All news on the topic: London

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16-year-old girl dies after incident on London tube tracks
A ‘bright, beautiful, clever, and funny’ 16-year-old girl has died after an incident at a London tube station.
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Oxford Street pickpocket trio jailed after stealing £1,000 handbag in broad daylight
Nestled on a quiet north London street, two of the city’s notorious pickpockets were hiding in plain sight.
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Activists throw food at state crown case in tower of London: four arrested
Police arrested four people after officers rushed to the Tower following reports of an incident shortly before 10am. They found that food had been thrown onto a case containing the State Crown, which is used at coronations and state openings of Parliament.
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Nicholas Green jailed for frenzied stabbing of two strangers at kennington underground
A man who initiated an unprovoked knife attack on two strangers at a London tube station has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.
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Man dies after broad daylight collision with car in Willesden, London
A man in his 30s has tragically died after he was in collision with a car in broad daylight on a London street.
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Diamond art: Rare Fabergé egg, encrusted with 4,500 diamonds, sold for record price
The crystal-and-diamond Winter Egg, one of only seven Imperial Fabergé eggs in private hands, sold for £22.9 million (€27.5 million), breaking the world record for a Fabergé piece.
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UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in Bangladesh сorruption сase
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison following a corruption trial in Bangladesh.
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Emergency response at Hammersmith station as TfL confirms casualty on the track
Hammersmith Underground station in London was swarmed by emergency services this morning after reports of a person on the track.
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Number of asylum seekers in hotels jumps to 36,000 by September in UK
New statistics published by the Home Office this morning show that 4,232 more asylum seekers were staying in hotels at the end of September 2025 compared to June 2025.
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Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies at 76 after seizure and pneumonia
Jamaican singer and actor Jimmy Cliff has passed away after experiencing a seizure, his wife has confirmed.
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Pensioner dies after robbery at north London post office cash machine
A retiree has passed away after being robbed while withdrawing money from an ATM at a post office in north London.
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Strictly Come Dancing star arrested on suspicion of rape
A star from Strictly Come Dancing has allegedly been arrested on suspicion of rape.
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Security services ‘very relaxed’ about China’s 20,000 sq m embassy plan
MI5 officers informed the House of Commons speaker in a private meeting that they are capable of handling the risks associated with a proposed Chinese super-embassy in London, paving the way for its approval.
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Financier who sued his mother for £2.6m loses case and faces £1m court bill
A financier who sued his mum for £2.6m, claiming he was wrongfully "disinherited," has been left with a £1m court bill.
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Football super agent Jonathan Barnett investigated over claims he raped and tortured “sex slave”
Football super agent Jonathan Barnett is being investigated by cops over claims he raped and tortured a “sex slave”, court documents show.
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Met Police manager sentenced for harassment after sending fake Ronan Keating messages
A Met Police call centre boss who sent a colleague unwanted gifts and messages purporting to be from Ronan Keating has been spared jail.
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Volodymyr Galanternyk crafts reputation-laundering scheme through UK investments
Volodymyr Galanternyk represents a troubling archetype of post-Soviet capital flight — a Ukrainian businessman leveraging London’s permeable financial ecosystem to sanitize a fortune rooted in Odesa’s turbulent privatization era.
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Five-year-old boy dies after wall collapse at London crazy golf venue
Sidcup Family Golf in Chislehurst, southeast London has been closed since the boy and a six-year-old girl were injured on Sunday evening.
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Sadiq Khan raises London Congestion Charge and slashes EV discounts
The price increase will start on January 2, and there will be annual increases corresponding to the rise in Tube fares in each following year.
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Gabon’s former first lady and son get 20-year prison terms for corruption and money laundering
The wife and son of ousted President Ali Bongo were sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison after a Gabonese court found they had embezzled public funds and exploited the former president’s ill health following his 2018 stroke, running the country for their own profit.
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US to free UK commentator held by ICE after visa revocation
The family of Sami Hamdi, the British journalist held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), says he is to be released.
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Court hears case of police officer who hit pensioner while escorting Duchess of Edinburgh
A police motorcyclist hit and killed a pensioner while driving over the speed limit and through a red light as he escorted the Duchess of Edinburgh through London, a court heard.
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Police arrest Irish driver after Lewisham hit-and-run critically injures pedestrian
A man has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with an alleged hit-and-run in London that has left a 65-year-old pedestrian critically injured.
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King Charles to lead nation in two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday
The King is set to lead the nation in a two-minute silence to remember those who died in conflict.
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Sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused of funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps owns a £33.7 million mansion in London
A sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused by the U.K. government of funding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) owns a 33.7 million pounds mansion—worth about $52.8 million at the 2014 exchange rate, when he bought it—on an exclusive London street, OCCRP has found.