Jaannuaryis set to brighten from tomorrow as London’s largest light art festival returns for the first time in three years. The Winter Lights Festival in Canary Wharf, which is free to attend and unticketed, runs from Wednesday until Saturday January 28.more
After it emerged that one of the London Metropolitan Police officers was a serial rapist, its management said it was re-investigating all 1,633 allegations of sexual and domestic violence involving 1,071 police officers.more
An officer from London's Metropolitan Police today pleaded guilty to 49 offences, mostly of a sexual nature, committed over 18 years. This is another recent case weighing heavily on the image of London's police force.more
A seven-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries yesterday as a result of a shooting at a funeral in London, Reuters reported. Five other people, including another child, were injured in the incident, which British media described as one of the worst of its kind in decades.more
UK councils issued an average of nearly 20,000 parking fines each day last year, according to new analysis.
Figures obtained by Churchill Motor Insurance suggest fines were handed out by local authorities at a daily rate of 19,631 in 2022.
That is a 12% rise from the previous year.more
A satirical vote for England’s ‘worst place to live’ has included a worrying number of London areas. The annual poll, conducted by ilivehere, looks to find the country’s bottom-of-the-barrel, narrowing down the contenders to a top – or bottom – 100 list.more
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
