Megan Howe

World

Zelensky says Russian attacks persist after ‘Easter truce’

The Russian president said military operations would be halted until midnight on Monday

19 Apr 2025
London

Alfresco dining could return to London this summer

Outdoor dining was a lifeline for many businesses during Covid as lockdowns hit hospitality hard

10 Apr 2025
London

UK Power Networks fined £40k for carrying out 'unsafe' works

The company was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates Court and was ordered to pay fines of £40,000

10 Apr 2025
London

Professor Brian Cox visits London school to inspire children into STEM

The world-renowned physicist gave a talk about the universe to students at Elthorne Park High School in Ealing this week

9 Apr 2025
Police detaining man at park
London

Several arrests made after youths cause unrest at Blackheath funfair

Six people were arrested for various offences including public order and possession of weapons

9 Apr 2025
oxford cambridge boat race 2025
London

Sewage and e.coli found in stretch of Thames set to stage Boat Race

Samples collected between March 10 and April 7 showed 29.5 per cent exceeded safe limits for entering the water

9 Apr 2025
London

Manhunt called off as London Airbnb landlord murder suspect detained

Breakthrough comes a year after Kamonnan Thiamphanit was found stabbed to death at a Grade II-listed property in Bayswater

9 Apr 2025
UK

Brits face disruption this summer amid flight delays surge

An estimated 90 million passengers are expected to fly to or from UK airports between June and September this year

9 Apr 2025
Birmingham refuse workers strike
London

Birmingham-style bin strikes could spread to London amid pay rows

Unite’s national officer for local government warned of the ‘massive potential’ for the situation to escalate ‘up and down the country’

9 Apr 2025
UK

March was hottest on record in Europe as campaigners warn of wildfires

Europe's average air temperature in March was 2.41°C above the 1991-2020 average

8 Apr 2025
Graham Hornigold and Dionne Marie Hanna (right)
UK

British woman in Netflix’s Con Mum charged with fraud in Singapore

Dionne Marie Hanna, 84, faces five counts of fraud involving three men in Singapore and France

7 Apr 2025
London

Dead dog found hanging by River Thames as RSPCA launches urgent appeal

The gruesome discovery was made on Tuesday morning beneath a pathway near St George Wharf Pier in Vauxhall

7 Apr 2025
Reddit images show man with crack pipe on the Victoria Line
London

Tube passenger captures shocking moment man openly smokes crack

The incident allegedly took place during a ‘busy hour’ on the Victoria line, when the passenger was travelling home from work

7 Apr 2025
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London

Several injured after gas canister explodes at Southall festival

Footage posted on social media shows flames engulfing a stall, as attendees scramble to toss gas canisters away from the blaze

7 Apr 2025
London

Family pay tribute to student, 20, killed in The Strand crash

Aalia has been described as ‘bright’, ‘positive in spirit’ and a ‘social butterfly’ — someone who always made time for her friends and family

6 Apr 2025
London

Beckenham Place Park shut as boy, 16, goes missing in lake

Officers were called just after 3pm on Friday to reports that a boy, 16, got into difficulty in the water

4 Apr 2025
London

Ealing traffic wardens protest as parking tickets rise

Civil enforcement officers, employed by Greener Ealing, began industrial action in 2024 over the council-controlled company’s alleged refusal to recognise their union, Unite

4 Apr 2025
London

Hunt for suspect in murder of schoolboy 12 years on from killing

Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir was killed in January 2013 after being attacked with meat cleavers and knives while walking through a Pimlico estate

3 Apr 2025
woman anxious and overwhelmed with head in hands
UK

Nearly half of Britons feel more stressed than they did six months

The cost-of-living crisis has been identified as the leading source of stress by survey participants, with 43 percent reporting that it has exacerbated existing issues

3 Apr 2025
Politics

MP says she was attacked online by the Tate brothers

The MP for Lagan Valley told the Commons she was a ‘survivor of abuse’ after she received rape and death threats for criticising Elon Musk

3 Apr 2025