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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. more

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

Transport for London used a little-known byelaw to bring a criminal prosecution against Oluseun Olumide Olaifa, 31, over the incident on June 20.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. more

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? more

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. more

Six English water companies are to face legal action over allegations of underreporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers.more

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. more

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

The piano, manuscripts and jewelry of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be sold at an auction organized by Sotheby's in London. Since yesterday, the exhibition at the auction house includes the crown and royal coat of the musician who died in 1991, used during the last concert tour, manuscripts of works and a silver mustache comb.more

Eligibility for a scrappage scheme has been extended to more people ahead of the expansion the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to all of London. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said all Londoners will be able to access up to £2,000 to replace non-compliant cars.more

Rents in London may soar to more than £2,700 a month on average next year, new figures have revealed.more

Murders in London have become increasingly more “ferocious”, Scotland Yard’s top homicide detective has said.more

One in 50 Londoners are now homeless and the capital’s housing crisis is becoming “unmanageable”, it was warned on Thursday.more

A new interactive map shows the London boroughs with the most takeaways, and two London areas top the list. Westminister and Camden have the most fast food outlets compared to the population, the data shows. more

Westminster Council said it had received more than five thousand complaints between April 2021 and May 2023, most of which were noise related. more