London news

• Revealed: Alice Gross argued banning foreign criminals was racist months before murder by convicted Latvian killer

  11-07-2016 23:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Murdered London schoolgirl Alice Gross penned an essay in support of free movement within the EU three months before she was killed by a Latvian criminal, her parents have revealed.
  
  Read more

• Alice Gross argued banning foreign criminals was racist months before murder by convicted Latvian killer

  11-07-2016 23:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Murdered London schoolgirl Alice Gross penned an essay in support of free movement within the EU three months before she was killed by a Latvian criminal, her parents have revealed.
  
  Read more

• Downing Street cat Larry will stay at Number 10 when Theresa May becomes Prime Minister

  11-07-2016 22:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Downing Street cat Larry will not be booted out when David Cameron leaves Number 10 it has been confirmed.
  
  Read more

• 'R U Asking for it?' Police hand teenagers 'appalling' leaflets in sex education talk

  11-07-2016 22:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police have apologised after out-of-date leaflets blaming sex offence victims were handed out to teenagers during a talk on consent.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Michigan courthouse shooting: Police officer and bailiffs 'shot by gunman'

  11-07-2016 21:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least three people are dead after a gunman opened fire at police and bailiffs at a courthouse in Michigan.
  
  Read more

• Man, 87, shot dead wife of 50 years in TV room of Essex care home

  11-07-2016 21:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  An elderly man has pleaded guilty to shooting dead his 81-year-old wife as she sat in the television room of an Essex care home.
  
  Read more

• Essex man, 87, shot dead wife of 50 years in care home's TV room

  11-07-2016 21:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  An elderly man has pleaded guilty to shooting dead his 81-year-old wife as she sat in the television room of an Essex care home.
  
  Read more

• UKIP leadership row: High-profile figures barred from succeeding Nigel Farage after 'ridiculous' decision

  11-07-2016 21:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Arnott has announced his candidacy for the UKIP leadership as a row erupted over new rules stopping some of the party's best known faces from replacing Nigel Farage.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• TFL to cut London bus conductor jobs on new Routemasters

  11-07-2016 20:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of bus conductors are set to lose their jobs as part of a £10 million a year savings drive.
  
  Read more

• TFL to cut 400 London bus conductor jobs on new Routemasters

  11-07-2016 20:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of bus conductors are set to lose their jobs as part of a £10 million a year savings drive.
  
  Read more

• 400 London bus conductors set to lose jobs on new Routemasters

  11-07-2016 20:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of bus conductors are set to lose their jobs as part of a £10 million a year savings drive.
  
  Read more

• Missing lynx: Hunters to play call of Dartmoor wildcat's mother to entice it back

  11-07-2016 20:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts hunting for an escaped lynx will play the recorded call of its mother in a bid to capture it.
  
  Read more

• Dartmoor Zoo lynx: Hunters to play call of wildcat's mother to entice it back

  11-07-2016 20:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts hunting for an escaped lynx will play the recorded call of its mother in a bid to capture it.
  
  Read more

• Helen Bailey: Man arrested on suspicion of murdering children's author who vanished three months ago

  11-07-2016 20:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after children's author Helen Bailey author mysteriously vanished three months ago.
  
  Read more

• UK strongman Eddie Hall collapses in heap after becoming first human to deadlift half a tonne

  11-07-2016 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  This was the extraordinary moment a British weightlifter wrote himself into the record books - before passing out after blood vessels in his head exploded.
  
  Read more

• UK strongman collapses in heap after becoming first human to deadlift half a tonne

  11-07-2016 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  This was the extraordinary moment a British weightlifter wrote himself into the record books - before passing out after blood vessels in his head exploded.
  
  Read more

• Southern rail protest: Victoria protesters vent fury at crisis-hit train company

  11-07-2016 18:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge crowds of angry commuters have gathered at Victoria station this evening for a protest over crisis-hit train operator Southern.
  
  Read more

• Moment David Cameron heard 'humming jolly tune after resignation speech in Downing Street'

  11-07-2016 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The outgoing Prime Minister was apparently overheard humming to himself as he strode back into Number 10 after announcing Theresa May would replace him by Wednesday evening.
  
  Read more

• Theresa May: 'Humbled' PM-designate vows to build 'better Britain' and promises Brexit will be a success

  11-07-2016 18:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May today promised to make a success of Brexit as she was named the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  
  Read more

• Theresa May: 'Humbled' new PM vows to build 'better Britain' and promises Brexit will be a success

  11-07-2016 18:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May today promised to make a success of Brexit as she was named the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  
  Read more

• Awkward moment Angela Eagle takes questions from emptying room of journalists

  11-07-2016 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  This was the excruciating moment Labour leadership hopeful Angela Eagle tried to take questions from reporters - after they had abandoned her launch to cover Andrea Leadsom instead.
  
  Read more

• Jailed Trollstation prankster makes Snapchat video boasts from prison cell

  11-07-2016 17:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Londoner locked up for staging a fake art gallery heist for YouTube pranksters TrollStation has posted a series of videos boasting about life inside Wandsworth prison.
  
  Read more

• Wreckage of car involved in fatal horror smash displayed outside Parliament

  11-07-2016 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The wreckage of a car involved in a fatal horror smash was put on display outside Parliament today as part of a campaign for tougher road safety laws.
  
  Read more

• Lifeboat crew called to rescue after men strip naked and jump in Thames to celebrate Murray's Wimbledon victory

  11-07-2016 17:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lifeboat crews were called to the rescue of two men who stripped naked and jumped from a bridge into the River Thames to celebrate Andy Murray's Wimbledon win.
  
  Read more

• Stuttgart siege: Two dead after 'hostages taken by gunman' at law firm

  11-07-2016 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two people are dead after armed police stormed a law firm building in Stuttgart following reports a gunman had taken a hostage.
  
