Author: london
Sombr calls out London venue as ‘the most poorly managed’ over security concerns
March 11, 2026Sombr has labelled O2 Academy Brixton as ‘poorly managed’, just over three years since two people died following a crowd crush at the London venue. This week the American singer – real name Shane Michael Boose – played three shows at the venue, which has a capacity of around 5,000 people. However, during his final […]
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Iconic London landmark takes next step to finally reopen to the public after 46 years
March 11, 2026Charlie Sawyer Published March 11, 2026 2:19pm Updated March 12, 2026 9:52am Plans to reopen one of London’s most recognisable buildings have moved one step closer. The BT Tower has been a figure on the city’s skyline since 1964. At 177m, back then it was the second-tallest structure in the capital, built to handle the […]
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‘My venues are being held hostage and destroyed by Tube strikes’
March 11, 2026London’s nightlife are pleading with Tube strikers to rethink their planned action saying they ‘can’t cope with any more losses’. Drivers from the RMT union will walk out for days at a time over the spring months over the introduction of a four-day work week. Not only will this leave Londoners battling to get to […]
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Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling epic’ The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere
March 11, 2026Since Quentin Tarantino announced last year that he had written his first play, it has remained as mysterious as the contents of Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase in Pulp Fiction. But on Wednesday it was announced that the play, which Tarantino will also direct in London, is to be a “rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise” set […]
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Richard Orna obituary
March 11, 2026My son, Richard Orna, who has died aged 40 of a brain tumour, was an inspiring and well-respected IT manager. In his last years he became an ambassador for Brain Tumour Research. As managing director of Callisto, an energy solutions company, Rick had vision and strategy. He worked to secure the IT for its smart […]
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I would never sit on the Tube — this viral video has proved me right
March 10, 2026When I first moved to London in 2018, I was always trying to nab a seat on the Tube. On a rammed Northern Line train during a morning commute, I was desperate for a seat to avoid being smushed into a stranger’s armpit. And on the way home after work, I’d gaze longingly at the […]
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Iranian elite have left London’s ‘billionaire’s row’ a ghost town
March 10, 2026The cronies of the former Supreme Leader of Iran killed in a US airstrike have snapped up 13 mansions on London’s billionaire row, leaving them to rot, the Metro can reveal. For decades, The Bishop’s Avenue, in Hampstead, has been a safe haven for dictators and the mega-wealthy but very few of the shipping magnates, […]
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E-bike wars in London as Lime faces being forced out of Richmond after being outbid by Forest
March 10, 2026Richmond council’s transport committee, which is due to meet next Monday, has been recommended by officials to accept a bid from Forest to become the sole e-bike firm in the borough for three years from this summer, replacing Lime. This is despite more than 1.5m trips being made on Lime bikes in Richmond in 2025 […]
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‘Ticking timebomb’ on energy bills facing households in Britain, warns Martin Lewis on Trump’s Iran war
March 10, 2026Millions of households are facing a “ticking timebomb” on energy bills if the cost of oil and gas is pushed up for months by Donald Trump’s war in Iran, consumer champion Martin Lewis is warning. The Money Saving Expert founder stressed that in May the Government would have to start considering intervening to keep down […]
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Everything we know about the deadly school strike in Iran
March 10, 2026At least 100 children were killed when a primary school in southern Iran was hit during a joint US-Israeli military operation on Saturday, Iranian authorities say. But conflicting accounts have since emerged over who carried out the attack, what the intended target was, and whether so-called “double-tap” tactics were used — a military strategy in […]
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