London news

• Motorists play football and sunbathe on M20 motorway after police incident blocks road

  17-07-2016 22:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Motorists trapped in lengthy tailbacks jumped out their cars and began playing football on the parallel carriageway while police dealt with a serious incident further up the road.
  
  Read more

• RSPCA warning after dogs 'poisoned in Essex'

  17-07-2016 22:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The RSPCA has urged pet-owners to exercise vigilance after two dogs fell ill and appeared to have been poisoned in Essex.
  
  Read more

• RAF flight carrying Boris Johnson makes emergency landing at Luton Airport

  17-07-2016 21:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A plane carrying Boris Johnson has been forced to make an emergency landing at Luton Airport after the aircraft developed a technical issue.
  
  Read more

• Breighton helicopter crash: Five seriously injured after aircraft comes down at aerodrome

  17-07-2016 20:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are dealing with a major incident after a helicopter crashed at an airfield in Yorkshire.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Breighton helicopter crash: Five seriously injured after aircraft comes down at aeredrome

  17-07-2016 20:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are dealing with a major incident after a helicopter crashed at an aerodrome in Yorkshire.
  
  Read more

• Wimbledon: Tennis tournament's secret cyber security

  17-07-2016 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News gained exclusive access to the secrets of the tech experts protecting Wimbledon from cyber attacks.
  
  Read more

• Chris Boardman: Olympic cyclist's mother dies after bike crash

  17-07-2016 19:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cycling hero Chris Boardman's mother has died after being knocked off her bike in a collision with a pick-up truck.
  
  Read more

• Dine and dash: London restaurant staff sprint round Soho for annual waiters' race

  17-07-2016 18:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  A crop of Soho's finest waiters swapped serving for sprinting as they took part in a bizarre annual race around the West End.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Nice lorry attack: U2's Bono 'caught up in Bastille Day terror atrocity'

  17-07-2016 18:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bono was dining in a restaurant near the scene of the horrific Bastille Day lorry massacre in Nice at the time of the attack, it has been reported.
  
  Read more

• Women's Super League One: Chelsea Ladies 1-2 Arsenal Ladies

  17-07-2016 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Danielle van de Donk's late winner dents Chelsea Ladies' title hopes and keeps Arsenal third in Women's Super League One.
  
  Read more

• Jeremy Corbyn learns to play Pokemon Go

  17-07-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC reporter Adam Fleming shows the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn how to play Pokemon Go.
  
  Read more

• Baton Rouge shooting: Two cops killed 12 days after police shooting of Alton Sterling, reports say

  17-07-2016 17:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two police officers are dead and others have been injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge less than two weeks after the death of Alton Sterling, US media reports.
  
  Read more

• Baton Rouge shooting: Three cops killed 12 days after police shooting of Alton Sterling

  17-07-2016 17:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three police officers have been killed in an apparent ambush in Baton Rouge less than two weeks after the death of Alton Sterling, US media reports.
  
  Read more

• Masked anarchists clash with police in march on Boris Johnson's home

  17-07-2016 17:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  A masked mob of anarachists clashed with police as they swarmed on Boris Johnson's home during a protest.
  
  Read more

• Two seriously injured after stabbing at mental hospital in Dartford

  17-07-2016 16:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two people are seriously injured in hospital today after being stabbed at a mental health unit.
  
  Read more

• Brexit: Britain 'set for recession' as top City figure warns leaving EU will be 'horrible'

  17-07-2016 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  A top City figure has said Brexit will be "horrible" for the Square Mile as a forecaster warned a recession will hit the UK within a year.
  
  Read more

• Two 'stabbed' at Bracton mental health centre

  17-07-2016 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two people are seriously injured in a suspected stabbing at a mental health centre in Kent.
  
  Read more

• Colin Taylor: Managing director of Oxford City football club found dead at ground

  17-07-2016 16:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The managing director of Oxford City FC has been found dead at the football club's grounds.
  
  Read more

• Transport Secretary Chris Grayling vows to press on with HS2 project

  17-07-2016 15:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Transport Secretary Chris Grayling today vowed to press ahead with the high-speed HS2 rail project.
  
  Read more

• Eight killed in terrifying 18-floor lift plunge

  17-07-2016 15:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eight people have died after the lift they were in plummeted 18 floors on a Chinese construction site.
  
  Read more

• Cyclist fighting for his life after being hit by van in Eynsford

  17-07-2016 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  A young cyclist was today fighting for his life after being hit by a van.
  
  Read more

• Pokemon Go players shot at by man who mistook them for burglars

  17-07-2016 15:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two teenage Pokemon Go players were shot at by a man who mistook them for burglars.
  
  Read more

• John McDonnell: 'I'm sorry for calling Labour MPs f****** useless'

  17-07-2016 14:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  John McDonnell has apologised for calling Labour MPs who are trying to oust Jeremy Corbyn "f***ing useless".
  
