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A blaze ripped through the entire top floor of a block of flats in north London on Monday morning. Firefighters are working to tackle the aggressive fire after around 10 fire engines and 70 fire fighters attended the scene in Maybury Close in Enfield in the early hours of Monday morning. Three children were treated by paramedics and taken to hospital with smoke inhalation.

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Earlier this year, I found myself icing cakes in celeb-approved Los Angeles bakery Sweet Lady Jane to mark the launch of Airbnb's newly revamped Experiences section. Not content to serve solely as a platform for your base on holiday, the brand now offers a variety of activities bookable via the platform designed to help visitors gain a deeper understanding of place.

In this modern world, we are almost always reachable. Thanks to smartphones, Londoners are just about constantly connected to the internet, making us available for WhatsApps, Slack messages and emails. The only times when we get to go (blissfully, for some) dark is when catching a flight, riding the tube, or, for some inexplicable reason, we're in Covent Garden. But that's all about to change.

"I was jogging in Clissold Park when I heard a loud popping noise at first it sounded like a firecracker. I turned around but didn't see anything unusual. I looked across the playing fields, where children were still running around, and since no-one was panicking, I thought maybe I was overreacting. I put my headphones back in, but then I heard the same sound again. This time I felt something wasn't right."

Picture the scene. It's 8am and you are waiting on a packed tube platform for the Central line. It's delayed, and the next one isn't arriving for seven whole minutes. The train arrives, and you squeeze yourself into the carriage like a sardine. You can't believe you are spending the first hour of your day with your nose pressed into another person's armpit. The hellish journey will cost you £2.90, at the very least.

They form part of a new exhibition looking at the rebuilding works that took place a century ago, replacing most of the interior behind its famous solid fortress wall with the modern bank that's there today. The exhibition, in the museum's rotunda, shows the various stages of the rebuilding process, from demolition of the old, discoveries of the even older in the basements, and how the current bank building was constructed.

She then went to a London hospital and also saw her oncologist, who arranged for her to be sent to another hospital by ambulance. But family and friends said nurses, rather than doctors, examined her and concluded she did not need to be admitted. She was discharged in the early evening with antibiotics and a diagnosis that referred to an insect bite.

It'll start with participants picking up a pack at Shepherd's Bush station, then following a bunch of clues all the way to Bank. There'll be several questions at each station and you'll be able to figure out their answers by paying close attention to surrounding posters, plaques and artwork. If you get stuck, TfL Ambassadors will be nearby to check your progress and offer hints.

You will need to pay for any rides you want to go on - and if you fancy those as well, and also if you expect to spend more than £25 on rides, then entry is free at any time of day. So for ride goers, you can book an evening ticket and still get free entry as long as you spend at least £25 on the rides.

Crews Hill, an area with only a few hundred residents, could soon get 10,000 new homes. As reported in the Enfield Dispatch and , Crews Hill is one of two London areas apparently set to become a 'new town' over the next few years. The government's New Towns Taskforce was established in order to build up to 12 new settlements across the UK by the next election, and it reportedly has Crews Hill in its sights.

Image source, Getty Images Jason Demetriou has agreed a three-year deal to become London Broncos' new head coach as the club press for a Super League return. Demetriou, 49, was previously head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League in his native Australia. On Sunday, current head coach Mike Eccles confirmed the Broncos' victory over Widnes Vikings in their final game of the Championship season would be his last match in charge.

In an opening salvo ahead of the US president's state visit, Sadiq Khan said he wanted to challenge the idea that London was in turmoil and said that more Americans than ever were seeking to make it their home. He said liberal Americans identified with London because of the city's fundamental values, like adhering to the rule of law, being proud of our diversity and championing the rights of minority communities.

People have been asked to evacuate Westfield shopping centre in east London following a fire at its multi-storey car park. London Fire Brigade said ten fire engines were in attendance at the shopping centre on Montfichet Road, Stratford. A spokesperson said the fire was "producing a significant amount of smoke" and asked people to avoid the area. They added the shopping centre had been evacuated as a precaution.

