The Latest Breaking News from London

Stockwell shooting: First picture of boy, 16, shot dead by gunmen ‘on moped dressed as Deliveroo drivers’

Family of Lathaniel Burrell describe teenager killed in horror shooting as ‘very bright’ schoolboy

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

American families must do their homework on London schooling before making the "Donald Dash"

American families looking to go down the fee-paying route can use tax-advantaged 529 College Savings Plans to pay for their child’s education.

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Dollar Weakness Sparks Short-Covering in Cocoa Prices

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25 ) today is up +193 (+2.35%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) is up +32 (+0.49%). Cocoa prices today recovered from 3-1/2 month lows and are moderately higher after a slump in the dollar index to a 2-3/4 month low sparked some short...

Barchart · Mar 4, 2025

Cancer treatment, AI and green research companies coming out of London university attract £3bn in investment

Firms working on cures for rare cancers, using AI to create green technology and treatments for motor neurone disease are among the 95 active "spinout" businesses to come out of UCL

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

‘Just to see Tom Hiddleston would be enough!’ My eye-popping night with the fans who mob stage doors

With London’s West End chockful of Hollywood A-listers, crowds are thronging stage doors. But do some fans go too far? We uncover a shadowy story of joyful adulation, gobby putdowns – and endless TikToks

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2025

Farmers warn government they ‘won’t back down’ as thousands fill London for Pancake Day rally

Farmers told the Labour government they ‘won’t back down’ during the Pancake Day protest

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

Metal band Slayer to perform first headline shows in UK in six years

The shows at Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields on July 3 and London’s Finsbury Park on July 6 will mark their only European headline gigs this year.

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter: what time will she be on stage in London this weekend?

The Espresso star will be headlining the O2 for two nights

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Hundreds cheer as runners with fry pans race to mark Pancake Day

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, or “Pancake Day.”

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

Cult favourite The Yard theatre to be demolished - and then triumphantly rebuilt!

East London cult theatre The Yard was only supposed to be a pop-up, but 13 years later it is being reinvented as a permanent venue as part of the rising arts hub of East Bank

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025