Browsing: London

The Independent says Strikes by London Underground (LU) workers are to go ahead next week after talks failed to resolve a dispute over jobs, pensions and conditions.

The Guardian says A 7-square-metre microflat, cramming in a bed, toilet, shower, sink and a microwave tucked under the pillow, has sold for 80% above its minimum listing price at £90,000.

Emma Raducanu stalker given 5-year restraining order and electronic tag after being found guilty of stalking US Open champ last month.

BBC News says fans and friends of music pioneer Jamal Edwards gathered at a vigil in west London to pay tribute to the 31-year-old.

The Metro says Sexual offence accusations against officers in the Metropolitan Police are believed to have hit a record high after claims doubled in the months following Sarah Everard’s murder.

The Guardian says the east of England including London has been added to the red weather warning for wind issued by the Met Office because of Storm Eunice.

The Metro says a massive power cut plunged parts of London and Hertfordshire into darkness tonight.

The Independent says Seven people have been rescued, four of them hospitalised, after a mezzanine floor collapsed at a bar and restaurant in Hackney, east London.

BBC News says Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is leaving her role after a series of damaging controversies.

The Metro says Furious Sadiq Khan says he’s put Metropolitan Police boss Dame Cressida Dick ‘on notice’ after sexist, ableist and homophobic messages sent by her officers were exposed.

The Independent says a driver who ran over a knifeman in an attempt to stop him stabbing his ex-wife to death in the street will face no further police action.

The Metro says a large fire has ripped through a car garage close to an Underground station in London.

The Metro says thick plumes of smoke could be seen billowing into the air as an inferno broke out at a block of flats in east London.

The Independent says a man has been charged with the murder of his mother, say police, following the death of an 84-year-old woman in north London.

The Independent says a 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly driving his car into a knife attacker who had stabbed a woman in the street.

TfL will be handing out fines of £160 for drivers caught breaking the rules on London’s “red route” roads.

Arsenal loan striker Balogun to Championship side. The England Under-21 striker Folarin Balogun is loaned to Middlesbrough until the end of the season. Balogun to Middlesbrough…

The Guardian says Andrew Gosden went missing as a teenager 14 years ago, the family have spoken after the arrests of two men in connection.

The Independent says A body pulled from the River Thames in London has been identified as missing student Harvey Parker, police have confirmed.

The Guardian says Police searching for missing Harvey Parker have recovered a body from the River Thames believed to be the student.

The Guardian says Prof Neil Ferguson, the scientist who helped shape Britain’s coronavirus lockdown strategy, says he is “cautiously optimistic” that Omicron infections have plateaued in London.

The Metro says The mayor of London is reportedly planning to end the prosecution of young people caught with cannabis by decriminalising certain drugs in the capital.

An arrest has been made in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy in west London.

Here, we’re looking into some of the capital’s most expensive mansions to find out what a budget of £10million plus will get you in North London.

A man has been charged with the murder of a lady whose body was discovered at an east London property.