BIZARRE: 6 - What They Never Told You

London councillor apologises after his Lamborghini was found parked in disabled bay twice without blue badge

Farhaan Rehman has also quit from one of his roles at Hounslow Council amid outcry over the parking of his £200,000 vehicle

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025

Hounslow councillor under investigation after Lamborghini seen parked in disabled bays

Photos appear to show Cllr Farhaan Rehman’s Lamborghini parked in two disabled bays at Hounslow House without a blue badge, prompting a Labour investigation

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

GLA accused of telling developers to 'dig a trench' to inflate affordable housing stats

The authority has been urged to investigate claims figures were ‘embellished’ by officials

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

Reform UK London Assembly Members criticised for missing Remembrance Service

The party’s political opponents at City Hall took aim at the two members for not turning up

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025

Single mum fined £1,000 for leaving envelope beside overflowing bins in west London

Loretta Alvarez, 26, says she was left ‘stressed’ and ‘shocked’ after being fined £1,000 for leaving an envelope next to full bins outside her flat in Feltham

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2025

Nurse slapped with £1,000 fine by London council for 'flytipping' an envelope

Loretta Alvarez, 26, handed huge fine after putting cardboard envelope next to full communal bins outside her home

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

‘It’s my only income’: Home baker battles Newham Council over cake business ban

The council ordered Fatima to stop using her home as a bakery in a planning enforcement notice issued in August

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

Sir Michael Palin slams north London council for turning homes plan into 'investment opportunity'

Campaigners fear the Camden scheme will drive up rents and exacerbate the housing crisis by bringing another 1,000 residents into an already densely-populated area

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

New £10m bridge planned to connect east London boroughs

The bridge would span the borough boundary between Tower Hamlets and Newham and is a joint project between the two councils

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

Residents in south London flat blocks say they are 'living in hell' amid bug infestation

Bed bugs and ants have infested a number of flat blocks in the area, as have cockroaches and mice in the past

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025