Lily Shanagher
Crime
How people in Epping reacted to closure of migrant hotel
Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary High Court injunction on Tuesday blocking asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel.
19 Aug 2025
Politics
London school in running for global education prize
Rivers Academy West London, in Feltham, is a finalist for the World’s Best School accolade.
18 Jun 2025
London16 Jun 2025
London set for heatwave, with temperatures predicted to soar above 30C
The capital is forecast to be hotter than holiday hotspots like Barcelona and Lisbon
Music
Charli XCX tells LIDO Festival crowds Brat Summer is ‘forever’
The singer writhed, twisted, pumped and raved across the stage to the delight of the sold-out crowd.
15 Jun 2025
Environment
Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under field bought from farmer
Norman Cross, the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, is located near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.
12 Jun 2025
Celebrity News
Sting says governments ‘wilfully’ neglected North East
The former Police frontman said the region’s significant historical contribution to national life had been ignored.
11 Jun 2025
UK
House fire that killed girl and father ‘could have been started by tumble dryer’
An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.
9 Jun 2025
UK
Father and daughter, nine, dead after house fire
An 11-year-old girl was also taken to hospital, where she remains.
9 Jun 2025
UK9 Jun 2025
Girl, 9, among two killed in house fire as 11-year-old fights for life
Medics tried to save man’s life but he died at the scene - while young girl was taken to hospital but died later that day
Celebrity News
Jamiexx reunites with bandmates at LIDO festival
The electronic DJ made famous for his band The xx brought on fellow members Romy and Oliver Sim.
8 Jun 2025
Environment
Heavy showers on Saturday could match May’s total rainfall
Forecasters said about 30mm of rain could fall in just three hours in southern parts of the UK, with up to 50mm over the course of the day.
5 Jun 2025
UK
Camilla reveals wish to become joint patron of ‘favourite’ Garden Museum
Camilla visited an exhibition held by the Garden Museum in south London on Wednesday to celebrate British Flowers Week.
4 Jun 2025
Politics
Hunger-striking mother of jailed activist prepared to die to ‘get Alaa out’
Laila Soueif, who has lost 42% of her bodyweight and weighs 49kg, has not eaten for more than eight months in protest of her son’s sentence in Egypt.
3 Jun 2025