The Latest Breaking News from London

How is British Airways’ Avios frequent flyer scheme changing?

Currency formerly known as Air Miles will be earned according to spend, not distance

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Drill rapper and Deliveroo driver named as victims of south London shooting

Lamar Scott, 27, also known as Perm, and Guilherme Messias da Silva, 21, died in Brixton on Sunday

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

London university becomes first to use virtual reality to train doctors in emergency situations

Trainee medics at Imperial College given VR headsets to simulate emergency situations such as a cardiac arrest

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Wizz Air launches cheap flights to Prague from £21.99 in time for Christmas markets

Wizz Air is flying new routes from London Luton and Gatwick airports to destinations including Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Agadir, Marrakesh, Prague, and Tallinn

Daily Mirror · Nov 1, 2022

Safe cycling is a necessity in cost-of-living crisis London

As a resident of Kensington & Chelsea, I was really pleased to see that Centre for London recommends — in a report commissioned by the council — installing cycle lanes on Kensington High Street. With the protected bike lane in 2020, I noticed a surge in cycling including more women…

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Simpson’s Tavern: Campaign to save historic restaurant, which once fed Dickens

FANS of a good business lunch are up in arms after Simpson’s Tavern, where Charles Dickens is said to have been a patron, has closed its doors. The venue, which opened in 1757 and calls itself the oldest chophouse in London, shut last month and may not reopen.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Teenage girl fighting for life after being hit by a bus in northeast London

Bus hits traffic light poll before colliding with two pedestrians

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Chuku’s: Siblings behind London’s only Nigerian tapas restaurant launch campaign to save business from closure

Emeka and Ifeyinwa Frederick have turned to Instagram to help save their Nigerian tapas restaurant

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Who is Jessikah Inaba, Britain’s first blind black barrister?

“There’s a triple-glazed glass ceiling. I’m not the most common gender or colour, and I have a disability, but by pushing through I’m easing the burden on the next person like me”

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Dealers who used Bristol flats for drugs supply jailed for a total of 18 years

Girls aged 14 brought from London to Bristol to help illicit enterprise, court told

Bristol Post · Nov 1, 2022