The Latest Breaking News from London

Canadian man accused of running over and killing a Muslim family pleads not guilty

A Canadian man accused of deliberately running over and killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario pleaded not guilty

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: five London buildings shortlisted for top UK architecture prize

Five out of six shortlisted projects are in London, including artists’ residences in Barking and a re-designed day care centre in Blackheath.

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Plans to expand official blue plaque scheme beyond London

While blue plaques can currently be seen in towns and cities across the UK, the official blue plaque scheme is London-only.

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023

Blue plaques scheme could be extended outside of London

Arts minister keen for project celebrating links between notable figures and where they lived to be rolled out across England

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

ABBA’s London concerts aren’t making as much as Taylor Swift’s Eras tour—but they’re pulling in $2 million a week without even showing up

ABBA's virtual tour is led by holograms of the original artists from the 1970s Swedish pop band.

Fortune · Sep 5, 2023

The clubs where mums chill to ‘stop going mad with parenting’

Today, both the London and Singapore b_together sites have about 150 family members, each paying a fee starting at £185 a month

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Trial of man charged with running down Muslim family in Canada begins

Authorities say Nathaniel Veltman deliberately targeted Muslims in deadly, hate-fuelled attack in Ontario in 2021.

Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2023

Tower Bridge sculpture made from 25kg of sugar to go on display

The exhibition opens at The Oxo Tower in London this Friday

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Man killed for asking robbers to return his ‘blinging’ gold chains, court told

Asadiq Mohamed, 23, was robbed by a group of young males in a park in Edgware, north London, in May 2021

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

London is a major reason for the UK's inequality problem. Unfortunately, City leaders don't want to talk about it

In recent years, there has been growing evidence that the UK economy is in poor shape. While the latest economic figures suggest it performed better as the COVID pandemic receded than was previously reported, the performance of sectors such as manufacturing, construction and agriculture has been revised downwards, leading some…

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2023