Praise for new Duchess of Malfi
A new production of the classic play has just opened in north London, directed by the former Goldsmiths student and Olivier Award Winner, Rebecca Frecknall. WhatsOnStage said : It’s exciting to see […]
Battle for ‘X’ passports before Court of Appeal
The UK appeals court is hearing a case on behalf of human rights campaigner, Christie Elan-Cane, in regards to gender neutral passports. Christie Elan-Cane has been campaigning for non-gendered passports […]
University strike: pensions, pay and casualisation
Across the UK, members of the University and College Union are striking. The UCU is a British trade union which represents over 120,000 people who work in further and higher education. The […]
39 dead bodies found in Essex lorry container
The lorry travelled from Bulgaria, arriving in the UK via Holyhead on Saturday. The lorry driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been taken into custody on suspicion of murder. Early […]
London school shortens the working week by ten per cent
Later in the afternoon today, students at secondary schools around the country shut their books after the first week back from half-term. It’s the weekend, finally. However, the Summer term will be […]
Scunthorpe threatened by British Steel announcement and other stories
Scunthorpe threatened by British Steel announcement Scunthorpe residents fear for steelworks future as the British Steel insolvency puts 5000 jobs at risk. Firm’s owners Greybull Capital failed to secure financial support form […]
British Steel insolvency: 5000 jobs at risk and other stories
British Steel insolvency endangers 5,000 jobs British Steel has been placed in compulsory liquidation endangering thousands of jobs. The insolvency is the result of a breakdown in rescue talks between the company’s […]
Theresa May under fire over Brexit plan and other stories
Theresa May under fire new Brexit plan The Prime minister will present her new Brexit plan to Parliament later today outlining the changes to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill. Several senior Tories are […]
Jamie Oliver restaurant chain collapse and other stories
Jamie Oliver restaurant chains collapse Jamie’s Italian in London Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group has gone into administration, putting up to 1,300 jobs at risk. The group, which includes the Jamie’s […]
Man charged after throwing milkshake at Farage and other stories
Man charged with assault after throwing a milkshake at Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage responding to the EU Referendum Thirty-Two-year-old Paul Crowther, has been charged on the account of common assault as […]
Tommy Robinson being sued and other stories
Tommy Robinson sued for £100,000 damages The anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson is being sued for allegedly defaming a Syrian refugee boy who was filmed being assaulted at his school in Huddersfield. It’s […]
London Bridge attack inquest and other stories
London Bridge attack inquest Coroner Mark Lucraft QC arrives for the opening day of the inquest A police officer said she waited for back-up for what ‘felt like forever’ during the London […]
Neasden warehouse fire and other stories
Warehouse fire causes rush-hour delays in North London At around 02:00 this morning, a fire broke out at a large warehouse in Neasden, North London. Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters […]
Tommy Robinson at the Old Bailey and other stories
Tommy Robinson takes stand as trial begins Two high court judges have ruled that fresh proceedings can be brought against Tommy Robinson for alleged contempt of court over the filming of people […]
Former JLS star rape trial and other stories
Jury sworn in for former JLS star rape trial A jury of eight women and four men have been sworn in to try Ortise Williams on a rape charge. Today is the […]
Bed bugs found in Kings College Hospital and other stories
Bed bugs found in Kings College Hospital maternity ward Staff at the hospital in Denmark Hill, South London, said a number of beds were being treated for the bugs. A spokesperson says […]
Labour launch European election campaign and other stories
Labour launch European election campaign Jeremy Corbyn has launched the Labour Party’s campaign for the upcoming European elections, vowing to unite the country and heal the divisions caused by Brexit. During a […]
Government to pay for safer cladding and other stories
Government to cover cladding costs to avoid Grenfell style disasters The Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that the government will spend £200m on replacing Grenfell style cladding on approximately 150 private […]
Essex burial site stuns archeologists and other stories
Essex burial site stuns archeologists A site near an Aldi in Southend, Essex has been described as the oldest example of a Christian Anglo-Saxon burial, following a 16 year investigation. Workmen first […]
Joseph McCann charged and other stories
Joseph McCann charged with kidnap and sexual assault Joseph McCann has been charged with kidnap and sexual assault in Watford. Mr McCann was accused of an attack on a 21-year-old woman who […]
More than half of UK GPs ‘dangerously overworked’ and other stories
More than half of UK GPs dangerously overworked The medical publication Pulse has published survey results indicating that UK GPs are being heavily overworked. GPs are seeing up to 60 patients a […]
70 years of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four- more comedy than Dystopian nightmare?
