The Latest Breaking News from London

Coronation weekend: What’s on in London and how to celebrate

The long weekend is full of horses in hats, countless flags, the national anthem on repeat, and plenty of goings-on across the capital

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

Major fire breaks out at block of flats as flames seen pouring out of building

A fire has broken out in a four-room flat in a housing block in Barbican, central London, with around 40 firefighters at the scene. One man was treated by ambulance crews

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2023

UK bans TikTok app on government phones over security fears

LONDON — The U.K. banned TikTok from government phones with immediate effect over security fears, the latest restriction imposed on the Chinese-owned social media app after similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

London nursery workers raise alarm over increasing number of children that staff can look after

Under plans announced in the Budget, the number of two-year-olds a carer can look after will rise from four to five.

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

UFC 286 press conference LIVE: Highlights as Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman face off

Re-live updates from London, where Edwards defends the welterweight belt against Usman on Saturday

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Rye Lane review: A self-assured, charismatic British romcom? It feels like a miracle

Raine Allen-Miller’s breezy, South London-set debut acknowledges its genre predecessors without cowering behind their legacies

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Why London is technically a forest, according to the UN

You may no longer need to move from the capital to the home counties in search of green spaces

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023

What life is like next to huge roundabout linking London's two busiest roads together

Despite the seemingly endless noise, pollution and crashes nearby, people still seem to like it

Wales Online · Mar 16, 2023

London Wetherspoon’s Knight’s Templar to shut: Couples no longer able to marry in iconic pub

The Wetherspoon’s venue was formerly the location of the Union Bank

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

‘Someone’s just been stabbed outside my store’: Man knifed on busy west London high street

A man was stabbed in the chest outside a parade of shops on a busy high street in west London.

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2023