Day: May 1, 2025

London King’s Cross station evacuated with ‘all lines blocked’

Josh Milton Published May 1, 2025 7:35pm Updated May 2, 2025 3:53pm

10 unmissable Time Out deals — including The Shard, burgers, bowling and more 

Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap in 2025! At least… There is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro, and on our […]

Video: Moment out-of-control dog tries to bite police horses on patrol

Showing now | News 00:40 An out-of-control dog tried to bite the legs of two police horses on patrol in a London park on Monday, 21 April. Horses Yvonne and Snaffles were being ridden by Metropolitan Police officers when the medium-sized animal began nipping at their legs in Shepherd’s Bush Green. Footage shows 13-year-old Yvonne […]

Harrods becomes latest retailer hit by cyber attack after M&S and Co-op

Harrods, the luxury department store in London, has become the latest retailer targeted by cyber hackers. Crooks attempted to ‘gain unauthorised access’ to the high-end retailer’s systems. Upmarket shoppers are being warned that the company has ‘restricted internet access’, leaving some unable to pay. Marks and Spencer was paralysed over Easter by a ‘cyber incident’, while […]

Luxury store Harrods is latest retail victim of cyber attackers

Harrods, the luxury London department store, has become the latest in a string of prominent retailers to be targeted by cyber hackers. Sky News has learnt that Harrods has been engaged in attempts to fend off a cyber attack after similar incidents in recent days involving Marks & Spencer and the Co-op Group. Follow updates: […]

Hundreds trapped in London Eye’s glass pods after breakdowns on hottest day

Two Met Police horses attacked by out of control dog while out on patrol

Two Metropolitan Police officers came under attack from an unlikely suspect during a routine walk in Shepherd’s Bush in west London. Police horses Yvonne and Snaffles were being ridden by Sergeant Leon Astley and PC Grace Miller-McCormack when they were confronted by a dog on Monday, 28 April at 11.30am. The dog chased both horses […]

UK has warmest start to May on record – but will the hot spell continue?

The UK has seen its warmest start to May on record as temperatures soared to over 29C in the spring sunshine. The Met Office said 29.3C (84.7F) had been recorded at Kew Gardens in southwest London, passing the previous 1 May record of 27.4C (81.3F) set in Lossiemouth in 1990. Thursday was also the warmest […]

Two police horses attacked by dog during patrol in London

Brooke Davies Published May 1, 2025 2:35pm Updated May 1, 2025 2:50pm

London sees warmest start to May on record as temperature hits 28C… and it’s set to get even hotter

The UK has experienced its warmest start to May on record as the mercury hit 28C in Kew Gardens on Thursday afternoon, the Met Office has confirmed. It eclipses the previous record of 27.4C set at Lossiemouth in Scotland in 1990. Temperatures could still climb further with the possibility of the mercury reaching 30C, they […]