BBC has found that roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices (PCNs), with the rest from daily charge payments.
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The entrance to South Kensington station on Exhibition Road may have been extensively remodeled to accommodate Orthodox Jews. The reason why this religious group does not use this entrance is because it is connected to the Science Museum - a facility where human remains are kept.more
Camden Council give green light to 131ft wheel despite raft of objections to the ‘theme park’ attraction -but plans must now go to the Mayor of London for final approval.more
High temperatures on Friday and this weekend will impact on those over 65 and with pre-existing health conditions, experts have warned.
Health authorities have issued the first heat-health alert of the year for six regions ahead of a surge in temperatures. more
Camden Town Tube station has become the latest stop on the Underground network to receive 4G and 5G mobile coverage.
The upgrade means that around 10 per cent of Tube stations with platforms that are below ground, and therefore usually unable to get a mobile signal, are now connected.more
TfL has revealed it wants to buy more Elizabeth line trains to cope with demand from HS2.
Under the plans, confirmed in TfL board papers, the Department for Transport is being lobbied to provide funding for more trains on the Elizabeth line to support HS2’s terminus at Old Oak Common.more
Stealing expensive watches and selling them on the black market has become a more lucrative crime in the UK than drug trafficking, a leading watch expert told Sky News yesterday.more
Pride month is here, and following the movement's 50th anniversary in 2022 you can expect even more fabulous celebrations this year, culminating in the annual parade through central London on Saturday, July 1.more
A London court yesterday sentenced the perpetrator of the brutal murder of 21-year-old Polish student Ania Jędrkowiak to life imprisonment without the possibility of seeking parole before the age of 29.more
More than 90 English primary schools – many of them in cities and towns – are to close or are at risk of closure because they are more than two-thirds empty, according to Guardian analysis of government data.more
Weather forecasters have some bad news for fans of traditional British bank holidays, who love desperately barbecuing under an umbrella as rain soaks their flip-flops.
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It's going to be a busy weekend on public transport coming up! A perfect storm of a good weather forecast and huge road closures due to the RideLondon event this weekend mean services much busier than usual this weekend. more
Helen Holland, who was hit by a police motorcycle from a column escorting Princess Sophie, sister-in-law of King Charles III, died after two weeks in hospital. According to Buckingham Palace, her death deeply saddened the Duchess of Edinburgh.more
London Underground workers have voted in favour of extending their mandate to continue taking strike action for another six months, the RMT union has announced.more