Londoners are more highly qualified than people in any other part of the country new data suggests – particularly if they live in Wandsworth or the City of London. Nearly half of people in London hold higher education qualifications classed as “Level 4” - which includes bachelor degrees, HNDs and postgraduate qualifications - according to the Office for National Statistics.more
London should be able to set its own immigration rules to ensure there are enough skilled workers to run essential services, according to Sadiq Khan.more
Heathrow said it recorded the largest increase in passengers of any European airport last year.
The west London airport was used by 61.6 million passengers in 2022, up 42.2 million compared with 2021.more
A small amount of uranium was detected at Heathrow airport on December 29, which was being smuggled into the UK, The Sun newspaper revealed today. Uranium can be used to build so-called dirty bomb.more
Aslef will this week give notice to Transport for London that it plans to ballot its 2,000 members over feared changes to pensions and working conditions.more
Sadiq Khan has been warned by his own transport chiefs that he risks effectively shooting himself in the foot if he decides to increase Tube and bus fares by less than national rail fares.more
London's top police officer has claimed that the city is "fantastically safe", with the homicide rate dropping last year, amid continued pressure on the Met after a series of scandals.more
The website of London's Natural History Museum features a remarkable work of art - a century-old album of 355 microphotographs of snowflakes. It was created by Wilson Bentley, a scientist who devoted his professional life to exploring the uniqueness and beauty of this natural phenomenon.more
Reckless cyclists and all e-scooter and e-bikes could be banned from part of the Thames Path in a bid to protect pedestrians. Those who flout the ban would be fined £100 under the proposals being consulted on by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.more
Designated spaces will be provided for women and girls who feel unsafe on New Year’s Eve celebrations in London, before the mayor’s fireworks display at the London Eye, the Metropolitan police has said.more
A woman has been fined £1,500 after a cigarette was thrown out of her car window, in a clampdown on so-called “grime crime”. Council enforcement officers caught a driver dropping the butt out of the window of Maurine Bateesa's Nissan Duke through east London.more
Demand for central London office space surged by a quarter this year year despite the continuing popularity of hybrid working, new figures reveal today.more
After Covid ruined holidays for so many, the hope was that this year's Christmas getaway would be easy. Instead, strikes are set to cause disruption at airports, on the railways and on the roads.
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The London Eye could disappear from the capital’s skyline for ever in a few years. The UK’s largest observation wheel could be removed from its South Bank home as soon as 2028, unless it gets permission to stay.more
The roll-out of super-fast 4G mobile connectivity on the Tube has expanded to part of the Northern line. Transport for London said its new 4G network had been switched on overnight between Archway and Kentish Town, including Tufnell Park station, on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line.more
After three years of conservation work, the National Gallery in London has presented to the public a restored 15th-century painting by Piero della Francesca depicting the scene of the birth of Christ. The conservators immediately fell down with thunder. Critics go so far as to say that the work has been destroyed.more
The Polish Klan Association - a Polish association working for Poles living in west London - decided to help the most needy compatriots from Hounslow and the surrounding area by organizing the "Christmas Support Package". Parcels were delivered to 25 families.more