London Free Press building brought down

London Free Press building brought down

Demolition is underway at the former London Free Press building. The building was home to the newspaper’s printing presses and staff for more than 50 years. Printing operations were moved out of... Read more »
Passenger chaos as trains brought to standstill in west London | Rail transport

Passenger chaos as trains brought to standstill in west London | Rail transport

Train passengers have suffered significant delays due to damaging overhead electric cables in west London. All trains have been stopped between London Paddington and Reading, Network Rail Western confirmed. Great Western Railway... Read more »
Fugitive brought to justice for murder after 39 years

Fugitive brought to justice for murder after 39 years

Enforcer Paul Bryan was 22 when he fatally stabbed 62-year-old Roman Szalajko at his flat in Kennington, south London, in February 1984. Afterwards, he took on the identity of a dead Welshman... Read more »
Pro-Palestinian protest sees 100,000 demonstrators marching through London in defence of civilians in Gaza and West Bank after Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israel brought violent response

Pro-Palestinian protest sees 100,000 demonstrators marching through London in defence of civilians in Gaza and West Bank after Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israel brought violent response

More than 100,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday in protest as they defended the rights of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank following the violent response to horrific Hamas... Read more »
Dramatic flair: how a West End producer brought a theatrical home to life | Homes

Dramatic flair: how a West End producer brought a theatrical home to life | Homes

Drama is woven into every room in interior designer Emily Dobbs’s Edwardian London terrace. As soon as you step through the front door, you are hit with a riot of colour and... Read more »
People smuggling gang who brought illegal immigrants into UK hidden behind lorry seat jailed | UK News

People smuggling gang who brought illegal immigrants into UK hidden behind lorry seat jailed | UK News

Seven members of a “sophisticated” organised crime network who plotted to bring illegal immigrants from Albania into the UK have been jailed. The gang has been sentenced to a total of almost... Read more »
How Formula E brought racing back to London after 40 years

How Formula E brought racing back to London after 40 years

Motor racing proper – as opposed to short-oval competition, that is – had been absent from London since the Crystal Palace circuit shut its doors almost exactly 50 years ago. It would... Read more »
Missing People posters in London brought to life with technology

Missing People posters in London brought to life with technology

The Missing People charity is converting standard photos released by families into 3D images complete with smiling faces on billboards across London. Behavioural scientists say the changes make it more likely passers-by... Read more »
Deadly outbreak of children’s hepatitis may have been brought on by lockdown weakening immunity

Deadly outbreak of children’s hepatitis may have been brought on by lockdown weakening immunity

An outbreak of children’s hepatitis may have been brought on by Covid lockdown weakening immunity, health chiefs have said as they revealed that two more British children need liver transplants and dozens... Read more »
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Vigil for girl who died from asthma brought on by London pollution

A vigil has been held for a nine-year-old girl who died from chronic asthma brought on by London’s polluted air. Ella Kissi-Debrah, who lived just 25 metres from the South Circular Road... Read more »