  Read more

• Stuttgart siege: Armed police in stand-off after gunman takes hostages at law firm

  11-07-2016 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Part of Stuttgart is on lockdown by armed police this afternoon after a gunman took hostages at a law firm.
  
  Read more

• David Cameron resignation: Theresa May will be in Number 10 by Wednesday evening, Prime Minister confirms

  11-07-2016 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will replace David Cameron in Number 10 by Wednesday evening, the outgoing Prime Minister said today.
  
  Read more

• Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has account hacked

  11-07-2016 16:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey has become the latest boss of a social media giant to have his account taken over by hackers.
  
  Read more

• Southern rail: A commuter's story

  11-07-2016 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Southern rail services have been temporarily axed after months of disruption. We take a journey with commuter Nick Clement.
  
  Read more

• West Ham: Gokhan Tore signs from Besiktas on one-year loan

  11-07-2016 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Ham sign Besiktas winger Gokhan Tore on a one-year loan deal with a view to a permanent move.
  
  Read more

• Theresa May's path to the top of the Conservative Party

  11-07-2016 15:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  As Britain's longest serving Home Secretary of modern times, Theresa May will arrive in No10 with a wealth of experience at the top level of government.
  
  Read more

• Commuter hell

  11-07-2016 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers of the UK's biggest rail operator have endured weeks of disruption, with managers blaming high levels of staff sickness. Operators of Southern rail services have now introduced a new timetable, cutting 341 daily journeys. What's going on?
  
  Read more

• Police investigate rape of teenager at T in the Park festival

  11-07-2016 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  A police investigation has been launched after a teenager reported that she was raped at T in the Park festival.
  
  Read more

• Stansted Airport hit by border control delays as setting sun blinds scanners

  11-07-2016 15:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passengers are being hit by delays leaving Stansted Airport because the sun's rays are confusing the sophisticated scanners used at border control.
  
  Read more

• A&E staff at Queen's Hospital ward off patients with minor ailments

  11-07-2016 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Large numbers of patients attending one of London's busiest A&E units were today being told to seek medical help elsewhere.
  
  Read more

• Labour leadership: I'm not a Corbynista, I'm my own woman, says Angela Eagle

  11-07-2016 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour's vicious civil war escalated today as Angela Eagle finally triggered a leadership challenge to Jeremy Corbyn and was promptly branded "the Empire Strikes Back candidate".
  
  Read more

• Chaos as KFC customers leap counter to steal chicken after Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park

  11-07-2016 14:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Customers leapt over a KFC restaurant counter to steal fried chicken amid chaotic scenes after this weekend's Wireless Festival.
  
  Read more

• Andrea Leadsom quits Conservative leadership election: Her statement in full

  11-07-2016 14:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrea Leadsom dramatically quit the Tory leadership contest today saying "she did not have sufficient support to lead a strong and stable government".
  
  Read more

• Pound to dollar exchange rate: sterling jumps in value after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from leadership race

  11-07-2016 14:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pound has risen against the dollar in the wake of the news that Andrea Leadsom had pulled out of the Conservative leadship race.
  
  Read more

• Conservative leadership: Nigel Farage tweets backing for Andrea Leadsom... an hour before she quit

  11-07-2016 14:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage threw his weight behind Andrea Leadsom in the Tory leadership race just an hour before she announced she was pulling out of the contest.
  
  Read more

• Labour calls for snap election as leadership battle officially triggered

  11-07-2016 13:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour today called for a snap election as Theresa May was on the brink of becoming Britain's second female Prime Minister.
  
  Read more

• Theresa May: 'Honoured to become leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister'

  11-07-2016 13:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is "enormously honoured" to be the Prime Minister-in-waiting after Andrea Leadsom withdrew from the Conservative leadership race, Chris Grayling has said.
  
  Read more

• 'White-knuckle ride'

  11-07-2016 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Actor Matt Smith describes working on his new stage play as "a white-knuckle ride".
  
  Read more

• Wells Terrace entrance at Finsbury Park station to be closed for three years

  11-07-2016 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Commuters face disruption to their morning routes after TfL announced a heavily used entrance to Finsbury Park station is to close for three years.
  
  Read more

• Wells Terrace entrance at Finsbury Park station close to 'reduce congestion and improve security'

  11-07-2016 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Commuters face disruption to their morning routes after TfL announced a heavily used entrance to Finsbury Park station is to close.
  
  Read more

• Dallas shooting gunman 'was a martyr', says first black Miss Alabama

  11-07-2016 12:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  A TV host and former Miss Alabama has said the Dallas gunman was "a martyr" and that she finds it hard to feel sad for the police officers he shot.
  
  Read more

• Andrea Leadsom quits: Theresa May to be next Prime Minister after rival quits Tory leadership race

  11-07-2016 12:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May was today heading for No 10 as the second woman Prime Minister in British history after rival Andrea Leadsom crashed out of the Tory leadership race.
  
  Read more

• Andrea Leadsom expected to quit Tory leadership race

  11-07-2016 12:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is set to be Britain's next Prime Minister as Tory leadership rival Andrea Leadsom is expected to quit the race for Number 10.
  
  Read more

• Conservative leadership election: Theresa May promises 'different kind of Conservatism that takes on the privileged few'

  11-07-2016 12:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May promised "a different kind of Conservatism" today as she unveiled plans to defend British companies from foreign asset-strippers and stop energy giants jacking up bills to families.
  
  Read more

• Minister refuses to blame Southern Rail for its chaotic commuter service

  11-07-2016 12:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rail minister Claire Perry today sparked anger for failing to condemn Southern Railway after it cancelled hundreds of services into London.
  
  Read more

Follow @london_uknews on Twitter!