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London Heathrow's landing strip becomes hit as thousands watch planes land amid high winds

London Heathrow's landing strip becomes hit as thousands watch planes land amid high winds

LONDON — Warned to stay home because of a dangerous storm battering the United Kingdom, thousands of Britons took to YouTube on Friday to watch passenger jets make wobbly descents at London’s Heathrow Airport. Some 190,000 people tuned into one YouTube live stream by “BIG JET TV” as Storm Eunice has wreaked havoc on transport … Read more

16-year-old arrested for ripping woman’s hair from her scalp in racially motivated attack in London

16-year-old arrested for ripping woman’s hair from her scalp in racially motivated attack in London

A 16-year-old boy was arrested for racially aggravated assault after pulling a woman’s hair and punching her head outside a railway station in London last year. The victim, a 31-year-old South Asian woman, was reportedly attacked by the teen after getting off a Route 119 bus outside the East Croydon railway station, south London, on … Read more

Johnson to leave London ‘to get on with job’ as partygate police demand answers

Johnson to leave London ‘to get on with job’ as partygate police demand answers

Boris Johnson will leave Westminster this week insisting he is “getting on with the job” while facing questions from police investigating alleged lockdown breaches. The Prime Minister is expected to tout his shake-up of Downing Street staff as helping to focus on his “levelling up” policy as he battles to survive the partygate scandal. No … Read more

Head of London police resigns after string of scandals

Head of London police resigns after string of scandals

LONDON — The head of London’s Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said she is resigning Thursday after a string of controversies that undermined public confidence in the force and prompted a falling out between her and the capital’s mayor. Mayor Sadiq Khan had recently threatened to oust Dick from her role, saying she wasn’t doing enough … Read more

The painful truth about air pollution and its effect on children in London

The painful truth about air pollution and its effect on children in London

One in 10 young people are affected by asthma – meaning in London alone 240,000 have asthma. Behind the shocking statistics are the children adversely impacted by a sharp rise in air pollution in the capital with many suffering from severe respiratory conditions. “There’s not a week that goes by when we don’t see a … Read more

Emergency services called as upstairs floor of London bar collapses

Emergency services called as upstairs floor of London bar collapses

Emergency services have been called to a bar in London after reports that the second floor had collapsed. Police officers, firefighters and ambulance workers are currently dealing with the incident at Two More Years in Hackney Wick, North London. It is currently not known how many people have been injured. read more Four people shot … Read more