The Latest Breaking News from London

London floods: Mayhem as road turns into river with street completely submerged

Footage and images from the scene show the water on Hornsey and Tollington Road in Islington, near Finsbury Park in north London, sitting above the level of car tyres

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

Thornton Heath gas explosion: One person missing in rubble as three critically injured

Merton Council has opened an evacuation centre to support residents following the ‘major incident’

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Cost of living crisis forces seriously-ill couple to move 300 miles to cheaper city

Nick Wild and Phil Burden left their flat in London and moved across the country to Newcastle to save money on rent.

Daily Record · Aug 8, 2022

Rocking good etiquette at The Ritz London

I had cautioned Ryan that, whatever else we did on our father-son military history tour of England, we would begin with live-fire etiquette practice in preparation for a big event we would shortly be attending. Owing to a transit strike (which seems to occur every other time I visit Britain),…

Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022

Schools must be better prepared to deal with monkeypox, warns top scientist

A TOP scientist has warned that nurseries and primary schools in Scotland must be better prepared to deal with monkeypox.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2022

Seriously-ill London couple move 300 miles to Newcastle due to cost of living crisis

Nick Wild and Phil Burden have upped sticks from their flat in London and moved across the country to Newcastle to save cash on rent as bills spiralled

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

‘It’s the songs that count’: Erasure’s Andy Bell on being out in the 80s, living with HIV and falling from fashion

Alongside Vince Clarke, the electropop pioneer has produced some brilliantly catchy and enduring songs. As the group releases a new album, the singer reflects on what happens when the hits dry up – and why he still loves performing live

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022

Schools in Bristol could face zero-exclusions rule as heads slam similar move in London

The city's youth mayors are urging schools to completely stop excluding students

Bristol Post · Aug 8, 2022

Can a city be redesigned for the new world of work?

Post-pandemic there is an opportunity to reimagine our urban areas as spaces alive both day and night, at work and at play

Financial Times · Aug 8, 2022

A London museum agrees to return more than 70 pieces of looted Nigerian art

The Horniman Museum promised to repatriate a trove of artifacts, which include objects known as Benin bronzes, looted from West Africa during a British military invasion in 1897.

WEKU · Aug 8, 2022