The Latest Breaking News from London

Son accused of battering dad to death with champagne bottle says he was attacked first

Deekan Vig, 54, was found lying on the floor naked amongst 100 bottles of champagne next to his dead father, Arjan Singh Vig, 86, at the family home in Southgate, north London, a court heard

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Jury retires to consider verdicts in Mark Cavendish robbery trial

Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green, Lewisham, south-east London, and Oludewa Okorosobo, 28, of Flaxman Road, Camberwell, south London, deny robbery.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

What is the Levelling Up project? The London areas awarded funding

More than £2 billion has been allocated to projects across the UK in this round

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

My London: Bianca Saunders

The menswear designer Bianca Saunders parties at The Standard, admires the late Vivienne Westwood’s fearless legacy and misses jumping the bendy buses

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

London suburbs in revolt over Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion

Bromley joins other Tory-run councils Bexley, Harrow and Hillingdon to ‘examine the legal basis’ of the plan

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

Bay Garnett’s ultimate guide to second hand shopping in London

‘Queen of thrift’ Bay Garnett opens her little black book of the insider places in London to shop cheaply, fashionably — and sustainably — this Second Hand September

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

The Standard View: Resistance from London’s Tory ‘doughnut’ shows Sadiq Khan must remake the Ulez case

London is, politically speaking, a tale of two cities. On mayoral election night, the outer boroughs are true Conservative blue while the inner boroughs are a sea of Labour red. That was enough to twice deliver the keys to City Hall to Sadiq Khan, but the divide stores up political…

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

London nurses ‘stretched beyond belief’ by NHS winter crisis as they strike again

The RCN’s interim London Director Mark Farmer said ministers were not showing ‘flexibility’ in talks

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

Newcastle and Arsenal transfer target's agent flies into London after club's 'no news' claim

Newcastle United have kept tabs on Real Valladolid right-back Ivan Fresneda and the Spaniard's agent has returned to London after visiting the capital last week

Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2023

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods ‘substantially’ cut traffic in residential areas, study finds

Westminster University study finds LTNs have been an ‘overwhelming success’ in reducing traffic

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023