The Latest Breaking News from London

Guinness World Records experience to open at the O2 next year

Visitors will get the chance to become “record breakers” at Greenwich attraction

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Bizarre 'AI' Christmas mural in London sparks ridicule for warped faces and mutant animals

The mural has been mocked online as ‘scenes of Lovecraftian horror’

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Sugar Prices Erase Early Gains as Crude Oil Tumbles

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.04 (-0.27%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed down -0.30 (-0.07%). Sugar prices fell back from 3.5-week highs on Wednesday and closed lower after a plunge in crude oil prices sparked long liquidation in sugar...

Barchart · Nov 19, 2025

Sugar Prices Slightly Higher as India May Boost Ethanol Prices

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.02 (+0.14%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +1.00 (+0.35%). Sugar prices rallied to 3.5-week highs today on positive carryover from Tuesday, when India's food ministry said it was considering boosting the price of ethanol...

Barchart · Nov 19, 2025

Cocoa Prices Plunge on Robust Supplies Amid Weak Demand

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) today is down -302 (-5.74%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) is down -238 (-5.87%). Cocoa prices plunged to 1.75-year nearest-futures lows today amid expectations of a bumper cocoa crop in West Africa. Reports from Ivory Coast cocoa farmers stated that cocoa...

Barchart · Nov 19, 2025

SNP majority at Holyrood will end Starmer’s time at Number 10, claims Swinney

The Scottish First Minister said he has ‘no doubt’ the Prime Minister will be unable to remain in office.

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Defend Our Juries protest today: Everything you need to know

The next event will take place in London today

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Cynthia Erivo cries as she surprises students at her old London school

Erivo wiped away tears after she heard students singing For Good

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

'Paddington is the biggest thing I've ever been involved in': Victoria Hamilton-Barritt on the new musical

Paddington The Musical is about to take the West End - and the world - by storm... one of the stars Victoria Hamilton-Barritt gives us the inside scoop on “the biggest thing I’ve ever been involved in”

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

Businesses must be prepared for the rates shake-up coming their way

London and the South east will bear the brunt of any increases.

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025