London Overground: Six new rail line names and colours revealed in rebrand | UK News

London Overground: Six new rail line names and colours revealed in rebrand | UK News

The London Overground is being rebranded and divided into six lines with their own names and colours. It currently appears on the Tube map as a sprawling orange network that some say... Read more »
London’s ‘Wild West’ pedicabs: Cycle rickshaws face crackdown as new law passes | UK News

London’s ‘Wild West’ pedicabs: Cycle rickshaws face crackdown as new law passes | UK News

A new law regulating cycle rickshaws – or pedicabs – in London will “end the chaos in hotspots like Soho and Covent Garden”, the government has said, with penalties for those who... Read more »
Clapham chemical attack: Everything we know so far | UK News

Clapham chemical attack: Everything we know so far | UK News

Police searching for the suspect of the Clapham chemical attack have found a body after earlier saying he is “most probably dead”. Police had offered up to £20,000 for information leading to... Read more »
The Body Shop to shut almost half of its UK stores – as seven just closed their doors for good | Business News

The Body Shop to shut almost half of its UK stores – as seven just closed their doors for good | Business News

The Body Shop has announced it is closing nearly half of its stores in the UK – including seven on Tuesday – and cutting 40% of roles at its London headquarters. It... Read more »
Man who killed neighbour ‘absconds’ from London mental health facility | UK News

Man who killed neighbour ‘absconds’ from London mental health facility | UK News

Philip Theophilou, 54, has evaded a mental health facility and is now on the run (Picture: PA) A man who stabbed his neighbour to death with a kitchen knife has been found... Read more »
Sifto salt workers on strike

Sifto salt workers on strike

It is day one of possibly many days on the picket line for security guards at the world’s largest salt mine in Goderich, Ont. “Our main issue is wages. Minimum wage is... Read more »
London: Conservative Susan Hall to appoint a women’s commissioner if elected

London: Conservative Susan Hall to appoint a women’s commissioner if elected

But Ms Hall says she will beef up borough-based policing, assigning more officers to specialise in dealing with violence against women, with a ” lead contact” in every borough. Thefts and robberies... Read more »
Aviva returns to Lloyd’s of London after more than 20 years following £242m deal

Aviva returns to Lloyd’s of London after more than 20 years following £242m deal

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Insurer Aviva has struck a... Read more »
That’s one way to beat the ULEZ crackdown! ‘Blade Runner’ is hailed a ‘hero’ for ‘pretending to break down in front of enforcement van to block camera’s view of the road and stop it catching motorists’

That’s one way to beat the ULEZ crackdown! ‘Blade Runner’ is hailed a ‘hero’ for ‘pretending to break down in front of enforcement van to block camera’s view of the road and stop it catching motorists’

An anti-Ulez ‘Blade Runner’ has been hailed a ‘hero’ online after taking a mobile camera van out of action by pretending to breakdown in front of it.  The activist filmed himself parking... Read more »
Proposed homeless hub on Wellington Road

Proposed homeless hub on Wellington Road

There’s growing concern that city council will agree to permit a third low-barrier service hub for Londoners experiencing homelessness along a short stretch of Wellington Road near Westminster Ponds. “We’ve been going... Read more »