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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

One in 58 Londoners were homeless in 2022, according to new figures that reveal the capital has the most acute homelessness crisis in the UK.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

London's roads remain the most congested in the world, with more time being lost to traffic jams than before the pandemic, researchers have found.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

The No Trousers Tube Ride will return to London this weekend for the first time since the pandemic.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

There are more than 3,000 unclaimed estates in London and some people could be owed a small fortune from a long-lost relative.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

Battersea Dogs and Cats home has been swarmed with “ridiculously cute” kittens with nearly double being born at the shelter in the past year.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

Buckingham Palace has revealed that the King's Birthday Parade, known as Trooping the Colour, will be held on 17 June 2023 in central London. 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. more

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

All 10 of the most expensive streets in England are in south and west London, according to Halifax.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

Drivers are due to strike for 11 days, including on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.more

Sadiq Khan has been reselected as Labour’s mayoral candidate and will bid to win a historic third term at City Hall in 2024, it was announced on Tuesday.more