Update 1/4/2015 Missing Chinatu Uwalaka-Uko, who’s 32 and from Tulse Hill, has been found in Brixton this afternoon, 1st April. —————– Original story Police are ‘concerned for the welfare’ of 32-year-old Chinatu […]
Conservatives and Lib Dems celebrate figures showing that levels of disposable income have risen. But Labour emphasise the fact that GDP per head is still lower than pre-crisis levels. David Cameron announces […]
Police in Sutton are investigating a fire that broke out in a disused hospital wing this morning. Good morning Sutton – busy start to the shift, now assisting @LondonFire with fire at […]
A man has been jailed after being filmed punching his partner in a shopping centre lift. 36-year-old Jason Edwards, of north west London, has been sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court to two […]
Interest in the campaigning going on in Uxbridge and South Ruislip is intensified by the fact that Mayor of London Boris Johnson is hoping to return to Parliament as its Conservative candidate on […]
Jail sentences totaling 59 years have been imposed on members of a Colombian drugs cartel who smuggled millions of pounds worth of cocaine hidden in fake bananas. The sentencing took place at […]
A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a woman in Fulham. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at around 9:30 pm on 28th March when the body […]
Officers from Croydon who were looking for missing 10-year-old Malakhi Chijiutomi-Ghosh have reported he’s been found in Hertfordshire. He was spotted by an off-duty police officer and taken to hospital ‘as a […]
Though not a London constituency, we’ll be covering the campaign in South Thanet because it will undoubtedly be one of the more interesting battle grounds of the May 7th General Election. United Kingdom Independence […]
The music organisation, BPI, has revealed that pop music is still the most listened to genre in the United Kingdom. The London based British Phonographic Industry’s latest survey shows that pop music […]
Prime Minister David Cameron meets the Queen to dissolve parliament, beginning the 2015 election campaign. Labour leader Ed Miliband outlines the party’s pro-EU stance to business leaders, but Labour’s advert in the Financial Times […]
Four members of a drug smuggling ring responsible for the bringing into the UK millions pounds worth of heroin and cocaine have been jailed for more than 47 years. Gareth Ellis from Westcliff-on-Sea […]
The dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is the first artist to feature in a series of Alternative Protest Songs. “LKJ ” was born in Jamaica in 1952, before moving to South London at […]
A London black cab driver has been jailed for 10 years and will serve another five years on licence for sexually assaulting his passengers. 52 year old David Perry, of Bow (E3), pleaded guilty […]
Two men have been found guilty of murdering Neill Buchel in Dagenham last year. Three others have been convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The prosecution alleged Chas Quye from […]
British Transport Police and Transport for London are investigating how two men were struck by an underground train at Old Street tube station in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 32 […]
Police have released a CCTV image of a woman they would like to speak to after a passenger was assaulted on a bus in Merton. The incident occurred on Thursday 1st January […]
Londoners will face travel disruption during the Easter period due to improvement works on some of London’s Tube and rail routes and some parts of the road network. Every day will be […]
Police in Hackney are appealing for information about 34 year old Bilel Ayadi, who was found with burns to his torso and neck in Woodberry Grove in Hackney just after 11 pm […]
Junior Francis of Lambeth has been jailed for six years and eight months at the Inner London Crown Court after pleading guilty to dealing in Class A drugs and money laundering. On 12th […]
Sam Garrett is an up-and-coming musician in London. He’s originally from the countryside in Staffordshire, but moved down to London a few years ago in pursuit of a new life and musical […]
About 10% of the UK’s population suffer from claustrophobia – but what happens when it affects a normal part of everyday life, such as getting on the tube? And more and more […]
The London housing crisis has led to an increase in deaths and injuries from fires in ‘beds in sheds’ accommodation. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Wayne Brown has warned of the potential fire traps […]
28 year old Babatunde Arogundade from Hatton Street Marylebone has been jailed at the Old Bailey for a total of 27 years for guns and drugs offences. This is a total term made […]
A campaign of occupying management buildings and ‘passive’ workshop protests by students is underway across London universities. They are protesting against the ‘commercialisation of our universities, and the commodification of education.’ Actions […]
