Megan Howe

News Reporter

ABOUT

Megan Howe is an award-winning journalist with experience across both print and digital media. She has worked primarily on Home and Foreign news desks, covering major stories spanning politics, crime, transport, health, arts and culture. In 2023, she was named NCTJ Trainee of the Year after achieving the highest marks in the country for the NQJ exam.

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Megan Howe is an award-winning journalist with experience across both print and digital media. She has worked primarily on Home and Foreign news desks, covering major stories spanning politics, crime, transport, health, arts and culture. In 2023, she was named NCTJ Trainee of the Year after achieving the highest marks in the country for the NQJ exam.

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Major disruption to Heathrow trains due to damaged overhead wires

Heathrow Express is running a reduced operation while Elizabeth line trains between Paddington and the airport are also affected

15 Jun 2026
London

Sadiq Khan launches £400,000 fund to help renters sue their landlords

The fund is set to become available when the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on May 1

27 Mar 2026
London

Teen thief who threatened to behead Aled Jones strikes again

Zacariah Boulares, now 19, was armed with a machete when he tried to steal a Rolex watch from Neil Tallantire

26 Mar 2026
UK

Sarah Ferguson stripped of Freedom of City of York over Epstein ties

Sarah Ferguson, 66, was bestowed the honour in 1987, a year after her marriage to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who lost the title in 2022

26 Mar 2026
London

Man accused of shadow policing 'led troupe of lion dancers at No10'

Dual Chinese-British national Peter Wai, 38, worked as a special constable with the City of London Police when he allegedly committed offences under the National Security Act

26 Mar 2026
London

Man jailed after sexually assaulting girl at private members' club

Alexander Fredericks was jailed for four years and three months at Isleworth Crown Court after admitting multiple sexual offences against two teenage girls

26 Mar 2026
UK

Experts reveal worrying increase in violence against NHS staff

Senior health officials are urging stronger protections for healthcare workers

26 Mar 2026
Golders Green incident
Crime

Two British men bailed over arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances

Counter-terrorism officers arrested the men – aged 47 and 45 – on Wednesday morning at addresses in north-west and central London

26 Mar 2026
London

Plans for a two-day London Marathon in 2027 revealed

The ‘double marathon’ event would allow 100,000 runners to take place across two days in April

25 Mar 2026
Alastair Wallace
London

'I fell at Oxford Circus station and woke up missing half my head'

Alastair Wallace, from Willesden Green, was left with a life-changing brain injury after falling down steps at Oxford Circus station in 2019

25 Mar 2026
London

Footwear brand boss wins council battle over £5m Belgravia house plan

Bronte Mance, creative director of luxury shoe label Naked Wolfe, can now move forward with her plans to refurbish the townhouse

25 Mar 2026
UK

Mike Lynch’s estate faces being wiped out after $1.24bn ruling

Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among seven killed in the Bayesian superyacht disaster in August 2024

25 Mar 2026
London

Police probe 'amateur proxies' for Iran behind Golders Green attack

Security experts believe the attack on ambulances in Golders Green may have been carried out by hired criminals

24 Mar 2026
Politics

Trump claims US has ‘won’ Iran war and achieved regime change

Asked by reporters outside the White House how confident he is that a peace deal with Iran will hold, Trump said: ‘This war has been won’

24 Mar 2026
Crime

Murder charge after man dies following burglary in south London

Romar McDermott, 22, of Mitcham Lane, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday

24 Mar 2026
London

London council's claim of tax freeze may 'mislead' locals, UKSA warns

While the authority froze its ‘core’ council tax, the overall bill for residents rose by roughly 3%

24 Mar 2026
UK

Royal Mail investigate after London postie spotted weeing in doorway

A resident who captured the footage said he was ‘disgusted’ and reported the incident to Royal Mail

24 Mar 2026
Holland Park flooding after water main bursts
London

Homes hit by Holland Park flooding to get flood protection measures

Kensington and Chelsea Council says all 27 homes in Lorne Gardens will receive flood defence measures

24 Mar 2026
Egil Johansen runs The Kenton in Hackney
London

Hackney boozer bans children after unruly behaviour persists

Children have been running around The Kenton, very nearly colliding with waiting staff, screaming and climbing on furniture

24 Mar 2026
An aerial view as fire services continue to monitor the scene after four Hatzolah ambulances were set on fire overnight next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026
London

What is Hatzola? The Jewish ambulance service targeted in arson attack

Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is investigating the arson attack on four Hatzola ambulances as an ‘antisemitic hate crime’

23 Mar 2026
London

Wembley business owners 'stressed and scared' after attacks on shops

Met Police investigating multiple attacks on businesses in Wembley in recent weeks

23 Mar 2026