As tensions rise between east and west, will HSBC be torn apart? The bank, once a herald of globalisation, is struggling to placate investors amid US-China trade wars and crisis in Hong Kong The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022
Patient treated for monkeypox in isolation at London hospital Agencies to approach those who may have had close contact with patient, who recently travelled to Nigeria The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022
Bukayo Saka sends Tottenham 'motivation' warning ahead of North London derby Mikel Arteta's Arsenal are currently fourth in the Premier League table - two points ahead of Antonio Conte's Tottenham in fifth - with just four fixtures remaining Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
Front of bus smashed as it crashes into building in south London The Metropolitan Police confirmed there no passengers on the bus at the time of the collision in Sutton and no-one was injured. The Independent UK · May 7, 2022
Vladimir Putin shows off 50-tonne missile capable of hitting London in chilling warning The thermonuclear RS-24 Yars ballistic missile was rolled past rows of armed guards in Red Square in a rehearsal for Russia's Victory Day parade, scheduled to go ahead on Monday Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
The My Dad Wrote a Porno podcasters look back: ‘I wasn’t doing it against Dad’s will. He thought it was hilarious’ Alice Levine, James Cooper and Jamie Morton recreate a photo from 2005 and recall crap hair, cheap booze … and how their ‘secret thing’ went viral The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022
Hockey player who blamed sudden weight loss on food poisoning told she has rare stage four cancer London-based Karen Ruddock, 54, was the picture of health until she was diagnosed with stage 4 thymoma – cancer of the thymus gland The Independent UK · May 7, 2022
‘I yearned for a deeper, slower, more useful existence’: dispatches from the Great Resignation From the ad executive turned charcoal burner to the woman who built a new life in the woods, a new genre of books about radical reinventions is proving a runaway success The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022
Dominoes cannot be played quietly, as any child of Caribbean origin knows West Indian men gathering to play dominoes in north London have become the centre of a noise complaints row The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022
Inside Holly Willoughby's luxurious six-bedroom £3million family home in south-west London Sharing glimpses of the space on social media, Holly Willoughby shows fans around the luxury property she shares with husband Dan, their three children, and pets Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's iconic fleece sells for £90,000 at London auction The war leader's now-iconic outerwear went for £90,000 at a Christie's auction in the Tate Modern attended by Boris Johnson as part of a programme to raise up to £1million for Ukraine Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
Soccer - Timeline of Chelsea in the Roman Abramovich era Following is a timeline of Chelsea's history since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the Premier League club in 2003 and transformed them into regular trophy contenders before he was forced to sell the London side in 2022. Reuters · May 7, 2022
Worst secondary schools in England as rated by Ofsted - see your child's Secondary schools across the country are struggling to recover from the pandemic while also battling to maintain the high standards expected by Ofsted Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
England's lost 'Atlantis' city the same size as London that was swallowed by waves In an area surrounded by as much history as the Suffolk Coast, if somewhere wants to stand out it has to have a big story to tell, and Dunwich certainly has an unusual history Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022
The Independent UK · May 7, 2022 Pahli Hill Bandra Bhai: Playful, bold flavours transport you straight to India Qin Xie visits Michelin’s newest Bib Gourmand and leaves full, happy and wondering why it isn’t completely booked out
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022 From Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to The Big Conn: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment Whether you’re up for a mystical trip through time and space or fancy a spot of white-collar crime, our critics have you covered for the next seven days
Bangkok Post · May 7, 2022 US group to buy Chelsea for $5.2 billion LONDON: Chelsea FC says a group led by Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team co-owner Todd Boehly would acquire the London club after agreeing terms in a deal worth £4.25 billion ($5.2 billion).
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022 Country diary: There are blue tits in the box, repeat, blue tits in the box West Norwood, south London: After four years of sitting empty, the bird box is the centre of the universe – for both the tits and us in the house
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 Spring feeling like summer with warm weekend ahead for many The mercury rose to 23.3C (73.9F) at St James’s Park in London on Friday, just shy of the 23.4C (74.1F) recorded there on April 15.
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 Local elections: Five biggest moments as Tories lose historic councils and hundreds of seats Labour makes significant gains in London, with Keir Starmer calling the results a ‘turning point’
Evening Standard · May 6, 2022 Temperature hits 23.3C in St James’s Park as balmy weather sweeps London A forecaster suggested it is ‘less likely’ a new high will be reached over the weekend, but added that they ‘wouldn’t rule it out completely’
Daily Mirror · May 6, 2022 Fresh calls for PM to quit as Tories lose hundreds of seats in local elections Boris Johnson saw his party surrender control of Westminster, Barnet and Wandsworth councils in London. Tories also lost West Oxfordshire. Keir Starmer said the vote was a 'turning point' for Labour
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 ‘They deserved a kicking’: Londoners in Conservative strongholds turn their backs on the Tories The Tories have been dealt defeats in a string of their flagship local authorities in the capital. Rory Sullivan speaks to disilluioned voters
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022 Russia summons UK ambassador over new sanctions on media outlets Russian foreign ministry says it will continue to react ‘harshly and decisively’ to all sanctions imposed by London
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 Local elections 2022: Key results so far Boris Johnson admits party suffered a ‘tough night’ as it loses almost 500 council seats