The Latest Breaking News from London

Beare’s Chamber Music festival review: string supergroup dazzle with Schubert, Strauss and Schoenberg

The likes of Janine Jansen, Timothy Ridout and Kian Soltani were part of a starry lineup giving this London audience a taste of heaven on earth

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025

Christmas Day review – Sam Grabiner serves up gripping dinner-table debate

A north London Jewish family share a meal – and heated arguments – in this complex and courageous drama

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025

London weather: Met Office issues warning as capital to be battered by heavy rain

The rainy weather will be followed by sunshine the next day

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

Train hit buffers at London Bridge after exhausted driver had 'microsleep'

Investigation criticises staff fatigue at GoVia Thameslink Railway

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

Met Police make arrests over 'intifada' chants at pro-Palestine march in central London

The force is taking more ‘assertive’ action against slogans and messages intimidating Jewish communities in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus+ student mobility fund in 2027

The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a "piecemeal" approach to Europe.

Euronews · Dec 17, 2025

New Year's Eve clubbing in London: The unmissable nights out to see in 2026

It’s the biggest night of the year. Hurry up and book, says Maddy Mussen

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

OPINION - London is the epicentre of a child homelessness crisis. Is this how to fix it?

Councils do not have the money or resource to fix it alone, says Sally Orlopp from the charity Centrepoint

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

UCL President: Universities must show they bring benefits to everyone, locally and nationally

Editor’s note: The Conversation’s operation in the UK is based at UCL in London, where around half of the 25-strong editorial team have desks. It is a physical representation of our integrated position within the institution and the UK Higher Education sector.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2025