Tom Place

News Reporter

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Football

Will there be a Bank Holiday if England wins the World Cup?

Scotland will have a one-off Bank Holiday during the group stages of the World Cup - but will England have one too?

9 Jun 2026
London

'Exceptional' May heat to ease after London sizzles in record 35C

Temperatures reached 35.1C in Kew Gardens on Tuesday afternoon, with more ‘tropical nights’ expected in the coming days

27 May 2026
UK

1,000 small boats migrants cross English Channel over bank holiday

989 people in 14 boats arrived in the UK between Friday and Monday according to figures from the Home Office

26 May 2026
Crime

Murder probe launched after man dies at beach on bank holiday

A 24-year-old man from Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident at Barmouth Beach in North Wales

26 May 2026
LIVE

Temperatures hit 35C in London as train services go into meltdown

The all-time May temperature high was broken for the second day in a row at Kew Gardens, according to the Met Office

26 May 2026
London

Heatwave hits trains: All London services disrupted by the hot weather

Sizzling temperatures have resulted in severe travel disruption across London on Tuesday

26 May 2026
Crime

Met officer convicted for 'despicable' rape on New Years Day

PC Rupert Edwards was found guilty of raping a woman in January 2018, and will face an accelerated misconduct hearing

22 May 2026
London

London sizzles on hottest day of the year amid heatstroke warnings

Temperatures hit 27.4C in Heathrow on Friday afternoon - but Bank Holiday Monday could become the hottest May day on record

22 May 2026
Crime

Gang who flooded London's streets with drugs jailed for 84 years

More than 300kg of cocaine and more than 60kg of heroin, with an estimated value of almost £8 million pounds, was seized by police

22 May 2026
London

Officials slam Andrew for failing to give up Freedom of City of London

City of London Corporation said former prince’s association ‘unacceptable and inconsistent’ with the status and obligations of those given the title

22 May 2026
London

Mother of London sisters also died by drowning, family reveal

Family also hit out at conspiracy theories were fuelled by an image of the sisters circulated by police that was created by artificial intelligence

22 May 2026
Elizabeth Line
London

Elizabeth line part suspended during rush hour after signal failure

There is no service between Whitechapel and Stratford on the Elizabeth line on Friday morning

22 May 2026
UK

Morrisons closing stores across the UK with hundreds of jobs at risk

The affected Morrisons Daily stores are expected to shut over the next few months, employees moved to other stores ‘where possible’

21 May 2026
London

Wetherspoon to open West End pub in London's iconic Trocadero

Piccadilly Hall will be Wetherspoon’s first ever pub in the West End, and will span over 3,600 square-feet with the capacity for 280 covers

21 May 2026
Politics

Trans people 'still protected' as single-sex spaces guidance published

The code of practice has been updated in full for the first time since 2011, following a Supreme Court ruling in April last year

21 May 2026
London

Piccadilly line faces summer-long closures to test new fleet of trains

The partial closures are mostly planned for weekends, but there will be some weekday closures too

21 May 2026
Showbiz

Maya Jama and Man City star Ruben Dias split after 18-month romance

The couple had been dating since December 2024 after meeting at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Manchester

21 May 2026
London

Train strikes over Bank Holiday weekend set to hit Euston service

There will be a limited service on London Northwestern Railway from London Euston this Friday and Saturday

21 May 2026
LIVE

King's Cross disruption until end of the day after person hit by train

Trains from major central London station hub facing cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes

20 May 2026
London

West End shows could face 'summer of strikes' over pay dispute

Performers and stage managers voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action

20 May 2026
Crime

Four arrested after man stabbed in Clapham machete attack

Three 19-year-old men and a 17-year-old boy have been arrested after the attack on Clapham High Street on Monday evening

20 May 2026