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Map of London's worst connectivity spots

Map reveals the worst areas in London for internet speeds

Channel: UK UK March 13, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Ryan Seller with a book and the Clapham North Tube station bookswap with a note saying it has closed.

All Tube station book exchanges forced to close because of fire safety issues

Channel: UK UK March 14, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Pensioners Sue and Bill Aylott have been ordered to leave their Streatham house where they have lived and brought up their family over four decades. Lambeth council has failed to review their lease.

Couple ordered to move out of house they've lived in for 40 years

Channel: UK UK March 12, 2025 By John Dunne
A child is fighting for their life after being hit by a bus while riding a Lime e-bike in a serious collision in Southeast London. The incident occurred at around 5:35pm on Surrey Quays Road, near Canada Water, prompting a major emergency response. Police officers on patrol came across the scene and immediately called for backup, with paramedics and London???s Air Ambulance also dispatched to assist. Child Fights For Life After Being Struck By Bus While Riding Lime Bike In Southeast London The child, whose age has not yet been confirmed, was treated at the scene before being rushed to a major trauma centre in critical condition. Police have confirmed that his family has been informed. Child Fights For Life After Being Struck By Bus While Riding Lime Bike In Southeast London A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ???At about 17:35hrs on Tuesday, 11 March, officers on patrol came upon a bus in collision with a cyclist on Surrey Quays Road. Officers, the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended. The cyclist, who is a child, was taken to hospital in a critical condition. His family has been informed. Road closures are in place.??? Child Fights For Life After Being Struck By Bus While Riding Lime Bike In Southeast London A serious collision investigation has now been launched, led by the Met Police???s Commercial Vehicle Unit. Witnesses at the scene described a heavy police presence, with parts of Surrey Quays Road sealed off as investigators carried out forensic examinations of the area. A section of the road near Canada Street remained closed for several hours, causing significant traffic disruption and bus diversions. One local resident told UKNIP: ???It was absolutely horrifying. Emergency crews were working desperately to help the child. The road was shut down very quickly???you could tell something very serious had happened.??? The bus driver, a woman, was spoken to at the scene and is understood to be badly shaken. There is no ind

Boy fighting for life after being knocked off Lime bike by bus in London

Channel: UK UK March 12, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Why is London's air quality so bad at the moment? TFL

'Why is the air quality so bad in London right now?

Channel: UK UK March 11, 2025 By Brooke Davies
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Cats 'put into lockdown' after five are 'abducted' from outside their homes

Channel: UK UK March 10, 2025 By John Dunne
Voice of the London Underground ?sad? after station replaces her with AI voice Alamy

'I'm the famous voice of the Tube - it's sad they've replaced me with AI'

Channel: UK UK March 10, 2025 By Luke Alsford
ChrisdyannUribe@ChrisdyannUribe?22mTower Bridge is currently shut down as a person climbs on the railings.

East London thrown into chaos after two crossings over the Thames are shut

Channel: UK UK March 10, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet Tour

Sabrina Carpenter's tour has parents clutching their pearls but I want more

Channel: Music Music March 12, 2025 By Danni Scott

'Camelot' home of infamous celebrity gangster looks very different nowadays

Channel: UK UK March 10, 2025 By John Dunne
Heathrow passengers waiting for trains to start working between terminals (Picture: Damian Dudkiewicz)

Heathrow airport passengers facing huge delays after car fire breaks out in tunnel

Channel: UK UK March 10, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
A colourful combination image with a warning sign and a Tube train with 'mind the gap' Underground announcement text.

London Tube platforms with the biggest gaps revealed after 500 injuries in a year

Channel: UK UK March 9, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
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Central London is filled with red flags today - and for a good reason

Channel: UK UK March 9, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Emergency services talk to a man after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in London. Picture date: Saturday March 8, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Westminster. Photo credit should read: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Pro-Palestine protester arrested after climbing Big Ben at Palace of Westminster

Channel: UK UK March 9, 2025 By Jasper King

'Vulnerable' terror suspect, 16, was investigated by MI5 until she 'ended life'

Channel: UK UK March 7, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Undated handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of Lathaniel Burrell who has been named as the 16-year-old boy who died after being shot on Tuesday in Paradise Road, Stockwell, south London. Police were called at 3.21pm to reports of a shooting, and the boy was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics from London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance. Issue date: Wednesday March 5, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Stockwell. 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, 32, charged with murder after boy, 16, shot dead in south London

Channel: UK UK March 9, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Play Video A WWII bomb, a hen do party at a Eurostar station in Lille and the party at a pub in St Pancras International.

Hen do says they're 'thriving in chaos' after Eurostar cancels trains over WWII bomb

Channel: UK UK March 10, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Drug syringe and cooked heroin on spoon

Urgent warning after dozens fall ill from fake batches of heroin

Channel: UK UK March 7, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Gang of youths storm Apple Store in Brent Cross

Child ordered to pay compensation from his pocket money after Apple store raid

Channel: UK UK March 7, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
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10 best Time Out London deals – including £55 champagne brunch at The Shard

Channel: Travel Travel March 6, 2025 By Metro x Time Out Offers

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