In 1949 a largely bedridden 46 year old writer, coughing blood from tuberculosis, whose father had been an Imperial civil servant being paid to profit from the Opium trade to China, had […]
London Bridge inquest and other stories
Inquest into 2017 terror attacks begin CCTV footage from the 2017 London Bridge attack was shown at the Old Bailey today. The inquest, which began on Tuesday, included footage from the Black […]
Julian Assange sentenced for skipping bail
Protesters gathered outside Southwark Crown Court today where Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange received a 50-week prison sentence for jumping bail. He was arrested earlier this month after being expelled from the Ecuadorian […]
Julian Assange sentenced to prison and other stories
Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison Julian Assange Appearance Westminster Magistrates Court Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to just short of a year in prison for breaching his […]
Guaidó calls for more protests despite Maduro’s defiance and other stories
Guaidó calls for more protests despite Maduro’s defiance Poster showing support for Nicolas Maduro Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro claims to have defeated what he called a military coup attempt by the opposition […]
US opposition to Huawei’s 5G plan and other stories
‘No safe level’ of involvement with Huawei United States officials have warned that they will re-evaluate intelligence co-operation with other countries if they decide to use Huawei to build their 5G networks. […]
Japanese Emperor abdicates role and other stories
Emperor Akihito confirms historic abdication The Japanese Emperor Akihito has officially declared his abdication today at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. In his closing remarks, he ‘wished Japan and the world peace […]
Evidence collected from NHS scandal and other stories
Evidence to be gathered from blood transfusion scandal A public inquiry has begun taking evidence into the blood transfusion scandal which is said to have cost the lives of more than 2,000 […]
Student anti racism occupation protest passes 50 days
A student occupation of a university building in the southeast London borough of Lewisham has passed its 50th day. The protesters have occupied Goldsmiths’ Deptford Town Hall on New Cross Road since […]
Fatal stabbing in Harlesden and other stories
Man dies after stabbing in Harlesden The 21 year old man was stabbed last night on Harlesden High Street in North West London at around 9pm. After seeking help in a betting […]
Tackling environmental issues in Lewisham
Climate change activists say we’re at a real crisis point when it comes to our impact on the earth, with UN experts warning that we have less than 12 years to limit […]
The poll tax riot 29 years on…
The poll tax riot took place during a protest against a community charge known as the poll tax. Introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s conservative Government in 1989, the charge proved extremely unpopular. Many […]
Lewisham feels effect of political book trend
Figures from Nielsen Book recently revealed that sales of political books have almost doubled in the last two years, with even Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto selling more than 16,000 copies in […]
Diane Abbott: tubes, tins and media attention
A picture of the Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott, drinking a tin of Marks & Spencer’s pre mixed Mojito on a London Overground train has been featured in the press and circulated […]
Former minister discusses Brexit and Lib Dems in coalition
Former coalition cabinet member Sir Ed Davey condemned the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit, expressed alarm over the climate crisis, and reflected on the Liberal Democrats’ record as junior coalition partners in […]
Customers continue to bemoan South Western Railway service
It has been two years since South Western Railway took over the South Western rail franchise, which covers services that stretch from London and its surrounding suburban areas to Dorset. Yet the […]
More than a quarter of Thames fish are eating microplastics
A recent research study from the Natural History Museum and the Royal Holloway University into microplastic pollution has found that 28 percent of fish living in the Thames and Clyde estuaries have […]
Trump and Kim commence Vietnam summit and other stories
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un meet in Hanoi to begin historic summit US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have met in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, for their eagerly […]
Chris Williamson apology and other stories
Chris Williamson apologises in Labour anti-Semitism row Labour MP Chris Williamson is being investigated for remarks about the party’s handling of anti-Semitism. He has previously claimed that Labour had ‘given too much […]
Fifa investigation and other stories
 Fifa to investigate Cardiff’s payment for Emiliano Sala Fifa have opened an investigation into the transfer payment for Emiliano Sala after Nantes, his previous team, made a claim against Cardiff City. Premier […]
London residents face council tax hikes and other stories
London locals face council tax hikes from April According to an investigation conducted by the Evening Standard, Londoners will face average council tax increases of up to £100 from April onwards. The […]
Pakistan-India Kashmir conflict escalates and other stories
Pakistani forces shoot down Indian aircraft over Kashmir Pakistan has today revealed that it has shot down two Indian Air Force jets over the disputed lands of Kashmir, capturing two pilots in […]
Labour faces calls to suspend MP and other stories
Labour faces calls to suspend MP over anti-Semitism comments Labour is receiving pressure to suspend MP Chris Williamson for ‘deeply offensive’ comments about the party’s handling of anti-Semitism. At an event in […]
Neil Lennon returns to Celtic and other stories
Neil Lennon returns to Celtic following Brendan Rodgers exit Brendan Rodgers has left Scottish champions Celtic, signing a contract with English premiership side Leicester City until June 2022, replacing Claude Puel, who was sacked […]
Murder investigation underway over Ilford death and other stories
Man stabbed to death in Ilford A murder investigation is underway after a man was stabbed to death in east London last night. Police were called to Cranbrook Road in Ilford just […]
What can London’s Fetish and BDSM community teach us about consent?
‘I think even people who just walk past, they have quite negative reactions towards stuff, and you realise that a lot of people’s views are entrenched in a 1990s idea of what […]
Fading Away? London’s cult live music venues on the brink
In November, 2016 Amy Lamé was appointed by mayor Sadiq Khan to become London’s first ‘night czar’, tasked with protecting its £26bn a year night time economy and turning the capital into […]
Roof collapses after fire in south-west London and other stories
Roof collapses after fire in south-west London London fire services were called out to deal with a fire on Elmcroft Close in Feltham Tuesday morning, just before 4am. The blaze spread to […]
Teen stabbing in Battersea and other stories
Teen pronounced dead after stabbing in Battersea A 19 year-old man has been stabbed to death on Tuesday evening in Battersea. The victim was attacked at around 7pm on Battersea Church Road […]
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