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In an opening salvo ahead of the US president's state visit, Sadiq Khan said he wanted to challenge the idea that London was in turmoil and said that more Americans than ever were seeking to make it their home. He said liberal Americans identified with London because of the city's fundamental values, like adhering to the rule of law, being proud of our diversity and championing the rights of minority communities.

Crews Hill, an area with only a few hundred residents, could soon get 10,000 new homes. As reported in the Enfield Dispatch and , Crews Hill is one of two London areas apparently set to become a 'new town' over the next few years. The government's New Towns Taskforce was established in order to build up to 12 new settlements across the UK by the next election, and it reportedly has Crews Hill in its sights.

Image source, Getty Images Jason Demetriou has agreed a three-year deal to become London Broncos' new head coach as the club press for a Super League return. Demetriou, 49, was previously head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League in his native Australia. On Sunday, current head coach Mike Eccles confirmed the Broncos' victory over Widnes Vikings in their final game of the Championship season would be his last match in charge.

People have been asked to evacuate Westfield shopping centre in east London following a fire at its multi-storey car park. London Fire Brigade said ten fire engines were in attendance at the shopping centre on Montfichet Road, Stratford. A spokesperson said the fire was "producing a significant amount of smoke" and asked people to avoid the area. They added the shopping centre had been evacuated as a precaution.

It doesn't feel as accessible as when you are in central or west London where there's a bridge like every kilometre. When I started using [the tunnel], I would go to work and the north lift wouldn't be working in the morning and then on the way back south, that one would not be working. It was very on and off.

Matcha has truly had London in a chokehold this summer - Blank Street has a lot to answer for - and now you can't move for seeing people with a green drink in hand. The matcha girlies may have their fave flavour combinations but those really in the know are turning to matcha's slightly-less-aesthetically-pleasing-but-just-as-tasty cousin, hojicha. Like matcha, hojicha is a form of Japanese green tea but it's roasted at a high temperature, making it reddish-brown in colour and giving it a toasty, nutty flavour.

The suspensions stem from a BBC investigation, in which a reporter obtained a job as a civilian detention worker in the custody suite at Charing Cross police station. The officers being investigated range in rank from police constable to sergeant, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. The allegations involve nine serving Met police officers, as well as a former Met officer and a serving designated detention officer.

Analysing booking data from the 8th to the 11th of September, Access Hospitality has revealed that bookings for the London hospitality industry dropped by 67% compared to the previous week. The most pronounced impact occurred on Monday, September 8th 2025, the first day of the tube strikes, when bookings dropped by 62% overnight. Access Hospitality has noted that this figure is 50% below the weekly average for bookings, emphasising a sharp decline in consumer behaviour as the transport disruptions began.

And, while Oxford Street and Covent Garden will be no less busy in 2025, there's one new store well worth a detour - Buckingham Palace's first Christmas pop-up shop. The launch of the Royal Collection Trust's annual gift guide came with exciting news this September, as the palace's 200-year-old stables will be transformed into a seasonal boutique while the Mews is closed to visitors for the winter.

Around 150 people were evacuated as a huge fire ripped through a block of flats in south London destroying most of the building. Some 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines were called to the fire on Maysoule Road in Battersea on Wednesday evening. Footage shared online showed flames tearing through the roof of the five-storey building. The residents were evacuated from the building by fire crews wearing breathing apparatus. No injuries have been reported.

Deep under Tower Bridge lies a vast space that almost seems larger than it can be, and during the winter months, the public can go inside for a look. This is one of Tower Bridge's two bascule chambers and is basically where the heavy counterweight swings into when the bridge opens to let boats pass through. But not when you're standing in it - and that's why tours take place during the winter, when fewer boats ply the Thames.

The team started cooking for hospitals and the national guard, and making up food packs for people who needed them. The war was a massive shock for us, but it was also a time when everyone pulled together. Suppliers were helping they would call and say: We've got 10kg of sweet potato, do you want them? You would put a message on the group chat with other restaurants and bars saying you'd had a request to feed 400 people.

