The Latest Breaking News from London

Starmer tells new councillors Labour has ‘mandate to deal with cost of living’

Sir Keir Starmer hosted a gathering of newly-elected Labour council leaders at the party’s headquarters in central London.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

Woman fatally stabbed in neck by stranger on London street, court told

Johanita Kossiwa Dogbey was stabbed with a sharp weapon

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

One million Londoners forced to get by on ‘relative low incomes’ by sky-high housing costs

Study also found the capital has the highest rate of persistent low income after housing costs

Evening Standard · May 9, 2023

100,000 homeowners facing mortgage blow in London

Average monthly bills could soar by £539 as fixed-term deals end and rates to rise

Evening Standard · May 9, 2023

Drab 1960s home with £1.6million price tag - but there's a special reason for it

The home boasts five bedrooms and is large at 2,700 square feet with five storeys and a bathroom on almost every floor - but it looks like almost any other mid century British home

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2023

Return of the zero-deposit mortgage isn’t reckless — it’s just what London renters need

City comment: Skipton’s new deal might trigger flashbacks to Northern Rock in the Noughties, but look closely and you’ll see the differences

Evening Standard · May 9, 2023

UK police ‘regret’ coronation day protests amid rights concerns

The leader of an anti-monarchist group and five others were arrested as Charles III was preparing to be crowned.

Al Jazeera · May 9, 2023

Single-sex schools for girls are no relic of the past, says top London head

Headmistress defends girls’ schools as having ‘a specific energy built on friendship, support and laughter’

Evening Standard · May 9, 2023

Just Stop Oil protesters hold up traffic in latest slow march through London

Activists from the climate action group walked slowly in front of traffic in Camden, North London holding up banners reading "Just Stop Oil", on Tuesday morning

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2023

Just Stop Oil activists hold up traffic in north London

Police observed the protesters on their walk from Delancey Street to Chalk Farm via Camden Town and did not intervene.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023