  Read more

• Turkey coup: 6,000 people detained in 'clean-up operation'

  17-07-2016 14:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Turkey has detained 6,000 people in a government crackdown over a deadly botched military coup, it emerged today.
  
  Read more

• Brexit: Scotland could veto UK's withdrawal from the EU, Nicola Sturgeon warns

  17-07-2016 14:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scotland could veto the process of the UK leaving the EU, Nicola Sturgeon has suggested.
  
  Read more

• Nice attack: 18 people still fighting for life after Bastille Day truck massacre

  17-07-2016 13:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nearly 20 people injured during the Bastille Day lorry attack in Nice are still fighting for their lives in hospital.
  
  Read more

• Gatwick Express revealed as Britain's most delayed rail route

  17-07-2016 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Gatwick Express train service is the most delayed in Britain, it was revealed today.
  
  Read more

• Women's Super League One: Chelsea Ladies v Arsenal Ladies

  17-07-2016 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Live coverage followed by match report of Sunday's Women's Super League One game between Chelsea Ladies and Arsenal Ladies.
  
  Read more

• Labour leadership: Owen Smith and Angela Eagle in awkward exchange over race to take on Jeremy Corbyn

  17-07-2016 12:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership hopefuls Owen Smith and Angela Eagle had an awkward exchange as they discussed whether one of them should drop out of the race to take on Jeremy Corbyn.
  
  Read more

• Labour leadership election: Owen Smith and Angela Eagle in awkward exchange over race to take on Jeremy Corbyn

  17-07-2016 12:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership hopefuls Owen Smith and Angela Eagle had an awkward exchange as they discussed whether one of them should drop out of the race to take on Jeremy Corbyn.
  
  Read more

• Dramatic moment Didcot power station is blown up as search for bodies resumes

  17-07-2016 11:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Search efforts for three men killed in the Didcot power station collapse are set to continue after the remainder of the building was demolished.
  
  Read more

• Barking shooting: Young man injured after being shot in east London

  17-07-2016 11:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  A young man is injured in hospital today after he was shot in east London.
  
  Read more

• Qandeel Baloch: Brother of social media star admits strangling her to death for posting 'shameful' pictures online

  17-07-2016 11:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The brother of a social media star has admitted strangling her to death for posting "shameful" pictures online.
  
  Read more

• Idris Elba's new film Bastille Day pulled from French cinemas after Nice attack

  17-07-2016 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Idris Elba's new film Bastille Day has been pulled from cinemas in France in the wake of the lorry attack in Nice that left 84 dead and many more injured.
  
  Read more

• At least 19 dead and six blinded after drinking home-brewed liquor

  17-07-2016 10:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least 19 people have died and another six have been blinded after drinking home-brewed liquor in northern India, police said.
  
  Read more

• Brexit: Britain 'scoping' free trade deals in time to leave EU in January 2019

  17-07-2016 10:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Britain is "scoping" free trade deals with a dozen countries outside the EU in time for Brexit on January 1, 2019, it was revealed today.
  
  Read more

• British snipers trained to deal with terrorists as fears raised over Notting Hill Carnival

  17-07-2016 10:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  British SAS sniper teams are being trained to stop speeding vehicles amid fears the UK could be targeted in an attack similar to the Nice atrocity.
  
  Read more

• Tom Jarvis: Young man from Romford found dead after late night swim in Ibiza

  17-07-2016 09:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family of a Londoner who drowned after a late-night swim in Ibiza today thanked friends as hundreds paid tribute to him.
  
  Read more

• Pensioner, 91, investigated after filling in crossword artwork at museum

  17-07-2016 09:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 91-year-old pensioner is under investigation after filling in a crossword featured on artwork at a German museum.
  
  Read more

• Owen Smith to launch Labour leadership bid with plan for £200bn 'new deal'

  17-07-2016 08:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Owen Smith will today launch his Labour leadership bid with plans for a £200 billion "British new deal".
  
  Read more

• Amazing aerial photographs capture spectacular London from above

  17-07-2016 08:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  These incredible aerial shots snapped by a photographer tethered to a helicopter offer a unique perspective of London from the sky.
  
  Read more

• Brexit: London had highest levels of support for second EU referendum petition

  17-07-2016 08:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A petition calling for a second EU referendum received more support from Londoners than people anywhere else in the UK, it can be revealed.
  
  Read more

• Nice attack: Waitress 'used London terror experience' to clear hotel terrace

  17-07-2016 08:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  A waitress used her experience of terror in London to quickly evacuate a hotel terrace as a truck began ploughing through crowds during the Nice attack.
  
  Read more

• North Weald airfield: Centenary celebrates 'pivotal' RAF station

  17-07-2016 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look back at 100 years of an airfield which played a "pivotal" role in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
  
  Read more

Follow @london_uknews on Twitter!