As the exhibition explains, the council was granted new powers to direct local development in 1963, and its new department was led by a London County Council architect, Edward Hollamby, giving them a significant advantage when planning large estates. He was more interested in Scandinavian style modernism than the British New Brutalism exemplified elsewhere, and despite what you might see if you travel through the area, was more interested in low-rise developments instead of tall blocks.

TfL was granted powers to regulate pedicabs under the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024, but was required to carry out a consultation prior to introducing any new regulations on the service. Once the new rules are introduced, pedicab drivers will need to undergo enhanced criminal record checks and medical examinations before they can be licensed to operate a pedicab. There will also be a new annual mandatory MOT for pedicabs, to check them for passenger safety, and each pedicab will have to carry a license plate.

A 25-year-old man has died after falling from an e-scooter in east London. The Met Police were called to reports of a crash involving an e-scooter in Newham at 6.12pm on Saturday. Officers attended the scene on Prince Regent Lane near the junction with Glen Road with London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance. The rider - a 25-year-old man - was declared dead at scene after falling from the e-scooter.

One of the four terminals at London's Heathrow Airport that was evacuated earlier on Monday over what emergency services called a "possible hazardous materials incident" has now reopened after it was declared safe, the airport said in an update. Heathrow - Europe's busiest airport - apologised for the disruption, saying on social media platform X that it was "doing everything we can" to ensure all flights depart as planned.

Three women and three men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the Indian Aroma restaurant on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, on 22 August at about 21:00 BST. The Met Police said the 16-year-old boy had been charged with six counts of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. He appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, 8 September, and was remanded to a youth detention centre. He will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6 October.

I took my iPhone 16 Pro to iRepairMan for a screen replacement. On the surface, they seemed legitimate - a slick website, easy booking, quick turnaround. But what happened after the repair tells a different story. Almost immediately, I noticed issues: Brightness wildly inconsistent - sometimes full blast at half slider, sometimes so dim it's almost black. Colours clearly off. The phone running hot and the battery draining much faster than before. In short: the screen replacement made the phone worse, not better.

A padel club's plan to install four outdoor courts on empty land that used to be occupied by Eltham police station has been approved by Greenwich Council. The racquet sport, which blends elements of tennis and squash, is becoming increasingly popular, but players have said there are not enough courts to keep up with demand. According to planning documents, padel is the fastest-growing racquet sport in the world, with the Lawn Tennis Association calling it "easy to play, fun and extremely sociable".

Demonstrators are set to take action in London, Belfast and Edinburgh, holding signs saying: I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action. Defend Our Juries (DOJ) said the action is planned on condition of at least 1,000 people pledging support, but hundreds more are said to be planning to take part, with a boost in support after a number of activists involved in organising the protests were arrested under terror laws.

Hundreds of east London council homes are suspected to have been fraudulently allocated to tenants by local authority housing officers who allegedly demanded cash for properties. Police on Thursday arrested two people after executing a series of raids in Barking and Dagenham and Essex. The City of London Police and the council launched a joint bribery and corruption investigation - Operation Chandrila - after receiving allegations that several hundred social homes had been wrongly issued to people between November 2020 and December 2024.

PA Media A bus driver has been taken to hospital after a collision in central London in which several passengers and pedestrians are understood to have been injured. The Met Police, the London Ambulance Service (LAS) and London's Air Ambulance were called to Victoria Street in Westminster at about 08:20 BST, the force said. There are no reported fatalities, the Met added.

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Footage of a motorcyclist wanted in connection with the murder of a man who was shot dead at close range in north London a year ago has been released by the Met Police. Tikquaan Stephenson-Walters, 28, was shot by a suspect riding a white Honda Moped in Bravington Road, Kilburn, at about 23:05 BST on 4 September 2024, the Met said. He died at the scene.

The park is situated on a road in the city called Houndsditch and was once part of the old Roman Wall that surrounded the city. The name is alleged to have originated from various sources, either the dumping of waste into the ditch that ran along the outside of the wall, resulting in numerous dogs scavenging for food, or perhaps that kennels for the City hunt used to be located here.