The Latest Breaking News from London

E.coli Warning Before UK's Henley Regatta

UK water quality campaigners warned on Friday of "very high E.coli" levels in the River Thames west of London, just days before rowers were due to take part in the Henley Royal Regatta.

International Business Times · Jun 28, 2024

'Not Crazy To Be Optimistic' On Climate Tech, Gates Tells Investors

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday urged investors to get behind cutting-edge climate technologies he says would drive a "green industrial revolution" and a next wave of global prosperity.

International Business Times · Jun 27, 2024

Hisham Matar wins Orwell prize for political fiction

The Pulitzer winner’s third novel My Friends is based on an event from 1984, when officials opened fire on protesters at the Libyan embassy in London

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Cocoa Prices Plunge on West African Showers

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -560 (-7.19%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN24 ) is down -804 (-10.29%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower, with London cocoa falling to a 4-week low. Favorable weather has moved into West Africa and is undercutting cocoa prices. Forecaster...

Barchart · Jun 27, 2024

Rough sleeping in London hits highest level in a decade

Almost 12,000 rough sleepers were seen by outreach workers in 2023-24, a 19% increase on the previous year

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Pride revellers urged to plan journeys as strike threatens to shut major central London Tube station

Stations will be extra busy and people may need to queue before boarding

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

Election 2024: Lib Dems target London commuter belt ...The Standard podcast

Plus, a fully automated transcript of today’s episode...

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

Man took his own life after escaping from London hospital during fire drill

Coroner warns of future risk to patients due to mental health bed shortage in capital

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

OPINION - West African food is having a moment in London while Nigeria is in need — it deserves our support

If I were to tell you that 2024 has already been a hugely significant year for West African food, then where would your mind immediately turn? Might it be Chishuru? The whirling firecracker of a West End restaurant where brilliant, Nigerian-born autodidact Adejoké Bakare (recently named Chef of the Year…

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

Supacell: from Deptford to Peckham where was the hit Netflix superhero show filmed?

Set in Peckham, the Netflix series tells the story of a group of south Londoners who get superpowers

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024