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The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra - an ensemble made up of Ukrainian musicians who fled the country before the war and who had already played in various European orchestras - played yesterday at The Proms, London's famous summer classical music festival.more

Hospitals in the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have one of the longest patient wait times for surgery in England, according to a Daily Mail investigation. The Trust placed at number eight on the list of hospitals with patients waiting more than the NHS recommended waiting time of 18 weeks. more

Greggs faces a battle with police over the late night sale of sausage rolls at its flagship Leicester Square shop.more

The London Underground’s Piccadilly line will resume Night Tube services this weekend, for the first time since they were suspended due to the pandemic. more

Just as with its other flagship locations, Apple’s new Brompton Road store will also host free events, which range from training to talks, focusing on fitness, creativity and more. more

London’s fire chief has called for a “total ban” on disposable barbecues as the capital braces for a potential second summer heatwave.more

Rules which make it easier to turn office and retail space into flats could have a “devastating effect” on swathes of central London, Westminster City Council has claimed.more

London Underground workers will strike in August in an ongoing dispute between the RMT union, TfL and London Underground management.more

West Green Road was named ‘London's unhealthiest high street’, based on a Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) ranking of the capital’s 146 high streets. more

Transport for London is still planning big cuts despite a multi-billion-pound funding offer from government, according to Sadiq Khan. more

Two men have died in separate shootings in London within the space of 24 hours, police have confirmed.more

A housing group that did not realise one of its residents had been dead for two and a half years has apologised. Sheila Seleoane, 58, was found in her Peckham flat in February and had to be identified by dental records.more

Firefighters battled a huge blaze at Hankley Common in Surrey and three other large fires in London, related to the recent dry hot weather.more

Long-running weekend strikes on London's Night Tube have been suspended after the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union accepted a concession from London Underground about rotas.more

The NHS is to step up its monkeypox vaccination programme in London, as more supplies of the jab are available. more

People trying to travel on London Underground were hit with disruption even before 8am this morning as the capital prepares for a potentially unprecedented heatwave. more

Commuters have been left feeling “too hot to breathe” as they battle the heat on the capital’s Tube network. Passengers told of their struggles to stay cool during the heatwave as the Standard rode busy routes with a thermometer this week- with temperatures hitting nearly a sweltering 35C.more

Tourists to London should face a new tourism levy to fund Transport for London (TfL), City Hall has heard. Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics told the London Assembly on Wednesday, July 13 a tourist tax would be worth “hundreds of millions of pounds” per year - and suggested it could be used to solve TfL's funding crisis. more

Carnivores and herbivores are well served by London restaurants but vegetarians are finding there is little in between on the menu. The Vegetarian Society and restaurant owners have lamented a trend at high end diners of cheese, eggs and other non vegan products being excluded from meals not containing meat or fish.more

Sadiq Khan has been urged to consider delaying the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) across Greater London due to the cost of living crisis and lack of funds for a scrappage scheme. more

Sadiq Khan has urged for action after 71% of recent monkeypox cases were reported in London. more

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have hailed the return of Notting Hill Carnival next month after a three-year hiatus. more

While the second-level warning of extreme heatwaves across most of England and much of Wales has been extended until the end of the day on Tuesday, residents in London are being asked to limit their water consumption.more

Emirates airlines today rejected a demand by London's Heathrow Airport authorities to cut flights due to its reduced capacity, and accused the management of one of Europe's largest airports of incompetence.more

The first new stop on the London Overground since 2005 will open on 18 July, its operator has confirmed.more