The Latest Breaking News from London

Climate activists attacking art ‘severely underestimate’ fragility of works, gallery directors warn

Protestors have been throwing soup and gluing themselves to famous artworks around the world, but have yet to damage any of them

The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2022

Big Ben to ring out again over London

LONDON: After a five-year enforced silence, the world-famous tower clock bell Big Ben will return with a bong on Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Nov 11, 2022

The Leader podcast: London Tube strike signals winter of discontent

Plus latest on nurses’ walkout amid record NHS waiting lists

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

London bus strikes: Dates and routes affected over Christmas

Metroline members have accepted an improved pay offer but drivers for Abellio are still planning days of walkouts during December

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Man guilty of string of antisemitic attacks against Jews in Stamford Hill

Abdullah Qureshi’s targets included a 14-year-old boy on his way to school and a 64-year-old man who was knocked out as he made his way to a synagogue

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Qatar migrant workers suffered discrimination and wage theft, new report finds

The 75-page report by the London-based charity Equidem comes less than two weeks before the Gulf Arab nation hosts the World Cup

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Teacher at Prince George’s old school pleads guilty to child sex crimes

Matthew Smith was sacked as deputy head of pastoral at Thomas’s Battersea

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Cost of living crisis: Sadiq Khan ‘never known it so bad’ in London as food poverty soars in the UK

Sadiq Khan has said he has “never known it so bad” in London after new figures revealed that the cost of living crisis is pushing food banks to breaking point.

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Prices at UK’s top restaurants ‘have doubled since Brexit’

Editor of Harden restaurant guides says prices of more than £200 a head at top eateries are ‘becoming the norm’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Man who attacked Jews, including boy, 14, had prayer to protect against ‘enemy’

Qureshi claimed ‘it was just a coincidence’ his three victims were all wearing traditional orthodox Jewish clothing.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022