The Latest Breaking News from London

Teen found guilty of manslaughter after stabbing former school friend to death in east London park

The defendant was convicted at the Old Bailey after 15 hours of jury deliberation

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

“Used for the Cream reunion shows, arguably one of the biggest rock reunion performances of all time”: Jack Bruce’s Gibson EB-1 is going up for a one-time-only public display

Bruce’s iconic EB-1 will go on display for four weeks at the Gibson Garage in London as part of the Gibson Garage Fest later this month

Guitar World · Feb 7, 2025

Bakerloo line extension and DLR to Thamesmead: TfL sends 'wish list' to Chancellor Rachel Reeves

TfL says investing in London can create jobs for the rest of the UK

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

London NHS trusts payout £689m in compensation for child medical negligence

The Royal Free London alone paid out £70m to settle claims

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Protesters to rally in London before China ‘super-embassy’ decision

Minister to decide on plan for 20,000-sq-metre site near Tower of London after Beijing resubmitted proposal

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

London's Grenfell Tower To Be Taken Down After Deadly 2017 Fire

London's Grenfell Tower -- where 72 people died in 2017 in Britain's worst residential fire since World War II -- is to be demolished, the UK government confirmed on Friday.

International Business Times · Feb 7, 2025

Cate Blanchett and Emma Corrin pictured in rehearsals for London play

Photos from the rehearsals also show Tom Burke playing Blanchett’s lover Trigorin, and Sex Education star Tanya Reynolds in the role of Masha.

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Gangster posed as Uber driver to run largest drugs empire in London’s Square Mile

Mohammed Bakye - nicknamed Green Eyes - laundered proceeds into a mansion being built in Bangladesh

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

OPINION - Phone theft is a cancer eating away at London — here's my plan to cut it out

Look at the footage of a Bridgerton actress, Genevieve Chenneour, defending herself after a phone thief, Zacariah Boulares, tried to snatch her mobile. This kind of brazen crime is increasingly common in our city. Even more shockingly, Boulares has been convicted 12 times and two years ago threatened to behead…

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

UK announces plans to demolish shell of Grenfell Tower almost eight years after fire that killed 72

The U.K. government has announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell Tower

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025