The Latest Breaking News from London

Bangladesh's election on Sunday will be a "sham" designed to cement Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's rule, exiled opposition leader Tarique Rahman has told AFP in an exclusive interview defending his party's boycott.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24 ) closed down -0.05 (-0.24%) on Wednesday, and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH24 ) closed down -4.20 (-0.69%). Sugar prices on Wednesday gave up an early advance and posted modest losses as weakness in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) weighed on sugar...

Sadiq Khan hopes a free WiFi network could help visitors navigate the city and help tourists who face high roaming costs

I’m not being funny but… New Year’s Eve is overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing in a new chapter each year but the expense of it all has made it a luxury rather than a “mere” privilege. Without wanting to generalise too much, real Londoners don’t go all…

A new campaign to get deprived young Londoners into top jobs has been backed by mayor Sadiq Khan.

Tenants across 11 boroughs were paid more than £200,000 in compensation following special Ombudsman reports into the state of their homes

Camila Batmanghelidjh, who founded the globally renowned, London-based and entirely besmirched — but ultimately exonerated — Kids Company died peacefully on New Year’s Day aged 61. It is my sincere belief that we Londoners will rue the day she suffered what she described to me as her “reputational assassination”, which…

The failed London mayoral candidate, who attended a lockdown-breaking ‘jingle and mingle’ Christmas party, said ‘she can’t be both’ a political commentator and post pictures of her body on Instagram

The growth was driven by purchases by buyers from the Gulf, the USA and China