Boy, eight, punched by a woman on busy commuter train in south London

Boy, eight, punched by a woman on busy commuter train in south London

P olice have released CCTV images after a boy aged around eight was punched by a woman on board a packed commuter train in south London. Detectives said the child was hit... Read more »
Man, 27, dies after being hit by a car on busy London street

Man, 27, dies after being hit by a car on busy London street

Man, 27, dies after being hit by a car on busy London street – as police hunt driver who fled the scene A 27-year-old has died following a hit-and-run incident on Clapham... Read more »
Huge fire rips through East London just metres from busy street festival

Huge fire rips through East London just metres from busy street festival

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A massive fire broke out in East London just metres... Read more »
Passenger stabs himself to death at busy London tube station

Passenger stabs himself to death at busy London tube station

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 A passenger is believed to... Read more »
Dramatic moment a limousine bursts into flames after breaking down in the middle of a busy motorway

Dramatic moment a limousine bursts into flames after breaking down in the middle of a busy motorway

THIS is the dramatic moment a limousine bursts into flames in the middle of a motorway. In a shocking video posted on Twitter, a jet of flame can be seen leaping from... Read more »
Latest doctors’ strike impacting ‘very busy’ NHS services across East London

Latest doctors’ strike impacting ‘very busy’ NHS services across East London

Significant impact expected as junior doctors in the NHS walkout for a third time this year, reports Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter A junior doctors picket line today outside The Royal London... Read more »
Rail travel expected to be busy for the Queen’s Lying in State

Rail travel expected to be busy for the Queen’s Lying in State

The rail industry and Transport for London (TfL) are advising that they expect trains and stations to be exceptionally busy over the week of the Queen’s Lying in State. Huge crowds are... Read more »
Busy Being Free by Emma Forrest review – from Hollywood glitz to Trump-based celibacy | Autobiography and memoir

Busy Being Free by Emma Forrest review – from Hollywood glitz to Trump-based celibacy | Autobiography and memoir

In 2011, Emma Forrest published a memoir, Your Voice in My Head, about her experience of mental ill-health. “I became, for a certain audience, the suicidal girl’s suicidal girl,” she writes in... Read more »
London Fire Brigade ‘exceptionally busy’ taking high number of weekend calls

London Fire Brigade ‘exceptionally busy’ taking high number of weekend calls

London Fire Brigade (LFB) had an “exceptionally busy” weekend, taking more than twice as many calls as usual and tackling several significant weather-related incidents across the capital. 999 control officers took more... Read more »
Detectives hunt attacker after man, 23, repeatedly stabbed in busy east London pub

Detectives hunt attacker after man, 23, repeatedly stabbed in busy east London pub

Detectives investigating a stabbing at an east London pub in have released an image of a man they would like to identify. Officers on patrol found a victim, 23, with multiple stab... Read more »