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Show shines light on overlooked artist who made UK’s first Holocaust memorial

Work of German-Jewish sculptor Fred Kormis, who fled Nazis in 1930s, will be subject of an exhibition in London

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Junk vs 7th Street: Who is the new London king of smashburgers?

It’s clear London has fallen in love with smashburgers — those thin, crispy smashed patties, cooked hot and hard on a solid top, pressed deeply into the surface to maximise the Maillard reaction. 

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Londoners rescued from cars as Tube stations and streets flooded after heavy downpours

London Fire Brigade said it took around 350 calls to flooding after a night of torrential rain

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Olafur Eliasson artwork set to turn London’s Piccadilly Circus into a blur

Icelandic-Danish artist’s latest work, Lifeworld, will take over famous advertising screens in October

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Sadiq Khan to voice opposition to Donald Trump during New York visit

Sadiq Khan is on a four-day trip to New York during which he hopes to hit the headlines by expressing opposition to Donald Trump regaining the US presidency.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Woolwich zombie knife murder: Neighbour told dying schoolboy 'don’t worry, mum will be coming soon'

Police scrambled to Eglinton Road around 6.35pm on Sunday where the youngster was found with a stab injury

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Labour warned of £54bn price tag to build enough affordable homes in London

Labour ministers face warnings that their housebuilding plan for London risks costing an astronomical £54 billion just for affordable homes, unless housing associations can tap more private investment.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie's London: 'I did work experience shredding actors' headshots'

My flat in north London, I live with my boyfriend and a lot of spiders and have been there for a couple of years. I sometimes stay back at my parents’ who are still in south London. My mum leaves out old OK magazines from the 1990s and a small…

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Tornado hits Luton as streets flooded and cars submerged outside London

A small tornado hit Luton as streets were submerged and cars abandoned when heavy downpours battered towns outside London.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

Travel chaos on tubes and trains after overnight flooding in London and southeast England

Four Tube lines in the capital are partially closed on Monday morning due to flooding

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024