The Latest Breaking News from London

Boy, 16, fatally stabbed near home named by police

Taye Faik died in Edmonton, north London on Sunday night.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Central London office take-up tumbles but rents for top space improve

City and West End rents for top quality office spaces have improved in what will be a welcome update for landlords in a tough leasing market, as new data shows total take-up has slumped.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

OPINION - John Lewis’s problems go far deeper than just Sharon White

John Lewis is a doughty symbol of London retail, but that does not guarantee it a bricks-and-mortar future. Gamages on Holborn traded in everything from toys to supplying the army with catapults during the First World War, but was an anachronism in swinging London by the Seventies, while Dickins &…

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

Month of magic to toast proud black history

Black History Month to celebrate the enormous contribution black people have made to the capital – and help tackle the racial inequalities that still exist

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

8 vital black history landmarks every Londoner needs to know

Let Tony Warner, founder of Black History Walks, guide you on a tour of London’s chequered past

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

Mean Girls musical to be staged in London on film’s 20th anniversary

The Broadway hit, written by Tina Fey and now on its second North American tour, will open at the Savoy in June

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

The City needs urgent reform or London shares will remain undervalued

City Voices: Most companies that floated in London in the last five years are under water

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

FTSE 100 Live: London rally fades as 30-year gilt yields hit mini-Budget levels, Boohoo profit warning

Choppy stock market conditions are continuing after a spike in bond yields caused by higher-for-longer interest rate expectations.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

Woody Harrelson returns to London stage in ‘riotous’ Ulster American

The Hollywood star will appear alongside Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland in David Ireland’s black comedy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Wildfires, exploding e-bikes and second jobs — my day with a London fire crew

Fire brigade response times are at their highest in a decade, with staff numbers plunging and workers citing trauma, low pay and a widening workload that includes terror and climate-related incidents. Katie Strick spends 11 hours on the frontline

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023