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11 people taken to hospital after 'e-bike fire' rips through tower block

UK 32 minutes ago By Brooke Davies

Man stalks woman through residential road before shoving her and stealing her phone

UK 8 hours ago By Josh Milton

Plans for the new Kings Hall Leisure Centre in Clapton, East London.

Neglected Grade II-listed building to be transformed into ‘stunning’ London spa

Property 14 hours ago By Eleanor Noyce

Posh London restaurant covered in rats and pooBeach Blanket BabylonPicture: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalBorough/photos?locale=en_GB

Restaurant popular with Royals and celebs shuts down after rat poo found in food

UK 16 hours ago By Brooke Davies

Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Cher Maximen, 32, who was stabbed while at the Notting Hill Carnival with her young child has died in hospital, the Metropolitan Police said. Issue date: Saturday August 31, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Carnival. Photo credit should read: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Man guilty of stabbing mum to death in front of her child at Notting Hill Carnival

UK 13 hours ago By Brooke Davies

Harley House, former home of Mick Jagger

60s rock icon's famous London party flat could be yours for £5,500,000

Property 18 hours ago By Jon Fellowes

Why has Westfield ‘become a gangland’ with thousands of crimes reported each year?

UK 18 hours ago By Brooke Davies

A UK-based scientist working for the prestigious Royal Society of Biology has been murdered in Colombia.Alessandro Coatti?s dismembered body was found in a suitcase dumped in a stream in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta.Police are said to have found only his head, hands and feet and are said to be still searching for his torso and other parts of his body.Trained molecular biologist Alessandro had worked at the Royal Society of Biology since April 2017 - first as a science policy officer and for the past six years as a senior science policy officer according to his LinkedIn page.Before joining the professional association, created to advance the interests of biology in academia, industry, education and research, the Italian-born scientist had been a post-graduate neuroscience researcher at University College London.Santa Maria?s mayor Carlos Pinedo Cuello has offered a near POUNDS 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for Alessandro?s gruesome murder.

Fears grow that British scientist found chopped up in suitcase fell prey to 'vigilantes'

World 20 hours ago By Katie Boyden

A sandwich, fries and milkshake on a table from Which Wich, with a hand reaching for a fry

I’m a food writer and I’d never heard of this US chain in London

Food 20 hours ago By Courtney Pochin

Frecciarossa or 'red arrow' trains

Eurostar rival unveils new route to Paris — with one major difference

Travel 22 hours ago By Alice Murphy

A CGI visual showing the outside of the London Liverpool Street station after it has been revamped.

Inside the plans to revamp London Liverpool Street station

UK 2 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A UK-based scientist working for the prestigious Royal Society of Biology has been murdered in Colombia. Alessandro Coatti?s dismembered body was found in a suitcase dumped in a stream in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta. Police are said to have found only his head, hands and feet and are said to be still searching for his torso and other parts of his body. Trained molecular biologist Alessandro had worked at the Royal Society of Biology since April 2017 - first as a science policy officer and for the past six years as a senior science policy officer according to his LinkedIn page. Before joining the professional association, created to advance the interests of biology in academia, industry, education and research, the Italian-born scientist had been a post-graduate neuroscience researcher at University College London. Santa Maria?s mayor Carlos Pinedo Cuello has offered a near POUNDS 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for Alessandro?s gruesome murder.

Tributes to 'warm and funny' London scientist found 'chopped up in suitcase'

UK 2 days ago By Brooke Davies

Old Billingsgate fish market and Customs House beside the river Thames with modern architecture in the city of London towering above. (Photo by: Martin Berry/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Iconic London landmark could become luxury hotel with 179 rooms and a spa

UK 2 days ago By Danny Rigg

Campaigners protesting outside the City Hall in London against the new Silvertown Tunnel opening.

We live next to the £2,200,000,000 new tunnel but it feels like 'we've been s*** on'

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A man trying to smoke crack cocaine on the Victoria line Tube carriage.

Tube passenger openly smokes crack on packed London Underground

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A knifeman stabbing inside a restaurant in Willesden.

Knifeman storms into restaurant and stabs victim before filming him

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A TfL map showing the new Silvertown Tunnel and an aerial image showing the tunnel exit and entrance in London with O2 arena in North Greenwich in the background.

Inside the Silvertown Tunnel opening today - here's how much it will cost to use

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Keiron Charles and the scene of the attack

Teenager killed in 'awful' stabbing and two boys, 16, charged with murder

UK 3 days ago By Gergana Krasteva

File photo dated 27/11/2024 of The Groucho Club in Soho, London. A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape at the London venue, the Metropolitan Police said. Issue date: Sunday December 1, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Groucho. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

MP probed over 'sexual assault' at A-list Groucho Club

UK 3 days ago By Danny Rigg

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending a fire at an industrial site on Beamway in #Dagenham.This is a very visible fire and is producing a lot of smoke. Please keep windows and doors closed if you are in the area.

Plumes of smoke darken London skyline for miles after huge fire

UK 3 days ago By Danny Rigg

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