The Latest Breaking News from London

Sadiq Khan urged to cap service charges as London leaseholders pay almost £4,000 a year

Soaring levies will mean that shared ownership homes will no longer be ‘affordable’, warns London Assembly

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

Air India flight forced into emergency landing after bomb threat

Mid-air emergency comes day after flight to London Gatwick crashed after take-off from Ahmedabad killing 241 passengers on board

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

We Love Green: What London can learn from the Parisian version of All Points East

From location to lineup (and a fabulously French food offering), here’s why you should sack off your London day festival for Paris next summer

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

“Final Moment Captured”: Family Took Photo Inside Air India Plane Just Before Disaster Struck

A family of five, ready for a fresh start in London, smiled for one last selfie minutes before their aircraft exploded with a total 242 occupants on board.

Bored Panda · Jun 13, 2025

News of the Air India plane crash is traumatic. Here’s how to make sense of the risk

On Thursday afternoon local time, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. There were reportedly 242 people onboard, including two pilots and ten cabin crew.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2025

How deadly Air India crash shattered dreams, wiped out entire families

The dead include a young man who won a visa lottery; families returning from a wedding and Eid; a student eating lunch.

Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2025

Hot weather to be cut short by thunderstorms this weekend as Met Office issues warnings

The UK could become hotter than Ibiza on Friday before thunderstorms descend in the evening

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

‘Miracle Brit in seat 11A’, ‘descent into tragedy’: Front pages on the Air India crash

In what is being described as one of the worst aviation disasters in recent memory, a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 260 on board and in the area impacted by the crash.

Newslaundry · Jun 13, 2025

Sadiq Khan meeting targeted by protesters after minicab driver caught in TfL licensing backlog chaos dies from heart attack

Veteran driver Rob Dale waited three months for a new licence. It finally arrived - 17 days after his death.

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

OPINION - Why did Taylor Swift's London tour sell out, but not Beyonce's? Because Mum and Dad aren't paying for Beyonce tickets

Have you noticed the swarm of cowboy hat-clad fans storming the Overground recently? The Beyhive are in town. They’re here for Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album tour. Her pivot to country music has been globally praised and is it surprising given everything she’s touched in the past three decades has practically…

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025