No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025
High street firms facing extra £1bn tax bill next month as relief slashed Businesses in London will be hit hardest by changes, according to analysis by business tax specialists Ryan. The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025
Burgh Island Hotel is a secluded idyll, just several hours from London This Art Deco hotel stands alone on its own private island — bar the neighbouring 14th century pub. Shireen Jilla checks in, following in the footsteps of everyone from Chanel to Churchill Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Brian James obituary Guitarist with the punk band the Damned who wrote many of their songs, including their first single, New Rose The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac's eclectic London home is on sale for $8.9 million – peek inside the boho, Scandi-inspired property The late Fleetwood Mac singer's property is a three bedroom duplex penthouse with elegant yet quirky furnishings and decor filling the space Homes & Gardens · Mar 9, 2025
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato review – dazzling opening to London Handel festival Jonathan Cohen and his crack baroque ensemble Arcangelo seized upon the colourful pastoral with relish, lighting up Handel’s own parish church The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Nation unites in a day of reflection to mark fifth anniversary of Covid-19 Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered. Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Quarter of England’s strategic A-roads have electric car charging ‘cold spots’ Affected roads include vital routes for holidaymakers, including A2 towards Folkestone and parts of A303 and A30 The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Man charged with south London murder of teenager Lathaniel Burrell Omar Prempeh, 32, from Forest Hill, charged after 16-year-old shot dead in Stockwell on Tuesday The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Man, 32, charged with murder of 16-year-old boy after Stockwell shooting Lathaniel Burrell was shot dead in Stockwell, south London, on Tuesday The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025
Virgin aims to raise £700m to rival Eurostar on cross-Channel trains Richard Branson’s group plans rail routes linking London to Paris and Brussels, and maybe Amsterdam The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Man charged with murder of boy, 16, shot dead in south London Lathaniel Burrell died at the scene in Paradise Road, Stockwell, on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Bollywood royalty Kareena Kapoor Khan's little black book of London beauty: HARI's and her favourite hair oil Fable & Mane’s newly-appointed Global Ambassador opens her beauty address book Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Boy, 14, rushed to hospital after stabbing in north-west London A 39-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025 Twiggy review – Sadie Frost’s slick portrait of the world’s first supermodel The swinging 60s London star’s sunny personality illuminates this conventional documentary
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025 Jedward lift the lid on their new life in London and friendship with Gemma Collins EXCLUSIVE The Irish twins say moving to the captial has ‘enriched’ their lives and they can now easily visit the former TOWIE star, whom they consider ‘family’, in her native Essex
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025 ‘It’s been really profound’: artists Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett on laying bare their marriage on film Photographer Meyerowitz, 87, and artist and writer Barrett, 78, invited two documentary-makers into their lives for a year. The result, Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other, is an intimate portrait that all couples should see
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025 Abuse by Guildhall tutor in 1980s left me in despair, says opera singer Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to her
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025 'Covid was a wake-up call': Meet the people on a mission to make Brent healthy Brent Health Matters is making pioneering changes to address health inequalities in one of London's worst-hit boroughs. For the Covid Day of Reflection. India Block chats to the people on the front lines of its essential community health initiatives
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025 Cash-strapped London borough issues warning over homeless Chagos Islanders flying into Heathrow Exclusive: Hillingdon council is seeing a growing number of families of Chagossian decent arriving at Heathrow airport ‘without planned onward accommodation’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025 Stalked: how a relentless campaign of online abuse derailed one woman’s life A new BBC podcast recounts the ordeal endured by Hannah Mossman Moore, whose phone was bombarded by fake accounts and her personal data weaponised against her
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025 London borough's war on gambling as addicts cost it over £14m a year Brent Council has the second-highest concentration of gambling premises in London , with council leader writing to Government calling for tighter laws
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025 London leaver: 'even though I'm from Yorkshire I'd got used to the convenience of London' Leaving her childhood home on the east coast of Yorkshire and heading off to Cambridge University was a massive culture shock for Mary Appleton, but one she embraced.
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025 Eurostar chaos: ‘You’re on your own,’ stranded passengers are told The Man Who Pays His Way: Monopoly on London-Paris trains can’t end soon enough
International Business Times · Mar 9, 2025 Man With Palestinian Flag Arrested After Scaling London's Big Ben A man who scaled London's Big Ben, and spent the day perched on the historic clock tower with a Palestinian flag, was arrested shortly after he came down after midnight Sunday, police said.