All news on the topic: London

24 Feb 2025 553

Gangs in balaclavas with hammers targeting cyclists in London’s Regent’s Park

London cyclists have begged the Met Police to start patrolling Regent’s Park in the early morning after a spate of muggings and hammer attacks.

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23 Feb 2025 877

Rampaging shoppers climb onto a police car after a London clothing giveaway goes awry

A busy shopping street in London has descended into chaos after a clothing giveaway went wrong.

Crime

21 Feb 2025 766

Machete-wielding gang raids RAF hero’s home and escapes with pet dog and £20,000

A family targeted by machete wielding thieves who stole £20,000 and their pet dog have been left to catch the gang themselves after police closed the case just one day later.

21 Feb 2025 709

Nearly 500 cat figurines have been stolen from Gordon Ramsay’s London restaurant

According to Ramsay’s own estimate, he has lost over £2,000 in a single week due to stolen maneki-neko cat models.

Finance

20 Feb 2025 623

London parking fines set to increase to £160: Mayor Sadiq Khan approves proposals to raise PCNs by £30

London parking penalty charges are set to increase with motorists soon to be stung with eye-watering fines.

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19 Feb 2025 686

London train derailed at 85mph after colliding with a piece of rail

A passenger train derailed in Surrey after it hit an object that was mistakenly left behind.

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19 Feb 2025 662

Trespasser on the London rail network caused disruptions to nearly 1,000 trains, incurring a cost of £1,200,000

A man has been jailed after he wreaked havoc on one of the UK’s busiest railway lines in southwest London.

Crime

19 Feb 2025 573

Two arrested for ’murder’ after a 20-year-old man is stabbed to death in east London

A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death in east London.

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19 Feb 2025 710

UK is experiencing rise in luxury watch thefts, with stolen timepieces exceeding £1.6 billion, and £60 million worth taken in Britain alone last year

The UK has experienced a significant increase in luxury watch theft, with the total value of lost and stolen timepieces now totaling £1.6 billion, according to new figures.

Crime

18 Feb 2025 885

Child hit and killed by train while crossing railway in London: Investigation launched into tragedy

An investigation has been launched after a child was killed after being struck by a train while crossing a railway last month.

Crime

18 Feb 2025 606

Drill rapper shared clips boasting about murdering a teen while incarcerated

The mother of a murdered teenager has urged TikTok to ban her son’s killer from the platform after he posted a rap song bragging about the killing on the platform while behind bars.

18 Feb 2025 740

Placebo rocker officially charged after calling Italian Prime Minister a ’fascist Nazi’

British rocker and Placebo frontman Brian Molko has been charged with defamation after hurling insults at the Italian Prime Minister mid-performance.

Politics

18 Feb 2025 802

Donald Trump ’has authorized Putin to launch an attack on London,’ claims a Kremlin insider

Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with Donald Trump to discuss ending the ongoing war in Ukraine—a move that has been considered controversial throughout much of Europe.

Crime

17 Feb 2025 577

Life inside the UK’s most dangerous town where wild kids on quad bikes rule the area – and it’s too terrifying for buses to stop

A boy of eight leans against a wall and takes furtive drags from a vape as he chats to an older mate.

Tech

17 Feb 2025 775

Major internet provider in London with 1,300,000 users has been hit by an outage

London’s largest fibre internet network is experiencing major outages.

News

15 Feb 2025 828

Britain’s most miserable town might soon become part of London

The UK’s most miserable town dubbed ‘an island of despair’ could become a part of London leaving some people less than thrilled.

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14 Feb 2025 882

Uber and Bolt drivers go on strike on Valentine’s Day

Thousands of Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee drivers are logging off during peak hours on Valentine’s Day in a campaign for better pay and working conditions, a union says.

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14 Feb 2025 667

Renowned Chiltern Firehouse was affected by a fire just hours before the Valentine’s dinner service.

A fire has broken out at a luxury five star hotel in central London as 100 people are evacuated from the historic building.

Crime

14 Feb 2025 658

Individual struck in the face with a ’fire-bomb’ in London park

A man has suffered serious facial injuries after petrol was thrown at him and lit in an alleged attack in a country park in south east London.

13 Feb 2025 652

US fashion executive Steve Madden acquires Kurt Geiger for £289m

Madden spent 31 months in prison due to his connections to a company founded by Jordan Belfort, known as The Wolf of Wall Street.

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13 Feb 2025 667

Student passed away from sepsis after an antibiotics error in a London hospital, inquest hears

A potentially life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes, but it was not administered quickly enough due to a communication mix-up.

Tech

13 Feb 2025 747

Chilling footage shows the potential outcome if an asteroid strikes Earth in 2032

There would be only seconds to prepare before the fireball hits.

13 Feb 2025 689

Unseen 2,000-year-old Roman ruins discovered in London office basement

A Roman history buff has said she was ‘blown away’ after discovering she was sitting just a few feet above a newly excavated ancient site from where London was governed 2,000 years ago.

13 Feb 2025 595

NHS worker who initiated a confrontation by telling a hospital security guard "don’t get your mother’s knickers in a twist" wins a £20,000 payout

An NHS worker who got into a fight with a hospital security guard after telling him ’don’t get your mother’s knickers in a twist’ has won almost £20,000.

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13 Feb 2025 722

Thousands in London experience water outage for hours due to a burst pipe in Dulwich

Thames Water is working to repair the damaged pipe on Alleyn Road in Dulwich, south London, but this has resulted in thousands of people having no water or experiencing lower pressure than usual for some time.