The Latest Breaking News from London

‘Toxic culture’ around mayor at Tower Hamlets council criticised by inspectors

East London council found to have a ‘suspicious and defensive’ culture centred on Lutfur Rahman and his allies

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

UFC announces return to London – but key fighter could miss out

A Fight Night event is scheduled for March 2025, likely meaning a lack of title bouts and the absence of the UK’s sole champion

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

UFC returns to London for Fight Night event on March 22

The UFC has the U.K. circled on the calendar as part of its first-quarter international schedule in 2025.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 12, 2024

Teenager given referral order after fire at London Oratory School

A major incident was declared after smoke and orange flames broke out in the atrium of the London Oratory School in Fulham on December 27 last year.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Frank Auerbach death: Famed painter who fled from Nazis dies aged 93

‘A true giant is gone, but his remarkable legacy will continue to inspire and endure’

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

A decade of Grecian reinvention: How OPSO changed the way London eats Greek food

Ten years ago, OPSO crashed into London’s dining scene and ripped up the Greek rulebook. Now, with a celebratory menu and a debut cookbook to boot, founders Nikos Roussos and Andreas Labridis look back at a decade of redefining Greek cuisine – where smoked eel meets carbonara, brunch gets a…

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Tower Hamlets 'toxic' culture warning: Government intervenes in running of London council

Decisions made by the east London town hall will be monitored by a Government-appointed envoy following a series of complaints under the borough’s controversial mayor

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Frank Auerbach, leading figurative painter who fled Nazis, dies aged 93

Saved from the Holocaust by a sponsorship that took him from Berlin to London as a child, the artist later fell in with Soho’s artistic crowd including Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

EFG London Jazz Festival: our pick of the shows to see from Jamie Cullum to Marisa Monte

With more than 300 shows over 60 venues there is a gig for every jazz fan’s taste

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

My American family couldn’t visit me in London, so we went to ‘London’ in Florida instead

Having lived in London for four years, American Kassondra Cloos thought a trip to see her adopted city as imagined by the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando would be fairly pointless – but instead she finds a home from home that’s suited to even grown-up kids

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024