Phantom Of The Opera to be filmed live for 40th anniversary of West End musical The recording will take place during a performance at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on October 9. Evening Standard · Oct 7
Moment inferno rips through historic Kingston market place as locals 'woken by heat' Dramatic video shows fire ripping through the 800-year-old market place in south-west London Evening Standard · Oct 7
Jaguar unveils all-electric Type 01 GT - but is it too big for London? I’ve been in the striking new electric GT model that’s taking Jaguar upmarket. Now it needs buyers willing to spend around £125,000, writes Steve Fowler Evening Standard · Oct 7
East London residents inhaling 'dirty dust' that covers their homes and streets A councillor says streets around the local DLR Station are ‘caked in dust and debris’ Evening Standard · Oct 7
Three Arrested Over Alleged £4,500 UK Asylum Fraud Network Using Staged Photos to 'Prove' Men Were Gay Three people have been arrested in London over allegations that a suspected network charged migrants thousands of pounds for fabricated LGBT evidence supporting UK asylum claims. International Business Times UK · Oct 7
Westminster Abbey to display artwork depicting what could be Bayeux Tapestry’s lost piece The tapestry is incomplete as the final section has been lost or never completed The Independent UK · Oct 7
London butcher feels 'persecuted' as residents complain over smell from burger stand Residents have complained about the “dreadful and far-reaching” smell from the shop’s burger stand Evening Standard · Oct 7
Man jailed following 'appalling' sexual assault on Tube in central London Siljan Lacaj has been jailed for one year following the attack on a Piccadilly line train in November 2025 Evening Standard · Oct 7
Kemi Badenoch to fight Labour's 'tax grab' on London with cuts to levies on homes and inheritance ‘There's a view on the Left, which is basically that everything you've got is up for grabs by the taxman,’ say the Conservatives Evening Standard · Oct 7
Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground If recent complaints are believed, London and the UK are no longer welcoming for ultra-high net worth individuals The Guardian - UK · Oct 7
'Lightly Hitting Is OK': London Mosque Under Investigation After Sermons Urge Men To 'Discipline' Wives And Condone Executing Gay People The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case involving a London mosque after complaints about sermons allegedly endorsing physical discipline of wives and executions for homosexual acts. International Business Times UK · Oct 7
Protesters clash and multiple arrests as London demos held on October 7 anniversary Protesters and counter-protesters clash as Metropolitan Police make 11 arrests, including for racist chanting outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews office Evening Standard · Oct 7
The London summit taking tech far deeper than simply AI Science is booming beyond ChatGPT and the UK is a leader. Chris Stokel-Walker prepares for Deep Tech London Evening Standard · Oct 7
Holborn by-election: Leading candidates ramp up campaigns in final dash for line in north London Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali is bookies’ favourite but Green activists are trying to pull off a shock victory for party leader Zack Polanski Evening Standard · Oct 7
Evening Standard · Oct 7 OPINION - Reform UK's Pete Newman: London and Camden are lawless - we must take back our streets Reform’s Holborn and St Pancras by-election candidate says: ‘I will call in the Mayor and the police chief for an urgent meeting about the spiralling crime rate in Camden’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7 O2 signs record deal to keep London venue’s naming rights Exclusive: 10-year sponsorship extension at a 50% premium on last agreement crowns bonanza year for live venue
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7 ‘Like swapping a Bentley for a Ferrari’: can the Harry Potter stage show survive being chopped in half? After a phenomenal decade-long run, the Cursed Child two-parter is being pruned. Will it still work? Our writer swishes her cloak, levitates her luggage – and hops aboard the streamlined Hogwarts Express
The National (Scotland) · Oct 7 How a 'film nerd' found a lost 100-year-old Scottish movie rewriting history A SELF-PROCLAIMED “film nerd” has unearthed a 100-year-old Scottish movie that could rewrite the history of the industry, but had to spend over three years fighting to have his discovery acknowledged, The National can reveal ...
Evening Standard · Oct 6 Will the polar vortex spike your energy bills? How to protect your wallet this winter Here are some ways Londoners can keep their homes warm, as a polar vortex could sweep across Britain this winter
Euronews · Oct 6 UK trial of three Iranians over alleged plot to target Iran dissident journalists In London three Iranians go on trial accused of targeting UK-based journalists opposed to the regime in Tehran
Barchart · Oct 6 Sugar Prices Gain as Brazil Rains Disrupt Cane Crushing March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed up +0.09 (+0.43%) on Tuesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed up +8.90 (+1.63%). Sugar prices have rallied sharply over the past week, with NY sugar posting a 19-month nearest-futures high on Tuesday and London sugar posting a...
Evening Standard · Oct 6 Murder mystery of ex-Aeroflot chief: Police in London still seeking to trace dark van parked near his home Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was found dead at his home in New Malden on March 12, 2018
The Independent UK · Oct 6 Family affected by asylum hotel closure left with ‘shock, anxiety and panic’, court told Asylum hotels were closed by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood in tranches earlier this year
Evening Standard · Oct 6 London weather: Commuters hit by sudden 10C temperature drop today as rain drenches capital Temperature dropped to 12C during the evening rush hour, when it was 22C just 24 hours before
The Independent UK · Oct 6 ‘I’m voting anti-Starmer’: Holborn and St Pancras divided as Polanski eyes former PM’s seat in crucial by-election ON THE GROUND: Holborn and St Pancras constituents will cast their vote on Thursday in a crucial test for both Zack Polanski and Andy Burnham. Harriette Boucher asks voters whether they think this part of north London will remain red, or get swept up by the Green wave