'No consultation or prior warning' - RideLondon Classique 2025 forced to cancel as UCI changes race dates 'Very sad day for professional women’s cycling' says event director Cycling News · Jun 14, 2024
Rishi Sunak blew £50 taxpayer cash on custom ‘stopped’ stamp for gimmicky pre-election video Exclusive: The prime minister sent a Downing Street staffer on the hunt in London for an ink-stamp in the shape of the word ‘stopped’ before slapping it on examples of visa applicants he was barring from Britain The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024
Murder probe as man, 20, with ‘heart of gold’ dies in hospital after west London shooting Sebastiaan James-Kraan was found with a fatal injury in Templeman Road, Hanwell on Sunday Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
‘When you fall, you pick yourself up’: Naomi Campbell on her V&A exhibition London show illustrates 40-year career of first Black British model to front British Vogue, spanning fashion, culture and politics The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Runaway horses set to steal show at trooping the colour on Saturday Cameras expected to be trained on three Household Cavalry steeds that galloped through London in April The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
A Tokyo developer will demolish a building for spoiling the view. Why doesn’t Britain care about beauty? Politicians and planners are allowing the Thames to become an urban canyon – greed always seems to win out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Longstanding London park time trial cancelled over concerns of speed and 'cycling-related incidents' London Dynamo's Richmond Park time trials have been cancelled after The Royal Parks stepped in Cycling Weekly · Jun 14, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Should Transport for London's gravy train hit the buffers? Statutory corporation or gravy train? Transport for London paid an astonishing 1,319 staff £100,000 or more in the last financial year, nearly twice the figure in the previous 12 months. The vast rise can be attributed to two years of bonuses being paid in arrears in a single year. Yet… Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Love through the lens, a dynasty of Japanese printmaking and Leeds’s finest – the week in art The Yoshida family’s remarkable legacy, Alison Wilding’s subtle and surprising sculptures and this year’s rather tired effort from the Royal Academy The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Woman shocked to find phone stolen in Stratford mugging turn up in China East Londoner Emma Hall discovered her phone had travelled 6,000 miles after it was snatched in Stratford Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
‘A set of clues to who they are’: artists and authors on their marvellous mantelpieces Fascinated by the objects on his mum’s fireplace and what they say about her, Orlando Gili embarked on a project to capture creatives’ collections The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
How much will Labour and the Tory manifestos appeal to London's voters? Professor Patrick Diamond, Director of the Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London, examines the two key documents Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Best pubs, bars and outdoor places to watch the Euro 2024 final in the UK If you can’t make it to Berlin to watch the final game live, you can still enjoy a great atmosphere at fan screenings across the UK The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024
All aboard TfL gravy train: Huge rise in Transport for London staff earning more than £100,000 1,319 people earned a six-figure package in 2023/24 - up 72% on the 766 whose earnings exceeded £100,000 in the previous financial year Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024 How saunas became the new pub — and the hottest London openings to know Sticky floors and overpriced drinks are out, fluffy white robes are in. Sauna sessions are the capital’s new favourite way to let off steam
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024 Stolen Titian painting found at London bus stop put up for auction Christie’s says piece, stolen from Longleat estate in 1995 and found in a plastic bag seven years later, expected to fetch upto £25m
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 Jenga, dodgeball and no phones: a London school’s radical 12-hour day All Saints Catholic College aiming to ‘give children their childhood back’ by breaking their screen addictions
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024 London weather: Thunderstorms could hit capital today and tomorrow as miserable June continues Thunderstorms could hit London by Friday afternoon, BBC Weather has warned
Wallpaper · Jun 14, 2024 How Patek Philippe revived the dome clock: enamelling goes outré These enamelled dome clocks are part of a London exhibition highlighting Patek Philippe's dedication to keeping rare craft techniques alive
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024 London buildings still wrapped in Grenfell-style cladding seven years on from the disaster There are still 42 residential buildings in London with the same type of cladding as Grenfell where ‘remediation’ is incomplete
Wallpaper · Jun 14, 2024 RA’s 2024 Summer Exhibition celebrates making and multidisciplinarity in architecture At the Royal Academy’s 2024 Summer Exhibition, London collective Assemble brings together works from across the creative fields into the architectural rooms (18 June – 18 August 2024)
The Conversation · Jun 14, 2024 Pharaoh at the NGV is the greatest exhibition of ancient Egyptian art ever seen in Australia There have been many exhibitions of ancient Egyptian art held in Australia. Pharaoh, at the National Gallery of Victoria, is outstanding for its scope, scale and presentation.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024 Meet the Aussie pop star turned Trump’s biggest fundraiser in London hosting $50K dinners for ex-president Former singer and actress Holly Valance has denied climate change and decried ‘woke-ism’
Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024 City Hall could overturn council's decision to refuse 449 new homes in Tooting 'village' It has been argued that the sale of the land to build the homes would unlock crucial funding for new facilities at Tolworth Hospital
Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024 Three military horses than ran wild through London to feature in Trooping the Colour Black steed Tennyson was one of five horses injured in a rampage through central London in April