The Latest Breaking News from London

Orbit Clipper: London's First Ever Fully Electric Passenger Ferry Launched to Promote Cycling

The city of London launched England's first ever battery-powered passenger ferry on Friday to encourage cyclists to bike at the city's East side.

International Business Times UK · Dec 6, 2025

‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail

Zaghari-Ratcliffe made clothes for her daughter while waiting for her eventual release. Now, the idea of creativity as a form of resistance is the theme of a new collaboration between London’s Imperial War Museum and the fabric department of Liberty.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2025

From Eternity to Jamiroquai: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Elizabeth Olsen examines her life choices in metaphysical romcom and the elaborately titferred sometime Space Cowboy returns

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2025

Man jailed for helping drug dealer who kidnapped and killed popular London radio DJ

Zubair Iqbal, 33, was cleared of conspiracy to kidnap but convicted of assisting an offender following a trial earlier this year

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

Sugar Prices Pressured by a Weak Brazilian Real

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Friday closed down -0.08 (-0.54%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +0.40 (+0.09%). Sugar prices settled mixed on Friday, pressured by a weak Brazilian real. The real (^USDBRL ) fell to a 7-week low against the dollar...

Barchart · Dec 5, 2025

Cocoa Prices Sharply Higher on the Prospects of a Smaller Global Surplus

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Friday closed up +210 (+3.83%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed up +98 (+2.48%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Friday, with NY cocoa posting a 3-week high. The outlook for a smaller-than-expected global cocoa surplus has lifted prices over the...

Barchart · Dec 5, 2025

Bethnal Green rape: Woman in her 20s attacked in east London park in horrific incident

No arrests have been made and enquiries remain ongoing after horrific incident in early hours of Friday

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

NHS nurse at London hospital faces the sack after calling transgender paedophile patient 'Mr'

When discussing the care of her patient, who was a convicted paedophile and an inmate at a high-security prison, Jennifer Melle referred to them using a male pronoun and title

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

London hospitalisations triple as 'superflu' sweeps Britain - with NHS issuing urgent vaccination plea

A surge in flu cases is filling London hospital beds at a record pace, as vaccination uptake lags far behind the rest of the country

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

About our Winter Appeal, supporting the homeless, refugees, and people suffering from food security

Who’s At Your Table is raising money for charities supporting London's most vulnerable

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025