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A map illustrating areas of the London Underground network with active 4G and 5G connectivity below ground as of December 2024.

New map shows Tube lines where other passengers are about to get even more annoying

Channel: UK UK January 15, 2026 By Molly Lee
The new caledonian sleeper route picture: Getty/ metro

The Caledonian Sleeper train is getting a new route in biggest change in 30 years

Channel: Travel Travel January 14, 2026 By Alice Giddings

First picture of student stabbed to death in London

Channel: UK UK January 14, 2026 By John Dunne
Play Video Fire at Queen's Road Peckham station lights up sky.

Panic in Peckham after mystery flashes light up night sky

Channel: UK UK January 14, 2026 By Brooke Davies
Artist's rendition of what the proposed naturally filtered swimming ponds could look like near the Walthamstow Wetlands in East London. Two sandy beaches could be coming to a densely populated London borough.Proposals by the East London Waterworks Park charity would see two new naturally filtered swimming ponds built on a former waterworks.The East London Waterworks Park charity is campaigning to buy a 14-acre plot of land in near the Walthamstow Wetlands in East London to turn it into a park with sandy beaches.The two swimming ponds would be larger than other well-used outdoor swimming spaces in the capital, including London Fields Lido and the Hampstead Ladies??? Pond. Photo released 13/01/2026

Two sandy beaches could be built in east London

Channel: UK UK January 16, 2026 By Molly Lee
A mock-up illustration showing the proposed East London Waterworks Park in Leyton, London, with a sandy beach, a natural swimming pool, with greenery and three skyscrapers behind it.

London could be getting a new wild swimming spot – with its own beach

Channel: Travel Travel January 13, 2026 By Charlie Sawyer
Nigel Farage Hosts Reform UK Press Conference. He stands in a blue suit with a purple tie. Next to him is Laila Cunningham, a woman with dark hair wearing a red suit jacket.

Is London safer now than ever? Readers discuss

Channel: Letters Letters January 13, 2026 By Letters Editor
CGI of David Chipperfield?s plans to redevelop the former Royal Mint site next to the Tower of London. FROM: STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, Tower Hamlets.

New Chinese embassy to have 'secret basement' near highly sensitive cables

Channel: Politics Politics January 13, 2026 By Craig Munro
Play Video Ex-Iranian political prisoner 'knocked out by police riot shield at London protest'

Ex-Iranian prisoner felt ‘back in Iran’ after being 'knocked out by Met police'

Channel: UK UK January 21, 2026 By Luke Alsford
An elevated view of London houses at sunset

The London boroughs where homeowners are most likely to make a loss

Channel: Property Property January 13, 2026 By Alice Giddings

'Turkish mafia' targeted in massive crime crackdown on London's streets

Channel: UK UK January 13, 2026 By John Dunne
London commuters stuck on trains after entire Victoria line goes down Oxford Circus Victoria Line southbound

Entire Victoria line still down after commuters stuck on trains

Channel: UK UK January 12, 2026 By Luke Alsford
Shoppers walk past a Met police van that's using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Facial Recognition (FI) technology to spot persons of interest, and pre-empt criminal activity, at Tottenham Court Road, on 1st December 2025, in London, England. Facial Recognition (FR) technology is used by the Met to prevent and detect crime, find wanted criminals, safeguard vulnerable people. Real time surveillance helps officers locate people on a 'watchlist' who are sought by the police. FR cameras focus specific areas and when people pass through, their images are streamed directly to the Live Facial Recognition system and compared to a watchlist. Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

London's murder rate drops to lowest in a decade after organised crime gang blitz

Channel: UK UK January 12, 2026 By John Dunne

Nicolas Cage film blocked by East London council over Nazi flag concerns

Channel: Film Film January 11, 2026 By Emily Bashforth
Potentially tyre-ripping water-filled potholes on the road in East Sussex, UK. ; Shutterstock ID 2528669605; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other:

Map shows best and worst councils for fixing potholes - how does your area do?

Channel: UK UK January 11, 2026 By Luke Alsford
Sarah Bishop taking a selfie in front of a tram on a street in Vienna

One journey in Vienna showed me how grim the UK is

Channel: Travel Travel January 12, 2026 By Sarah Bishop
Play Video ?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 10/01/2026. London, UK. An Iranian protester replace the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the pre-revolution Lion and Sun flag outside Embassy of The Islamic Republic of Iran in central London as hundreds of demonstrators call for political change and showing solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP

Protester tears down Iranian flag outside London embassy

Channel: UK UK January 10, 2026 By Ryan Prosser
Woman in handcuffs while standing on a high street after being arrested and surrounded by police officers and council officers

Woman arrested and fined £100 for 'feeding pigeons' in Harrow

Channel: UK UK January 10, 2026 By Sarah Ping
Cronin Street in Peckham

Hunt for gunmen after mum shot through her front door while one-year-old was inside

Channel: UK UK January 10, 2026 By Sam Corbishley
Primark on Oxford Street, central London.

London is getting its first new Primark store in over 10 years

Channel: Shopping Shopping January 9, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce

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