Hundreds left stranded after Avanti train cancelled mid-journey The train, travelling from London to Edinburgh, was aborted three hours into its journey The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023
Firearms coverage in London ‘still significantly less than normal’ – Met chief The military was put on standby to help with counter-terrorism functions and neighbouring forces provided cover. The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023
Angela Hartnett wins the AA award for Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality The prestigious awards also saw Muse elevated to five rosette status and Chutney Mary win London Restaurant of the Year Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
‘No one knew anything’: rail passenger’s 11-hour London to Edinburgh odyssey Comedian James Nokise tweets long train and taxi journey after track fault that also stranded school group The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023
London Ambulance Service to receive 5 million calls a year by 2028 Trust unveils five-year strategy to tackle rising pressure due to capital’s ageing population Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
‘Insulting’: Beano fans pour scorn on UK government advert Anger at ‘created in London’ tagline on poster of Dennis the Menace, who was made by a cartoonist in Dundee The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023
Meta pays ‘record’ £149 million to escape London office lease Move come as tech sector struggles to attract staff back to the workplace Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
Vanessa Ford: Body found in search for mother who went missing in Hackney A body has been found in the search for a mother who went missing in east London over the weekend. Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
How much time will HS2 save? Northern leg axed by PM HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds has been scrapped Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
When is Storm Agnes going to hit? London weather forecast This week will see Storm Agnes impact parts of the UK Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
London's Gatwick Airport limits flights this week due to staff illness, including COVID-19 Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023
What a load of rubbish! Thousands of bin bags litter London streets as strike extended for two weeks 6ft high piles of rubbish in echoes of the winter of discontent Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
London’s thriving autumn art attack: New campaign aimed at boosting creative industries Creative industries, Mayor of London and Evening Standard come together to promote visual arts Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023
BT announces plans for analogue-to-digital landline switchover The North West and London will be the next areas to start switching, this autumn The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023 Aragawa: New Japanese restaurant is bringing £750-a-head bills to London Aragawa, a Kobe beef specialist from Tokyo, is opening in Mayfair in October
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023 Hackney cyclist death: Man charged over ‘hit-and-run’ crash that killed woman A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a woman cyclist was killed in an alleged hit-and-run in Hackney.
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023 Londoners set to make five million 999 and 111 calls a year by 2028, ambulance service predicts Call handlers expected to receive about 400,000 more emergency calls every year
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 Train passenger describes ‘insane’ 11-hour journey to Edinburgh Avanti West Coast ordered taxis for hundreds of passengers on Monday night after a train from London to the Scottish capital terminated at Preston.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023 The Guardian’s popular food podcast, Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, is back on the menu with its first book, live shows and new episodes The Guardian’s Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back, releasing its first book, heading to the stage with two special live events in London and Manchester and new episodes of the podcast.
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023 World’s wealthiest cities revealed, with London in top ten The new research measures the number of centimillionaires in each city
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023 From the brains behind Brexit: an HS2 for the north that doesn’t actually go there The Conservatives have turned a promising national upgrade into an absurdity, says writer and journalist Jonn Elledge
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023 South London bus flasher hunted by police as detectives issue CCTV appeal Police investigating ‘very unpleasant’ incident which left the victim ‘very shaken’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023 Tuesday briefing: Billions spent, no track built and still no trains – 14 years on, what happened to HS2? In today’s newsletter: As the government prepares to scale down its ambitious high speed rail project again, we explore what happened
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 Who is Chris Kaba and why his fatal shooting led to protests by Met police Chris Kaba was killed by a single gunshot in south east London last year
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 An 83-year-old in tin boat and woodworker, 13, among JustGiving winners The GoCardless JustGiving Awards took place at London’s Roundhouse.