The Latest Breaking News from London

King Charles to 'break Queen's tradition' on first Remembrance Sunday

King Charles will be attending his first Remembrance Sunday in London as monarch on November 13. In recent years, he has laid a wreath on his mother's behalf as the late Queen watched from the balcony.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 3, 2022

London court forces Glencore to pay record £281m for bribery in Africa

Miner hit with largest ever UK legal penalty for a company over ‘endemic’ corruption at African oil trading desk

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

The Standard View: Higher interest rates, spending cuts and tax rises leave the economy on the brink

When it rains, it pours. Estate agent Savills predicts that the mainstream London housing market will suffer the most acute fall in prices out of all regions in 2023. That’s despite properties in the city enjoying the more modest end of price growth since the pandemic.

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2022

Met Office Bonfire Night weather forecast for London fireworks and events

Bonfire Night is nearly here in the UK and many people will be coming together to watch firework displays and sit around a toasty bonfire to mark the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot

Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022

Pupils block London council’s attempts to remove play space near school

Latest attempt to dismantle primary ‘school street’ in Tower Hamlets disrupted amid pollution concerns

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

Uber says longest-ever passenger journey was from London Heathrow to Loch Lomond

The 422-mile journey took over six hours

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

One in four London children in final year of primary school obese - higher than UK average

NHS figures reveal rates of obesity significantly higher in deprived areas of the capital

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2022

London to be hit hardest by house price fall — and prices will still be lower in five years

Bleak warning of 12.5 per cent slump for homeowners ahead of interest rate rise from Bank

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2022

House prices across UK expected to fall 10% next year

First-time buyers and buy-to-let investors will bear the brunt of increased affordability issue

Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022

House prices predicted to fall by 10% next year

The prime housing market is expected to outperform mainstream house price growth, due to a lower reliance on borrowing by prime buyers, Savills said.

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022