A resident of a high-rise block of flats has said a blaze that forced dozens of people to evacuate began after an e-bike being charged in his home caught fire.more
Large tracts of the London Tube network will be shut on Tuesday, June 21, after Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) confirmed strike action would go ahead. Around 10,000 London Underground workers will walk out over a 24-hour period.more
Commuters who park their car at London Bridge are being set back a whopping £35 per day, making it the most expensive train station for parking in the UK.more
Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor accused of sex-crimes in England, was formally charged by police in London and will appear in a magistrate's court there this week, Metropolitan Police confirmed Monday. more
Property experts are questioning whether the Government’s new right to buy plan will work for families living in even the cheapest areas across London.more
Sadiq Khan has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning work to cut bus and Tube services will start in a fortnight unless a long term funding deal is agreed with Government.more
Tucked in right beside Monument station is the site of a centuries-old London Underground station that has seemingly been forgotten to the ghosts of London commuting history for eternity. Named King William Street, the station lasted for a mere ten years before being shut down.more
A 32-year-old man is due to appear in court charged with the murder of rapper Hypo. Laurie John-Phillip, from Enfield, is accused of killing the rapper, whose real name was Lamar Jackson, shortly after midnight on Friday.
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It's been a mixed weekend of weather for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations with sunshine at times and rain showers at others. But when can we expect a hot streak to return to the capital - the sort of weather that will get Londoners throwing their t-shirts out the window and panic buying ice cubes?
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Transport for London has advised people to avoid travelling on the network on Monday due to a planned tube strike.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are due to walk out for 24 hours.more
The rapper ex-boyfriend of singer Emeli Sande has been stabbed to death at a Jubilee party. Hypo, real name Lamar Jackson, was attacked in front of a "large number of people" at the bash in Redbridge, east London, police said.more
British police on Saturday briefly evacuated London's Trafalgar Square, close to where celebrations are to be held later to mark Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, after reports of a suspicious vehicle but said the security alert had concluded.more
The four-day main celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II's 70th anniversary of her reign, began today in Britain. The monarch made two appearances on the balcony of Buckingham Palace today, and although she was missing from the military parade, her appearance was greeted with undiminished enthusiasm.more
The Platinum Jubilee bank holiday will take place later this week–and as workers across the country enjoy the four-day weekend, public services like bin collections may be impacted.more
Police have arrested several protesters who entered the ceremonial route on The Mall before Trooping the Colour.
A group of demonstrators were dragged by police out of the path of a military band as they marched along at around 10.10am.more
Londoners have been warned to check their journeys before they travel as huge crowds are expected to descend on the capital for the four-day Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.more
Bus services in central London could be cut by up to 20%, Transport for London (TfL) has warned. A consultation as part of TfL's bus action plan threatens to remove 250 buses and 16 routes in what would be the biggest bus cuts for decades.more
Sadiq Khan will on Monday night warn of the dangers of “anti-London populism” and highlight the Elizabeth line as a great example of how investing in the capital helps other parts of the UK.more
More than a million journeys have been made on the central section of the Elizabeth line in its first five days. Since opening on Tuesday, more than two million trips have been made across the whole line, which links Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood, Transport for London (TfL) said.more