Category: News

It is a noisy, dusty environment, situated about 30 meters (approximately 98 feet) beneath the surface—welcome to the realm of the London miner. We find ourselves aboard a tunnel boring machine (TBM) within the expansive Northolt tunnels associated with High Speed Two. These TBMs are a major part of a tunneling revival that’s transforming London, […]

A man has been charged with murdering his wife in south London, according to the Metropolitan Police. Hai Van Nguyen, aged 41, was formally charged on Monday in connection with the death of his 45-year-old wife, Hien Thi Vu, at their residence in Hatfield Close, Lewisham. The London Ambulance Service notified police about a seriously […]

A woman has lost her life following a house blaze in south-east London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) reported that they were alerted to a fire at a mid-terraced house on Nithdale Road in Plumstead at 1:48 AM BST. Firefighters managed to save the woman from the building, but she was declared deceased at the […]

An activist referred to as Stop Brexit Man has been acquitted of violating a police order after he broadcasted anti-Conservative and anti-Brexit remixes of The Muppet Show and the Darth Vader theme near the Houses of Parliament. Steve Bray, 56, played the music on March 20 of last year, just before the then-Prime Minister, Rishi […]

A man has confessed to assaulting an individual who set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Consulate in central London. Moussa Kadri, 59, a resident of Kensington and Chelsea, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to the assault on Hamit Coskun but denied the charge of possessing a knife during the […]

“We’re treated like second-class citizens. As if we don’t deserve to live in proper accommodations,” shares Lorraine Branch, a resident of the Nags Head Estate in East London. She is one of several tenants who have turned to legal aid and health professionals from the charity Medact in their struggle against Peabody, following years of […]

Authorities have discovered a body in the River Thames during the ongoing search for 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, who entered the river in North Woolwich on March 31, according to police reports. The Metropolitan Police stated that officers were notified of a body located at Maritime Quay in east London around 9am on Sunday. Although the […]

Train operations in south London will experience interruptions during the Easter weekend due to extensive railway improvements, according to Network Rail. The project involves reconstructing a railway junction in Battersea, implementing a new signalling system in Lewisham, and installing fresh tracks on the Bromley North branch line. Network Rail has advised passengers to make arrangements […]

Dampness, mould, and rats infesting children’s bedrooms – no one should endure the living conditions that many of my constituents face. Alarmingly, in one of the richest areas of the nation, this is the everyday existence of far too many families. Since my election as Member of Parliament for Kensington and Bayswater last year, the […]

The mayor has announced the schools in London that will benefit from his £2.9 million Greener Schools initiative, designed to implement solar panels, heat pumps, and various technologies throughout the city. A total of 38 schools across 16 boroughs will receive funding from this pilot program, with local councils contributing an additional £9.6 million to […]