Day: May 14, 2025

Justice Secretary warns of ‘moment of reckoning’ for grooming gangs scandal

The grooming gangs scandal faces a “moment of reckoning,” the Justice Secretary has warned ahead of the publication of a national report on child sexual exploitation. Shabana Mahmood said there was a need for “truth and reconciliation” for people whose trust in authorities had been “fundamentally shaken, if not totally broken”. A “rapid” audit, led […]

London dominates England’s social mobility league with top 20 places

The top 20 constituencies with the best social mobility in England are all in London, according to research from a leading education charity that underscores the stark regional divide in children’s life chances. In a report published on Thursday, the Sutton Trust has put together an “opportunity index” by analysing six measures of mobility. These […]

UK economy expected to have grown in first months of 2025

The UK economy is expected to have grown in the opening months of the year, before tax rises and announcements on US tariffs came in during April. The Office for National Statistics will report the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) figures for January to March on Thursday morning. Economists are forecasting GDP growth of 0.6% […]

Planning bill is bad for developers and nature | Letters

The mayor of London is right to redouble his efforts to tackle the capital’s housing crisis, but there is no reason this should come at the expense of protecting nature (Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt, 9 May). We must create good-quality and affordable homes, alongside green spaces that […]

Two new raven chicks arrive at Tower of London ‘to keep the kingdom safe’

Two raven chicks have arrived at the Tower of London in accordance with a legend that says the kingdom will fall without the birds. The five-week-olds named Henry and Poe, who are already almost at full size, are getting used to life in their new surroundings.  They will spend the next few weeks settling in […]

Fast food chain from Netherlands that ‘beats McDonald’s’ to open 100 new UK sites

We’ve seen an influx of American and Canadian fast food chains setting up shop over the pond lately – from Dave’s Hot Chicken to Carl’s Jr. But in a surprising twist, it’s a burger joint from the Netherlands that you could soon see popping up all over the UK and Ireland. Fat Phill’s, which is […]

M25 closed in rush hour after lorry crashes and overturns

Brooke Davies Published May 14, 2025 7:30am Updated May 14, 2025 11:02am Part of the M25 has been closed after a waste lorry crashed into another HGV and overturned in the middle of the road. Oil, diesel and waste have been spilled onto the major motorway, forcing the anticlockwise carriageway to close between junction five […]

London Grassroots Music Tube map highlights city’s ‘crown jewels’

Top musicians joined Metro and Sir Sadiq Khan in central London yesterday for the launch of the Grassroots Music Tube Map. The eye-catching artwork celebrates the artists and venues that have made the capital one of the world’s best cities for music by collecting them on a revamped version of the iconic design. Different Underground […]

‘You might go to a show at the Windmill, fall in love and end up with a tattoo’

Leadbeater lauds MSPs’ assisted dying vote amid warning Bill is ‘inadequate’

Ms Leadbeater, the MP behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, said there are injustices in the current ban on assisted dying, adding that MSPs had “listened to the voices of those with personal experience of those injustices”. Holyrood voted by 70 votes to 56 in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally […]