Vapes 'laced with zombie drug Spice' leave five children in hospital in London Incident in Eltham leaves five teenagers hospitalised with one reportedly put into an induced coma Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
London council on brink of bankruptcy to dim streetlighting and cancel Christmas decorations Havering Council has proposed a raft of cost cutting measures alongside a 5% council tax rise Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
Police arrest man 'armed with acid' who threatened driver and other passengers on bus in south London Police swoop on south London bus after man claims to have acid in three hour stand-off Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
London travel news LIVE: Victoria Station evacuation leads to major disruption with trains cancelled or delayed Commuters are facing major delays again on the Central line due to a shortage of trains. Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
The Royal Ballet celebrates new talent in choreography with edgy set design The Royal Ballet Festival of New Choreography encompasses performances and events at the Royal Opera House in London Wallpaper · Feb 12, 2024
Arsenal send scouts to watch £42m Chelsea transfer target: report A transfer battle appears to be brewing in London, but the two Premier League rivals could face seriously stiff competition FourFourTwo · Feb 12, 2024
London leavers: 'We swapped paying £1,000 a month London rent for renovating a £170k period home in Ludlow' A passion for coffee and a move to Shropshire allowed Anabelle de Gersigny and Matt Wade to build their property portfolio Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024
Printworks London may reopen by 2026 after developers submit plans British Land and AustraliaSuper want to create cultural venue that will include offices and shops The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
Emma Gladstone obituary Dancer and artistic director of the Dance Umbrella festival known for being an innovative force in the industry The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
BBCSO/Kahchun Wong review – hints of musical adventure to come The Singaporean conductor, soon to head the Hallé, chose a Shostakovich symphony for his London debut, along with two Japanese pieces forming a timely tribute to the late Seiji Ozawa The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
Tens of thousands descend on London to celebrate Chinese New Year More than 500,000 people were expected to welcome the Year of the Dragon in London, organisers said. Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024
OPINION - London should host the Super Bowl — it would be an easy win for Sadiq Khan As NFL fans prepare to watch Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, moving the game to London makes more sense than you might think Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024
‘You can get home for the 10 o’clock news’: UK ravers fall in love with daytime clubbing As the rave generation hit their 50s, Day Fever club event is a big hit at London debut after success in Sheffield The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
‘I will always choose laughter’: Izuka Hoyle on Big Boys, Boiling Point and feeling brave Having won a Scottish Bafta for Boiling Point, closely followed by a pitch-perfect comedy performance in Big Boys, Izuka Hoyle is red hot. Here, she tells Hayley Campbell why now is the time for big decisions The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024 UK’s AI Safety Institute ‘needs to set standards rather than do testing’ Marc Warner, CEO of London-based Faculty AI, sees new body as an international standard setter
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024 ‘Living in Brixton allowed me not to be judged non-stop’: Zineb Sedira, the artist who makes people feel at home The child of Algerian parents who grew up in France and found artistic freedom in London on family, ideas of belonging and how she and close friend Sonia Boyce came to be the toast of 2022’s Venice Biennale
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024 London 'bears brunt' of knife crime with 11,000 victims admitted to hospital in a decade There were 930 hospital admissions in London because of a blade injury in a 12-month period
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024 Josh Barrie's bacon and eggs: The Class Café, Purley I was born in a place called Purley, in the far reaches of South London. It’s a reasonably affluent, leafy part of Croydon, where the actor Bill Nighy went to school and where members of the Kray family disappeared after their empire gave way.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2024 ‘The teacher cupped her crotch. She never went back’: when yoga turns toxic From my very first downward dog, I was hooked. But training as a yoga teacher led me to a miserable world of false promises, exploitation and near-total burnout. Could I find my way back to the mat?
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2024 Ted Lasso star Kola Bokinni on inspiring next generation of London acting talent Londoner Kola Bokinni, who played AFC Richmond team captain Isaac McAdoo, said he was "too stubborn" to accept he should "get a proper job" and not act
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2024 £3bn needed to fix London’s crumbling hospitals amid safety warning London’s hospital repair backlog covers everything from leaky gutters to faulty lifts and creaking walls
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2024 Sadiq Khan says Government must prevent post-Brexit Eurostar 'chaos' The mayor warned that new biometric border controls threaten to create ‘huge queues’ at St Pancras station
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2024 Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’ Why have so many teens and twentysomethings stopped going out?
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2024 Tom Holland is latest superstar name in bumper year for London theatre West End even more packed than usual with big-name talent, but insiders say star casting is not only route to successful productions
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2024 Car cloning: innocent UK motorists get fines as scams accelerate If a criminal breaks the law in a car with the same number plates as yours, you could be treated as liable