The Latest Breaking News from London

Lidl becomes UK’s joint-highest-paying supermarket as it gives London workers £12.85 an hour

It comes as Lidl aims to recruit former staff of Wilko, which is set to make a wave of layoffs after collapsing into administration last month

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Is Britain’s infrastructure failing?

“We need to talk about the dire state of British transport infrastructure.” So wrote John Burn-Murdoch, chief data reporter for the Financial Times (FT), on Twitter. 

The Week · Sep 1, 2023

London’s first Ukrainian wine tasting to launch in October

Eleven wineries from six Ukraine wine regions will show 60 wines next month

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Top Boy final season on Netflix review: a fitting finale for a show bowing out at its peak

With so much anticipation for the last series of a landmark London show that has brought through such talent, the question was whether it could land it. Fans needn’t have worried...

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

London super-club Drumsheds announces additional acts ahead of opening season, from Bicep to SHERELLE

The new 15,000-capacity North London venue follows on from the closure of Printworks

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Record-breaking year for e-bike fires in London, brigade warns

Three people have been killed and 51 injured in e-bike and e-scooter fires this year

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Train strikes 2023: Everything you need to know about September rail industrial action

Aslef and RMT unions are staging fresh strikes as disputes appear deadlocked

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Museum of London identifies man who raised alarm over Great Fire

Exhibition at museum’s new site will focus on Thomas Dagger and other ordinary Londoners caught up in 1666 inferno

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023

Breakdown of how Friday’s train drivers’ strike will affect each operator

Train drivers who are members of Aslef will walk out on Friday

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

UK firm launches faster version of its fashionable electric motorcycle

Maeving RM1S is aimed at Londoners, who account for 50 per cent of sales

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023