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Commuters are abandoning cars amid the petrol crisis and getting back on board trains, buses and the Tube instead. Passenger data yesterday showed a seven per cent increase in London Underground travel and a two per cent jump on bus trips in one week - both hitting a post-pandemic high. more

A man has been charged with the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, who was killed as she walked to meet a friend in south-east Londonmore

Rain and thunderstorms are expected to batter the UK on Monday bringing a gloomy end to September.more

A 38-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning on suspicion of murdering teacher Sabina Nessa. Scotland Yard branded the move a ‘significant development’.more

Tube and train passengers who use Oyster cards to travel in London will benefit from a new cap on fares being introduced next week.more

Health chiefs are preparing to use a “hyper local” approach in a bid to convince the one million unvaccinated adult Londoners to get jabbed.more

Campaigners have demanded action to tackle violence against women as police investigate the murder of a “brilliant” primary school teacher killed as she walked through her local park on her way home.more

British Met Office weather forecasters report that tomorrow in the UK it will likely be possible to experience "the last warm day of the year". Temperatures in London will reach even 23-24 degrees Celsius, but it will also be bright in other regions of the country.more

Passengers are falling down Tube escalators because of a reluctance to hold the hand rail for fear of catching Covid.more

Infection rates have fallen in every London borough but one, according to the latest government data. Kensington and Chelsea is the only borough to have seen an overall rise in infections from September 5 to September 12.more

The Mayor of London has appealed to the government for help as the capital struggles to stop people from travelling without face masks. Sadiq Khan admitted “significant numbers” of Londoners are not wearing a face covering when travelling on public transport.more

Londoners will be able to bask in warm summer-like sunshine this week before the weather turns autumnal. Forecasters predicts a high of 23C in London on Thursday before periods of low-pressure move in, bringing cooler and wetter conditions at the weekend.more

Environmental protesters from the group Insulate Britain have blocked the M25 for the fourth time in a week. Activists descended on junction 18 of the country’s busiest motorway and glued themselves to the surface. more

Two new London Underground stations opened on Monday morning, following a £1.1 billion development project. The Tube’s first major expansion this century has seen two new stops added to the Northern line in the south of the capital.more

Part of Oxford Street was closed down last night over fears of a gunman on the busy shopping street. more

Many residents of East and West London have been waiting patiently for the long overdue Crossrail works to be completed and a full service direct to the heart of Central London to start. Sadly, that wait is going to be even longer than many might have hoped.more

With the coronavirus pandemic seemingly easing off and offices cautiously reopening, workers across the capital are having to face up to the inevitable and reluctantly cast aside their favoured dressing gowns to rejoin the Great Commute on the London Underground.more

Kew Gardens has secured a new world record for the “largest collection of living plants at a single-site botanic garden”. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew London has gained recognition from the Guinness World Records (GWR) for a feat in biodiversity, housing a total of 16,900 species of plants within its 320-acre site.more

Leaked test results suggest the government and construction industry had early evidence of the dangers posed by cladding, 13 years before the Grenfell Tower fire.more

Women in London say they are more likely to suffer sexual harassment than female Parisians do, according to a major new study highlighting stark differences between the two capitals.more

British police arrested 71 participants in the blockade of the London bypass. Activists protesting against climate change caused massive traffic jams and also, in all likelihood, a serious accident in which a 50-year-old woman was severely injured.more

Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to introduce emergency visas to solve labour shortages in London. A combination of factors including post-Brexit immigration rules, the Covid-19 pandemic and an ageing workforce has put “a huge strain” on certain industries, Mr Khan said in a speech on Tuesday.more

The amount of central London office space signed for has reached its highest monthly figure since the start of the pandemic, new data shows.more

The British capital is once again struggling with heavy rainfall. Difficult conditions for the patient's emergence to many difficulties in movement - were flooded, among others Tower Bridge station where the store was closed.more

The stained glass "Apollo. The Copernicus System" - reconstructed on the basis of a design by Stanisław Wyspiański - will be presented at the exhibition at the William Morris Gallery in London.more