Month: April 2026

Millions of voters across England will vote in local elections on May 7. But Wirral Council won’t be taking part – here’s why.

The Bank of England is expected to announce it’s keeping interest rates on hold as policymakers assess the economic impact of the Iran war and Tehran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude passes in peacetime

RMT is calling on Transport for London and the government to ensure safe staffing levels at London stations, an end to lone working and legislation to make it a specific offence to assault a transport worker

A police force shaped primarily around being liked rather than being effective operates with one hand tied behind its back.

All 50 seats in the West London borough will be up for grabs on May 7

The scheme involves redeveloping a car park currently used by the nearby Holiday Inn

Footage shows one officer screaming ‘drop the knife, drop the f****ng knife’

Africa’s transition to cleaner energy is adding to concerns over lead poisoning from batteries used to store solar power

These are each party’s local election pledges in the borough

Adam Ankers collapsed while playing football and was not given basic life support

Shilome Rand relives moment he was attacked and accuses UK Government of not keeping Jewish people safe

Exclusive: Prime Minister tears into political opponents blocking new homes and ‘driving a wedge between communities’

The Metropolitan Police have shared body cam footage of the moment officers detained a suspect following an alleged terrorist attack in Golders Green, north London, where two men were stabbed

Oli Rake of Tower Hamlets Wheelers asks mayoral candidates to commit to completing TfL’s strategic cycleways, making cycling safer, cheaper and…

Kayode Damali, who was born and raised in Lewisham, is an independent candidate who belives the borough needs ‘a new style of leadership’

Lord Robert Hayward has predicted Labour will lose more than 70% of the council seats it is defending

Large five bedroom home in Winchmore Hill.

Police search address in south-east London after suspect was ‘involved in a prior altercation with another person’

Millions of voters across England will vote in local elections on May 7. But Wirral Council won’t be taking part – here’s why.

RMT is calling on Transport for London and the government to ensure safe staffing levels at London stations, an end to lone working and legislation to make it a specific offence to assault a transport worker

The Bank of England is expected to announce it’s keeping interest rates on hold as policymakers assess the economic impact of the Iran war and Tehran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude passes in peacetime

A police force shaped primarily around being liked rather than being effective operates with one hand tied behind its back.

All 50 seats in the West London borough will be up for grabs on May 7

The scheme involves redeveloping a car park currently used by the nearby Holiday Inn

Footage shows one officer screaming ‘drop the knife, drop the f****ng knife’

Africa’s transition to cleaner energy is adding to concerns over lead poisoning from batteries used to store solar power

These are each party’s local election pledges in the borough

Adam Ankers collapsed while playing football and was not given basic life support

Shilome Rand relives moment he was attacked and accuses UK Government of not keeping Jewish people safe

Exclusive: Prime Minister tears into political opponents blocking new homes and ‘driving a wedge between communities’

The Metropolitan Police have shared body cam footage of the moment officers detained a suspect following an alleged terrorist attack in Golders Green, north London, where two men were stabbed

Oli Rake of Tower Hamlets Wheelers asks mayoral candidates to commit to completing TfL’s strategic cycleways, making cycling safer, cheaper and…

Lord Robert Hayward has predicted Labour will lose more than 70% of the council seats it is defending

Kayode Damali, who was born and raised in Lewisham, is an independent candidate who belives the borough needs ‘a new style of leadership’

Large five bedroom home in Winchmore Hill.

A cyclist, a woman in her 20s, was killed on Kennington Park Road, Lambeth, London, near Oval Tube station after crash with a lorry.

YouGov predicts the South East London borough will be a tight contest between the Conservatives and Reform UK

Police search address in south-east London after suspect was ‘involved in a prior altercation with another person’

The stabbings in Golders Green have been declared a terror incident

A stabbing attack in the Golders Green Jewish community in North London has been declared a terrorist incident after a 45-year-old man allegedly knifed two J…

Ecologist Suzanne Simard has changed the way we think about trees forever, writes Lucy Siegle

Commuters should expect slightly longer journeys as services across the TfL network remain affected.

Whitbread said it wanted to save money in light of cost pressures coming from business rates and national insurance contributions.

Hamdi Ali, 34, and Ibrahim Mohamed, 7, were pulled from the water of the River Brent on Saturday afternoon, but died at the scene

Zionist leaders long debated whether Palestinians might be induced to leave voluntarily or only by force. From the mid-1920s, as they bought up land and tensions grew, these ideas would harden.

The cost of a typical new mortgage payment has overtaken the average rent, according to analysis by Rightmove.

The Scottish Labour leader is setting out his party’s plans for the first 100 days, if he can defeat the SNP in next week’s Holyrood election.

Trading Standards found that 97% of its officers are aware of suspected organised crime groups operating on their local high streets.

The organisation’s latest Consumer Insight Tracker found consumer confidence fell to minus 62 this month – its lowest level since 2022.

Alex Cole-Hamilton made the pledge ahead of a visit to Babcock’s site in Rosyth.