The Latest Breaking News from London

Trueman and the Arsonists review – timely revival of 50s dystopia

Roundhouse, LondonSimon Stephens’ adaptation of Max Frisch play about bourgeois indifference to a rising crisis should ring loud bells, but its absurdism fails to resonate

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

Two Met officers sacked over ‘racist’ stop and search of Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos

Olympic sprinter Dos Santos accused officers of handcuffing and searching the pair for ‘driving while Black’

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Inspirational east London teacher named as finalist in $1m global education prize

Shafina Vohra's innovative LEGO lessons earn praise from judges of global teaching prize

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Just Stop Oil spray orange paint over London's Wellington Arch

Police said three people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Which shops are coming back? Paperchase in Tesco and HMV reopens in Oxford Street

After a four-year hiatus, HMV will reopen its former flagship location on London's Oxford Street

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Thomas Heatherwick’s war on boring buildings: ‘I’ve never gone against the whole industry before’

The designer says architecture is gripped by a ‘blandemic’ that isn’t merely blotting our streets, but making us miserable, ill and violent. So what’s his solution?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

Jason Donovan has near-miss with London bus while cycling in clip filmed by Jeremy Vine

Pop star filmed in near miss with London bus while cycling in central London

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

British model jailed in Peru for trying to smuggle cocaine to London

Modou Dodou Adams was caught trying to smuggle cocaine to London via Paris in a suitcase

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

London's Vietnamese restaurant revolution: how Cay Tre's founder helped wake up the capital

Once hard to find, Vietnamese food is now a high street staple. Josh Barrie meets the man who helped start it all

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Police launch murder hunt after man, 34, goes missing in south London

Justin Henry has not been seen in person since leaving his partner’s home in Brixton on October 15

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023