London has welcomed the New Year with a dazzling light and fireworks show on the Thames, but the celebrations were muted with people told stay at home due to coronavirus restrictions. Amid the fireworks, several light projections filled the sky over the O2 Arena for the televised display, one of which showed the NHS logo...
A stone’s throw from Portobello Road and a pleasant walk away from Hyde Park, this Notting Hill postcode is certainly a desirable place to live. It’s made all the more desirable by the fact that house prices there are incredibly low – and not just by West London standards. On Great Western Road, the current average...
Despite the new Tier 4 restrictions dominating headlines over the weekend, horrific violent crime continued across London Multiple stabbings happened in different parts of the city, including one attack where the victim was stabbed and also shot. In an incident that left local residents shocked a body was found in a suitcase in a hostel in Ealing, which...
Counter terrorism police backed by armed officers will board London buses and check other vehicles in a new effort to prevent an attack in the capital. Officers will also patrol at bus stops, bus stations and transport interchanges to make it harder for would-be terrorists to move around the city. Sniffer dogs and automatic number plate recognition technology will be...
Planning permission to build the 20 flats and three houses at Wellington Close on the Somerville Estate in New Cross, which are set to be let at London Affordable Rent (LAR), was granted in February 2018. The site, formerly a sheltered housing block, is currently vacant – plans also include a small play area and...
Police made four arrests for Covid-19 rule breaches after hundreds of young people mobbed Harrods , as visitors packed central London on the first weekend after lockdown. The group swooped on the luxury store in Knightsbridge on Saturday afternoon, attempting to enter and crowding together in the streets outside. Most were not wearing face masks...
In almost perfect timing for the start of December, snow is forecast for parts of West London this week. If you’re a fan of snow, it may be the good news you’ve been hoping for. The frosty weather is forecast by the BBC to hit the boroughs of Hillingdon, Hounslow and Ealing this Friday, December...
Londoners are quite excited about the two new Northern line stations coming to the London Underground map, hopefully next year. So it’s only natural that they want to know absolutely everything about these stations as they wait patiently for them to open. An extension is being added to the Northern line from Kennington to Battersea....
London Assembly members have accused Sadiq Khan of “putting publicity before the needs of Londoners” by sparing his press team from cuts to his City Hall budget. The Mayor of London today (Tuesday November 17) published his Greater London Authority budget, shaving £38 million from his £640 million spending plans. The cash covers adult education, business and environment spending...
Four men have been jailed over the death of a “humble” shop worker who was fatally shot in a case of mistaken identity. Kwasi Mensah-Ababio, 26, was shot in the head at close range as he sat on a park bench in Wembley on July 7 last year. He was wrongly identified as a gang...