The Latest Breaking News from London

Half of London boroughs have more people out of work now than before pandemic

Across London there are more than 460,000 people who are either looking for a job or are economically inactive

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Rafael Fiziev doesn’t ‘give a sh*t’ if UFC 286 win doesn’t lead to title shot: Beneil Dariush ‘deserves it 150 percent’

Rafael Fiziev won't be too bothered if beating Justin Gaethje at UFC 286 in London doesn't get him a lightweight title shot.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 28, 2023

OPINION - We are locking young people out of London — this is how we level down

Talk to any young Londoner these days and rather than envying the sparkling armada of promise sailing towards them, their glowing skin and youthful beauty, it’s hard not to feel something different: pity.

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Van Morrison announces London show at Royal Albert Hall – how to get tickets

Music legend Van Morrison set to perform songs from his new album Moving On Skiffle at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

‘We’ve rediscovered the joy of reading’: how customers are rescuing UK bookshops

A bookseller in Kent has gone viral after tweeting a picture of her empty shop. Here, other retailers explain how they are surviving – even thriving – when many people are counting every penny

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Leading London girls’ school offers Python lessons

Putney High School classifies coding as modern language

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Nearly 10,000 oppose plan to pump treated sewage into Thames

Thames Water proposal to deal with droughts in capital draws ire of river users and environmentalists

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

London restaurants opening in March, from Nessa to Story Cellar

From a gourmet gastropub to a circus-act supper club, here are the hottest new restaurants to know about in March

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Bleak expectations for London’s art auctions as estimates down

Total expected sales this contemporary art week are down 26 per cent on last year

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Number of people sleeping rough in England rises for first time since 2017

The rise has been branded a ‘massive, collective failure’ by a charity.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023