The Latest Breaking News from London

OPINION - London rents hit record high – and worse may be to come

Given the 80,000 or so people who subscribe to West End Final, the law of averages suggests that, at minimum, half a dozen former housing ministers are reading this email.

Evening Standard · May 15, 2023

Keir Starmer must repeal Tory voter ID crackdown if Labour elected, Sadiq Khan says

The Labour Mayor of London described the policy as a 'deliberate Conservative tactic to supress the vote' - after hundreds were turned away from polling stations

Daily Mirror · May 15, 2023

Tributes to football coach Steve Jeffrey crushed to death by machinery at London office block

His heartbroken daughter said: ‘It shouldn’t have ended this way Dad’

Evening Standard · May 15, 2023

Two protesters dragged out after disrupting Suella Braverman immigration speech

Two Extinction Rebellion activists interrupted the Home Secretary as she addressed right-wingers in central London - hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg was interrupted by a similar protester

Daily Mirror · May 15, 2023

Brentford and West Ham highlight contrasting concerns in tale of absent strikers

Ivan Toney and Michail Antonio both missed Sunday’s London derby showdown through injury

Evening Standard · May 15, 2023

Britain's biggest camera collector fair opens in London this weekend

Photographica 2023 opens its doors Sunday May 21

Digital Camera World · May 15, 2023

London woman, 95, unable to use breathing machine due to persistent home flooding

Asabu Laher, 95, is receiving end-of-life care at her council-run house in Clapham, south London

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023

Average monthly rent outside London now more than £1,000, says agency

Tenants in Great Britain typically paying 25% on top of what they were paying at start of pandemic, according to Hamptons

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023

Mauricio Pochettino must fix Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp issue when appointed Chelsea manager

Mauricio Pochettino has agreed a deal to become the new Chelsea head coach at the end of the season and football.london looks at how the Argentine fares against the Premier League's most talented managers

Football London · May 15, 2023

London to Sydney to take just two hours as new passenger flight will go via space

The Civil Aviation Authority is working with King's College London and the RAF to see how normal people respond to g-force pressure required to get from London to Sydney, Australia via space

Daily Mirror · May 15, 2023