Tom Place

News Reporter

Football Fans Watch England take on Colombia In The Women's World Cup Quarter-Finals
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
UK

Rich List 2026: David Beckham is UK's first billionaire sportsman

The Beckhams now have a combined fortune of £1.185bn, compared to the £500m estimated net worth they had on the Sunday Times 2025 list

15 May 2026
Crime

Met release details of BMW linked to Brixton stabbing attack

Police have recovered a black BMW 330E estate which was seen speeding off following the attack on May 2

14 May 2026
London

Camden Highline project scrapped due to rising costs

Rising living costs, higher operating costs and increased pressure on charities and public bodies have resulted in the project being paused ‘with immediate effect’

14 May 2026
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LIVE

South London signal faults sparks fresh train disruption

Overground’s Windrush line part-suspended as signal fault in Denmark Hill hits London rail network

14 May 2026
This is the moment Met Police officers busted a drugs gang in  east London
Crime

Moment police bust east London drugs gang dealing in children's parks

Video shows the moment the Specs line gang were raided, with police uncovering class A drugs, cash, and three firearms

13 May 2026
Politics

Election results: Stark differences between London and rest of England

Labour defended higher percentage of seats than it did elsewhere, while Reform won a much lower proportion of seats than it did in rest of country

10 May 2026
Politics

Labour loses half its London councils: How one day transformed city

Labour’s catastrophic election results has redrawn the political makeup of the capital’s town halls with Sadiq Khan saying London has ‘been taken for granted for too long’

10 May 2026
Politics

Local elections 2026: London results in full

Some 1,817 London council seats were up for grabs - with mayoral races in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets

10 May 2026
LIVE

Starmer to face leadership challenge on Monday, London MP warns - LIVE

London Labour MPs have broken cover to call for the Prime Minister to resign after the disastrous local elections for the party

9 May 2026
Showbiz

Tess Daly and Vernon Kay split -all the signs marriage was on rocks

The couple announced their decision to split on Friday, but there were a few hints that the separation was coming

9 May 2026
London

All eyes on south London borough as Greens eye another win

Labour could be set for yet another catastrophic loss, with the final seats in Lambeth to be claimed on Saturday

9 May 2026
London

Local elections: Which London council results are still due and when?

There are still four of the 32 London boroughs that haven’t fully reported yet

9 May 2026
Crime

Police release images after man performs indecent act on London train

The incident occurred on a District Line train between Wimbledon and East Putney on April 14

7 May 2026
Showbiz

Bonnie Tyler put in induced coma after emergency intestinal surgery

The Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer was rushed to a hospital near her home in Faro, Portugal on Wednesday

7 May 2026
Politics

Former Big Brother star stands for Reform in local elections

Alex Sibley, who starred in the third series of Big Brother, is campaigning for a seat for Emerson Park in Havering, East London

7 May 2026
London

Car driven at Jewish schoolboys in 'religiously aggravated assault'

The headteacher of Hasmonean High School for Boys said that a black car drove towards students waiting to cross the road on April 20

7 May 2026
Politics

When do polling stations close and is there an exit poll?

There are a total of 1,817 seats up for grabs in London on Thursday

7 May 2026
London

All the cancelled London flights as schedules cut amid fuel shortages

Dozens of flights from the capital have already been cancelled in May and many more are expected due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East

7 May 2026
London

Matt Lucas condemns 'prejudice' after harassment at Tube station

The Little Britain star said we “have a duty” to educate people about antisemitism in his first comments after being harassed on the Tube

6 May 2026
MV Hondius cruise ship stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde
UK

Two people who were on hantavirus cruise ship are self-isolating in UK

In an update issued on Wednesday evening, the UK Health Security Agency said ‘the risk to general public remains very low’

6 May 2026