The Latest Breaking News from London

‘Scandal’: Empty homes in London at their highest level since 2010

More than 34,000 homes across the capital are ‘long-term vacant’, according to the latest available data

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023

Dozens of jogging police officers escort Rishi Sunak’s car in huge motorcade through London

Social media users slammed it as ‘over the top’, and compared it to a scene from North Korea

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023

Everything we know about Mauricio Pochettino to Chelsea amid next manager appointment

Having seen Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter depart Stamford Bridge this season, Chelsea are in the process of finding a new head coach

Football London · Apr 24, 2023

Climate protesters gather in Parliament Square as fossil fuel deadline passes

Four days of peaceful activism led by Extinction Rebellion fail to elicit pledge from government to ban new oil and gas projects

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

Arsenal women's team plane catches fire as players forced to evacuate after bird flies into engine

Jonas Eidevall's side were flying back to London from Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport in Germany.

Daily Record · Apr 24, 2023

Belfast miracle man on London Marathon bet after turnaround in terminal diagnosis

"I am one lucky wee man and I am just so grateful for what people have done for me, it's unreal."

Belfast Live · Apr 24, 2023

Two young tennis stars shocked as Emma Raducanu coaches them - and she's a hologram

The British women's number one tennis champion was actually in Abu Dhabi when she appeared on court in a London tennis centre

Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023

Duke of Westminster: Britain’s most eligible bachelor turned family man — who is Hugh Grosvenor?

He’s top of the Sunday Times 40 Under 40 Rich List 2025 and has close connections to the Royal Family — now he’s welcomed his first child. Here’s everything you need to know about the Duke

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023

Arsenal Women team plane bursts into flames on runway hours after Champions League match

Arsenal team and staff were flying back to north London after the club's Champions League semi-final first-leg draw against VfL Wolfsburg in Germany

Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023

Simon Rattle: UK classical music is fighting for life after ‘swingeing’ funding cuts

The outgoing director of the London Symphony Orchestra says that cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC risk destroying the entire sector

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023