The Latest Breaking News from London

Tesco Staff Still Paid Lower Than Minimum Wage As Supermarket Struggles

Store employees at Tesco will only receive their new hourly pay of £12.02 from 28th April, despite the National Living Wage going up to £11.44 on 1st April.

International Business Times UK · Mar 15, 2024

Despite Being 5,000 Miles Apart, Prince William and Prince Harry Still Couldn’t Bear to Attend an Event at the Same Time—Even One That Honored Their Mother Princess Diana

Their separate appearances at the Diana Awards were carefully timed so that William, onsite in London, had zero opportunity to interact with Harry, calling in from California.

Marie Claire · Mar 15, 2024

Cricket-themed hospitality chain Sixes coming to London Bridge

Customers have already hit more than 700,000 sixes off of 13 million balls at its existing three London sites

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

‘I never dreamed I’d get this role!’: Derry Girl Louisa Harland on Sally Wainwright’s thrilling new heroine

She’s gone from playing a schoolgirl to starring as a highway robber with superpowers in new swashbuckling period romp, Renegade Nell. The actor talks pie and mash, stunt training – and why there are no nipples in her new series

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024

FKA twigs is first cover star for new head of British Vogue Chioma Nnadi

Editor praises ‘shape-shifter’ musician and takes magazine in seemingly different direction

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024

London 'Everywoman' Sculpture To Grace Trafalgar Square

A sculpture depicting modern women in the British capital will stand on the Fourth Plinth of London's Trafalgar Square from 2026, organisers said Friday.

International Business Times · Mar 15, 2024

Man charged with attempted murder after teenager stabbed in Stepney

A teenager is in hospital fighting for his life after being stabbed close to a mosque in east London

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

London has been named Best City in Europe, and it's top for culture. There was never any question

The cultural offering in this city is second to none, it’s no surprise it keeps coming out on top

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: What happened to 24-hour London?

Unlike our New York cousins, the capital has never claimed to be a city that never sleeps. But neither did it shut up shop at 10.30pm. And so the question on locals’ lips is this: what happened to 24-hour London? Cost is, inevitably, a major factor — for revellers and…

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024

The slow death of 24-hour London: how did the city get so sleepy?

Pricey pints, mass pub and club closures, venue curfews, licensing restrictions and a struggling late-night transport infrastructure are killing London’s buzz, says El Hunt — when did the capital stop being fun after dark?

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024