New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and with it there will be plenty of people set to head to the city to welcome in 2025. This year Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink are expected to run full services, with little to no engineering work scheduled over the New Year’s period, and with some additional services running … Read more
I tried the festive experience where you get to climb to the UK’s highest snow globe with incredible London views. Until January 5, Up at The O2 – the popular climb experience where you get to walk over The O2 in North Greenwich – is currently hosting a festive snow globe experience. This experience allows … Read more
Tony Blair’s Labour government pressed ahead with plans to grant unrestricted access to the UK to migrants from eastern Europe despite mounting concerns among senior ministers, according to newly-released official files. Papers released to National Archives in Kew, west London, show deputy prime minister John Prescott and foreign secretary Jack Straw both urged delay, warning … Read more
A staggering 37 south Londoners were jailed for murders in the last 12 months. As 2024 comes to an end we looked back at those jailed for murder this year, drawing into sharp focus the scale of violence the capital suffers from. This list includes a man who murdered his wife on New Year’s Day … Read more
It’s time to bid farewell to another remarkable year in football with a look ahead at what’s to come. 2024 saw Arsenal become set-piece kings, but fail to topple Man City once again, Chelsea sack yet another manager, buy yet more players, but against the odds mount a serious Premier League title challenge, and Tottenham … Read more
When Fabric nightclub opened on 29 October 1999, it did so with one unexpected visitor. Banksy. “He came in on the opening night as an unknown street artist and tagged the club,” one of its founders, Cameron Leslie, recalls. “And, you know, got caught by security doing it.” Leslie got called out to the back … Read more
Sadiq Khan has been made a knight in the New Year Honours list after securing a record third term as mayor of London. Sir Sadiq said he was “truly humbled” to receive the honour. He said: “I couldn’t have dreamed when growing up on a council estate in south London that I would one day … Read more
A hospital was told to review its discharge policy after an elderly man who had been a patient died with frostbite in his squalid east London flat. The vulnerable 77-year-old was sent home from the Royal London Hospital without “critical oversights regarding his flat’s readiness, particularly the lack of gas heating during winter” being done, … Read more
Sadiq Khan has been made a knight in the New Year Honours list after securing a record third term as mayor of London. Sir Sadiq, the son of a bus driver in the capital, said he was “truly humbled” to receive the honour. He said: “I couldn’t have dreamed when growing up on a council … Read more
Omari Hutchinson scored a decisive goal as Ipswich beat Chelsea. (Getty Images) Chelsea’s final game of 2024 ended in defeat against Ipswich. Enzo Maresca’s side arrived at Portman Road on the back of a surprise 2-1 loss at home to west London rivals Fulham on Boxing Day which followed up a goalless draw away at … Read more