Bucking the trend: The 20 London streets where house prices are defying the market As property prices fall, Anna White reveals the 20 trend-bucking hotspots where homes have doubled in value — and why Evening Standard · Sep 27
Travelling with friends? These are the most popular cities for group holidays in 2026 Where are groups travelling to for the rest of 2026? London, Paris and Marseille top Kayak’s most searched destinations for group holidays. Euronews · Sep 27
London restaurant news: The Queen, Diana and Princess Margaret’s old haunt Quaglino’s is back From royal favourite Quaglino’s to a Soho makeover by Wong Kar Wai, Food and Drink Editor Hannah Twiggs rounds up the London restaurant openings, reopenings and comebacks worth knowing about The Independent UK · Sep 27
Joy Crookes dealt with toxic relationships and a Harry Styles tour that never happened. Now, she’s poised to finally get her moment INTERVIEW: The London-born Irish-Bangladeshi soul singer is back with a new single, ‘Painkiller’, inspired by an abusive relationship that almost destroyed her. She opens up to Roisin O’Connor about her wild summer, working on her hugely anticipated third album, and why she’s over ‘therapy-speak’ The Independent UK · Sep 27
Netizens Claim Macklemore Is Turning the Entire Palestine Discourse Into a 'PR Stunt' Macklemore has announced Free Palestine concerts in Dublin, Paris and London for October 2026, with proceeds set to benefit 12 organisations supporting Palestinians. International Business Times UK · Sep 26
UK to open world’s first Minecraft hotel in London as £50 million project announced The hotel is set to open at Chessington World of Adventures in south-west London The Independent UK · Sep 26
London schoolgirl who recruited Shamima Begum for Isis 'found to be alive after terror plot arrest' Sharmeena Begum, 27, is understood to have been arrested after investigators linked her to the Berlin Pride attack Evening Standard · Sep 26
Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo surprises London crowds with Rent singalong Matarazzo, 24, best known for starring in the Netflix sci-fi series as Dustin Henderson, made his West End debut on Saturday starring as Mark Cohen. Evening Standard · Sep 26
Man, 92, dies after being hit by van as motorist, 72, arrested for death by dangerous driving A 72-year-old van driver remain in custody after being arrest in southeast London on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving Evening Standard · Sep 26
Patient faces losing toe after botched nail removal surgery in London leaves her with gangrene An investigation found several failures in the care provided by the Community Healthcare Team Evening Standard · Sep 26
Dakota Johnson's Ivory Lace 'Verity' Screening Look Includes a Sheer Twist Dakota Johnson's latest 'Verity' press look paired romantic ivory lace with black lingerie and gold jewelry in London. Fashion Times · Sep 26
Plot to smuggle £20m of cocaine in frozen fish through famous London market is foiled Gang jailed for total of more than 70 years over ‘Fish Conspiracy’ plan to flood UK streets with £20million of cocaine smuggled through Billingsgate Market Evening Standard · Sep 26
Gang jailed for plotting to smuggle £20 million worth of cocaine into London fish market The four men were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday The Independent UK · Sep 26
London transfer: is it time to kill off the Heathrow Express? With fares high and passenger numbers low, plans for a third runway could bring the train’s future into question The Guardian - UK · Sep 26
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26 Athens on a plate – a food-lover’s guide to the Greek capital Top tips to the best cafes, bars and restaurants in the city
Evening Standard · Sep 26 Jill Dando detectives review enhanced CCTV in bid for breakthrough in unsolved murder of Crimewatch presenter Metropolitan Police re-examining CCTV from the night of the Crimewatch presenter’s murder in Fulham, west London 27 years ago
Evening Standard · Sep 26 London security guard lands modelling contract after stealing the spotlight at London Fashion Week Soufian Boucetta, 24, has signed a contract with PRM agency London after a video of him working security at London Fashion Week went viral on social media
Evening Standard · Sep 26 TfL fined £2million following death of pensioner struck by bus at pedestrian crossing in east London Health and Safety Executive prosecutes Transport for London over death of pedestrian at Walthamstow bus station - as questions still remain over safety
Evening Standard · Sep 26 Collective wisdom: The grassroots London projects transforming local neighbourhoods Neighbours across the capital are clubbing together on solar panels and pocket gardens
The Times of India · Sep 26 Designer turns mussel shells and Thames sand into award-winning glass London designer Lulu Harrison has won the 2025 Ralph Saltzman Prize from the Design Museum for Thames Glass, a project that turns locally sourced and waste materials into glass. Harrison's recipes use materials including sand from around the River Thames, wood ash and waste quagga mussel shells supplied by Thames…
Evening Standard · Sep 26 OPINION - I fled London for peace but found my inner slob — now I’m back, smarter and calmer “Ok, but I’m not going to everybody’s bloody birthday and everybody’s bloody brunch,” I huffed, my begrudging condition on agreeing to move back to London after five years in the wilds of rural Somerset. “And it’s only for a year, while we figure out our next move.”
Evening Standard · Sep 26 London's worst Tube lines and stations for crime revealed as assaults hit record level Crime across the TfL network rose by 4.4% despite fewer passenger journeys, with violence and public order offences up
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26 From Sense and Sensibility to Kill Jackie: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead Daisy Edgar-Jones dons the bonnet in Georgia Oakley’s take on the Jane Austen classic, and Catherine Zeta-Jones battles assassins in a madcap action caper
Evening Standard · Sep 25 London parents charge their children the steepest rent prices in the UK Adults living with their parents in London are charged over two times more than those in Yorkshire
The Independent UK · Sep 25 Carlos Alcaraz takes top billing as Europe dominate first day of Laver Cup Alcaraz marked his first appearance in London of 2026 with doubles success alongside Jakub Mensik.