The Latest Breaking News from London

FTSE 100 Live: London shares finish week ahead after late climb, pound below $1.25

London’s top flight is down today despite starting ahead, with GSK among the risers while yesterday’s top winner Melrose leads today’s fallers board.

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

City of London police officer sacked for WhatsApp date invite to ‘vulnerable’ woman

A City of London police officer who tried to date a woman after getting her phone number through his work has been sacked for gross misconduct.

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy

The UK’s limited vaccine offer ignores the serious threat of long Covid – and the knock-on effects on the economy, says immunologist Sheena Cruickshank

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023

Police search huge London park for terrorism suspect who escaped from prison

British police are scouring scoured a huge London park on Friday for an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Finally the ‘token jazz act’ won the Mercury Prize – and yes Ezra Collective totally deserved it

This act of giant killing was no fluke, the London quintet showed last night they could play anyone in the room under the table

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Thousands of drivers escape Ulez fines as warning letters sent instead

‘Warning notices’ have begun arriving at the homes and workplaces of drivers who have failed to pay the levy, although it is said this policy could end shortly

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Daniel Abed Khalife: Prison escape could have been ‘inside job’ say police, as Richmond Park searched

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called Khalife’s escape from HMP Wandsworth ‘clearly pre-planned’ and ‘very concerning’

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Three women attacked in east London leaving one requiring plastic surgery

Two women and a girl in her late teens were verbally threatened and then attacked in a vicious assault in east London which left one requiring plastic surgery.

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Rise of ‘ghost listings’: five secret-sale London homes listed on property portals

As the housing market becomes even trickier to navigate, increasing numbers of ‘ghost listings’ are popping up on portals with almost no information whatsoever

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Ezra Collective: From London youth group to Mercury Prize winners

The five-piece band have been together for more than a decade.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023