68 year old Father Anthony McSweeney has been jailed for voyeuristic conduct while working at Grafton Close Children’s Home in Hounslow between 1979 and 1981. The court heard that he was known as […]
An army medic cured of Ebola by the Royal Free Hospital has said ‘I feel lucky’ as she was discharged. 25 year old Anna Cross was admitted on the 12th of March […]
It’s been revealed that four of the five east London schoolgirls made wards of court to prevent them travelling to Syria go to Bethnal Green Academy. This is the same school attended […]
Report by Emily Browne, Katie Rogers and Roza Dawood Nine out of ten of the UK’s most popular tourist destinations are in London. And a report by the Association of Leading Visitor […]
52 year old Michael Olsen from Dartford who shot a police officer has been jailed for 12 years at Inner London Crown Court. The court heard how PCs Mark Bird and Robert […]
27 year old Erol Incedal London has been acquitted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of preparing terrorist acts which the prosecution alleged included a plot to target Tony Blair […]
Owls have been at the centre of several dramatic news stories in London over the past fortnight. The first incident was last week, when the Annie the Owl pop-up bar in Soho […]
Detectives investigating the 1975 murders of two young women, Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon, have launched a fresh appeal for help and information. The murders have been linked since 2006 when a […]
A 54 year old man with no permanent address is to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court today charged with murder. Guiseppe Lomedico will appear in custody. Detectives from the Homicide and Major […]
St James’s Street, at the centre of Brighton’s gay district, is one of the seaside town’s liveliest and most vibrant thoroughfares. But it’s also at the heart of a complex area that […]
A police inquiry has been launched after a 17 year old boy was found in South Croxted Road Dulwich this afternoon with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He’s been taken to […]
42 year old Desmond Brooks who murdered his ex-wife and tried to kill his current partner in a violent rampage in Brixton has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey with […]
A huge army bomb disposal operation has taken place over two days to make safe and remove a 450 kilogram bomb from the Second World War blitz that was uncovered during building […]
41 people have been arrested in dawn raids throughout south-east London to dismantle criminal networks in one of the largest scale operations ever to be carried out to target ‘serious acquisitive crime’- better […]
Loic Remy comes on as a second half sub for Chelsea and scores a third goal with first touch to win 3-2 at Hull City West Ham win ugly at home 1 […]
Four officers from the City of London police force’s mounted section have led the cortege carrying the mortal remains of King Richard III on his last journey through the city of Leicester […]
Detectives from Haringey are investigating a disturbance described as ‘an Anti-Semitic incident’ in Stamford Hill in the early hours of this morning. At 1.15 am Police were called to Craven Park Road […]
26 year old burglar John Jo Barnett has been jailed for six years and four months for wrecking a terraced roof and police vehicles by flinging roof tiles at officers. He’d pleaded […]
A High Court judge has legally barred five teenage girls from travelling abroad after he heard from Tower Hamlets Council that they had shown an interest in going to Syria. Mr Justice Hayden […]
Four senior journalists working for the Sun newspaper and a retired soldier and his wife have been cleared of all charges relating to the payment of public officials for newspaper stories. There […]
London teenager Brusthom Ziamani has been jailed for 22 years at the Old Bailey for planning to behead a British soldier in the capital after being inspired by the killing of Fusilier […]
Thousands of Londoners gathered on high points from Primrose Hill to Telegraph Hill in the hope of seeing the only eclipse in their lifetimes- only to be disappointed by the clouds that […]
35 firefighters have been called to tackle a basement fire in the arts centre neighbour of the London Fire Brigade’s HQ in Union Street Southwark this morning. 12 people working in the […]
Dame Judi Dench is sharing the stage with her daughter, Finty Williams, for the first time in a new play at the Donmar Warehouse set on election day this year. They’re performing the […]
The City of London Police have welcomed jail sentences imposed at the Old Bailey on four men who were involved in a global money laundering operation ‘cleaning’ over £20 million in funds. […]
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