The Latest Breaking News from London

Three people killed cycling in same London borough in six weeks

More than 100 people took part in a protest ride in Hackney on Wednesday night to demand safer streets.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Storm Babet: Yellow warning of rain for London as 70mph gale force winds and downpours to hit UK

Risk of flooding in capital, treacherous travel conditions and disruption to public transport

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023

Pakistan court grants protection from arrest to ex-leader Nawaz Sharif, allowing his return home

A court in Pakistan has granted several days of protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in graft cases, clearing the way for him to return home from self-imposed exile in London, where he went in 2019 for medical treatment

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Acid attacks that ‘devastate lives’ increase by 45 per cent in London

There were 107 acid attacks last year, up from 74 in 2001

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023

I lost my parents in the Hamas attack. My family want peace, not revenge for their deaths

The only way to end this war is to treat each other humanely, says Magen Inon, a London-based teacher

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Police hunt for masked man sexually assaulting women on London buses

Police are asking for help in naming the masked man

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

My kids don’t have sushi in their packed lunches – does it make me a bad mother?

Faced with the prospect of making basic packed lunches for school at the crack of dawn is hard enough without then hearing about other parents’ glorious creations for Instagram posts, says Charlotte Cripps

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

‘Demand interestingness’: Thomas Heatherwick rails against boring buildings

Designer says soulless structures make people stressed and lonely as he launches book and campaign

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

The pope's absolute power, and the problems it can cause, are on display in 2 Vatican trials

Two Vatican trials are coming to a head this week

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Boy, 13, confronted by armed police after water pistol mistaken for real gun

The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023