The Latest Breaking News from London

Husband and wife ‘kicked and punched by racist’ at south London station

Police release images of woman they want to trace as part of appeal

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

City Hall to consider MP’s call to grant Ulez exemption for hospice staff and patients

Jon Cruddas, the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, made the request in a letter to Seb Dance, London’s deputy mayor of transport

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

Man, 66, dies after being hit by lorry in Peckham

A pensioner has died following a collision with a lorry on Peckham High Street in south London.

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

Fright Fest 2023: London’s horror and fantasy film festival opens today

The festival is back with a bang for its 24th edition

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

‘A lot of working-class cinema is so joyless’: Charlotte Regan on her candy-coloured debut Scrapper

Having spent time with her grandmother on a north London council estate, director Regan was determined to recapture her happy childhood. She talks about being a teenage paparazzi, casting a non-actor child as her star and ‘chasing the fun’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

Man who stabbed ‘hugely popular’ Islington flower seller jailed for life

Tony Eastlake, 55, was attacked in May 2021 near his stall in north London.

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

Supersonic Travel: NASA’s Vision For Faster, Better Flights

One route would see flights from New York City to London up to four times faster than what’s currently possible.

Zenger · Aug 24, 2023

Man who murdered popular London flower seller in ‘needless’ attack is jailed

Witnesses saw Peppiatt land a ‘punch’ on Tony Eastlake’s back, but really he plunged a knife that severed a main artery

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

Lioness to get Madame Tussauds waxwork—and the public decides which one

The Lionesses’ impressive track record is set to be honoured by the London museum

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

"When they said they wanted the whole full-length version of Whole Lotta Love, I said, Really?": what happened when Jimmy Page took a Led Zeppelin classic to China

Jimmy Page, Leona Lewis, and a double-decker bus that transforms into a privet hedge: it can only be the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics

Louder · Aug 24, 2023