Sir Keir Starmer went into battle against Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions like a tank with depleted armour and wonky tracks. He looked largely isolated, deserted by his Labour troops as Tory drones hovered overhead. Could he call up desperately needed back-up? Probably not as the cheers from the Labour backbenches in support of […]
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The King has installed one of Scotland’s most distinguished engineers as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle during a ceremony of pomp and pageantry. Sir Jim McDonald formally became a member of Scotland’s most prestigious order of chivalry during the event at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh where the Thistle knights processed past […]
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The Duke of York’s theatre in the West End is to become the Tom Stoppard theatre in honour of the playwright who died in November. The theatre is currently presenting Carrie Cracknell’s revival of Stoppard’s 1993 masterpiece Arcadia and the same play was produced there in 2009. The playwright’s wife, Sabrina Guinness, said: “Tom was […]
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Living in the city and keen to avoid the packed trains to the seaside? The beach might be closer than you think. In August, an iconic rooftop will be returning to London for its third momentous summer. Take a trip to the top floor of the Centrale shopping centre in the middle of Croydon and […]
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Danni Scott | Live News reporter Published July 1, 2026 12:01pm Updated July 1, 2026 2:21pm Romesh Ranganathan has revealed the 89-year-old bakery chain he part-owns has been closed after ‘nail in the coffin’ heatwaves. The comedian, 48, said he was ‘gutted’ after Coughlans Bakery announced it had gone into voluntary liquidation and had stopped […]
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Courtney Pochin | Senior Lifestyle Reporter Published July 1, 2026 9:13am Updated July 1, 2026 9:18am With summer in full swing, Londoners are taking advantage of the weather by heading to the city’s parks. And while some will go all out with picnics, others will go there with tinnies to simply enjoy a drink in […]
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Noora Mykkanen | Senior Live News reporter Published June 30, 2026 8:54pm Updated July 1, 2026 8:25am A west London bridge that banned motor traffic might never reopen to cars again due to a funding black hole. London is facing a ticking time bomb with its ageing bridges that have been hit with structural issues that saw a weight limit […]
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Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published June 30, 2026 3:47pm Updated June 30, 2026 4:42pm Police are urgently hunting for an attacker after a woman was sexually assaulted on a London train by a man who ‘refused to let her go’. The incident happened on a DLR train leaving Canary Wharf, London, on May […]
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A herd of cows has disrupted travel for thousands of train passengers after wandering on to Britain’s busiest intercity railway line. Trains between London and Manchester were among those cancelled, with delays and disruptions affecting multiple train services on Tuesday after the errant cows blocked the west coast mainline in Staffordshire for more than three […]
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Several Eurostar services from London have been cancelled after a fire near Rotterdam Centraal station. The fire, which has resulted in a power failure, has seen Eurostar services to the Netherlands cancelled until at least Friday, including journeys from London St Pancras to Amsterdam. Eurostar said on its website: ‘We’re very sorry that, due to […]
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