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Asking prices for London homes have risen slightly compared to last June - but they are still 1.7 per cent lower than they were before coronavirus lockdown hit the UK in Marchmore

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today made an urgent call for the Government to make the wearing of face coverings mandatory for customers in shops and other confined public spaces.more

The congestion charge will rise to £15 from next week and apply in the evenings and weekends to tackle rising levels of traffic in central London, Sadiq Khan confirmed today.more

One-fifth of people on earth (1.7 billion) have a co-morbid disease that may increase the risk of severe COVID-19, around 350 million may require hospital stay for this reason, according to a study published by Lancet Global Health .more

The car that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drove had a small bump in front of the parliament this afternoon, but nobody was hurt, said Reuters, citing two witnesses.more

Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT planują zorganizowanie kolejnego lotu czarterowego z Wielkiej Brytanii do Polski. Lot planowany jest na 21 czerwca z lotniska London Heathrow do Warszawy.more

A 28-year-old has pleaded guilty to outraging public decency after being pictured urinating next to a memorial to Pc Keith Palmer, during far-right protests on Saturday.more

The arrest of Gianluigi Torzi in the Vatican led to more questions than answers. Torzi is the Italian broker who lives in London that operated as an intermediary in the Vatican Secretariat of State purchase of a building in Sloane Avenue, in London.more

London was the hardest-hit area of the country for coronavirus as a result of the capital’s high levels of deprivation, figures showed today.more

Inhabitants of Great Britain pay tribute to the victims of the most tragic fire since World War II. Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, the third tragedy is only celebrated online.more

Over a hundred people were arrested after yesterday's riots in London - London Metropolitan Police said this morning.more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the clashes between anti-racist demonstrators, supporters of the far right and police that occurred in London yesterday. According to current information, at least 15 people were injuredmore

Police were pelted with bottles during confrontations with demonstrators in London, where thousands gathered despite warnings to avoid protests. Groups gathered in the centre of the capital, claiming they were protecting statues from anti-racism activists.more

It is "absurd and shameful" that a statue of Winston Churchill has had to be boarded up because of fears it could be vandalised, the prime minister says. Boris Johnson said the war-time leader had expressed opinions which were "unacceptable to us today" but remained a hero for saving the country from "fascist and racist tyranny".more

Anti-racism campaigners have listed Nelson’s Column among the statues they want to see brought down.more

One resident wrote: "Richmond has become fairly rotten and smelly with human excrement and urine dotted around town."more

Since 2020 became all about cancellations and closures, all eyes are on what will happen in London during 2021. Here’s one we weren’t expecting: next year, construction will begin on The London Resort, an enormous theme park and water resort on the banks of the Thames that will cover 535 acres of land (that’s the same area as 136 Wembley Stadiums). more

On the wave of protests of the Black Lives Matter movement that had lasted for several days yesterday evening, before the London Docks Museum, the monument of a merchant, planter and slave owner Robert Milligan, who lived at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, was removed.more

Boris Johnson has said he will not approve of protesters “flouting social distancing” after a weekend of activism over systemic racism in the UK, amid a call from government for the end of any violent action and breaching of rules designed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.more

Statues and street names in London with links to slavery "should be taken down", the city's mayor has said.more

The famous former German tennis player Boris Becker wrote on Twitter that he was shocked by the reaction of his compatriots that he took part in a protest against racism in London. The winner of seven Grand Slam titles received a wave of offensive comments.more

Fewer than 1,000 fines have been issued in London for breaches of the Covid-19 legislation with most issued to young men on hot days, the Met revealed today. more

Anti-racist protests in Great Britain have been "shattered by banditry," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday announcing that the guilty would be held accountable.more

A slave trader's statue in Bristol has been torn down and thrown into the harbour during a second day of anti-racism protests across the UK.more

The London Metropolitan Police said there have been four arrests at the Black Lives Matter protests in the city and all of the suspects were in custody.more