It doesn't feel as accessible as when you are in central or west London where there's a bridge like every kilometre. When I started using [the tunnel], I would go to work and the north lift wouldn't be working in the morning and then on the way back south, that one would not be working. It was very on and off.

Matcha has truly had London in a chokehold this summer - Blank Street has a lot to answer for - and now you can't move for seeing people with a green drink in hand. The matcha girlies may have their fave flavour combinations but those really in the know are turning to matcha's slightly-less-aesthetically-pleasing-but-just-as-tasty cousin, hojicha. Like matcha, hojicha is a form of Japanese green tea but it's roasted at a high temperature, making it reddish-brown in colour and giving it a toasty, nutty flavour.

The suspensions stem from a BBC investigation, in which a reporter obtained a job as a civilian detention worker in the custody suite at Charing Cross police station. The officers being investigated range in rank from police constable to sergeant, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. The allegations involve nine serving Met police officers, as well as a former Met officer and a serving designated detention officer.

They'll take on the role of a ZSL conservationist - horticulturalist, scientist or zookeeper - at the zoo within a zoo as they spend their session working their 'jobs' and playing with over 1,000 toys (a lot of which are admittedly zebra poo balls) including 63 cuddly animals - from parrots to komodo dragons - that have had microchips specially fitted by the zoo vets.

Analysing booking data from the 8th to the 11th of September, Access Hospitality has revealed that bookings for the London hospitality industry dropped by 67% compared to the previous week. The most pronounced impact occurred on Monday, September 8th 2025, the first day of the tube strikes, when bookings dropped by 62% overnight. Access Hospitality has noted that this figure is 50% below the weekly average for bookings, emphasising a sharp decline in consumer behaviour as the transport disruptions began.

And, while Oxford Street and Covent Garden will be no less busy in 2025, there's one new store well worth a detour - Buckingham Palace's first Christmas pop-up shop. The launch of the Royal Collection Trust's annual gift guide came with exciting news this September, as the palace's 200-year-old stables will be transformed into a seasonal boutique while the Mews is closed to visitors for the winter.

Around 150 people were evacuated as a huge fire ripped through a block of flats in south London destroying most of the building. Some 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines were called to the fire on Maysoule Road in Battersea on Wednesday evening. Footage shared online showed flames tearing through the roof of the five-storey building. The residents were evacuated from the building by fire crews wearing breathing apparatus. No injuries have been reported.

Deep under Tower Bridge lies a vast space that almost seems larger than it can be, and during the winter months, the public can go inside for a look. This is one of Tower Bridge's two bascule chambers and is basically where the heavy counterweight swings into when the bridge opens to let boats pass through. But not when you're standing in it - and that's why tours take place during the winter, when fewer boats ply the Thames.

On Monday, 8 September at 21:53hrs police were called to Hounslow High Street following reports a man was carrying a knife. Met officers attended the scene, one officer attempted to apprehend a suspect and was stabbed in the neck. Thankfully, their injuries were not life-changing or life-threatening, he was taken to hospital and will continue to be supported following this incident.

The team started cooking for hospitals and the national guard, and making up food packs for people who needed them. The war was a massive shock for us, but it was also a time when everyone pulled together. Suppliers were helping they would call and say: We've got 10kg of sweet potato, do you want them? You would put a message on the group chat with other restaurants and bars saying you'd had a request to feed 400 people.

As the exhibition explains, the council was granted new powers to direct local development in 1963, and its new department was led by a London County Council architect, Edward Hollamby, giving them a significant advantage when planning large estates. He was more interested in Scandinavian style modernism than the British New Brutalism exemplified elsewhere, and despite what you might see if you travel through the area, was more interested in low-rise developments instead of tall blocks.

Over the years, Bemi Orojuogun, known to her nearly 300,000 followers as "Bus Aunty", has loved exploring London and filming selfie videos in front of the city's landmarks, especially its red buses. At first, her videos were simple clips of her smiling in different parts of London. But one day, everything changed. "It was just a normal day," she says.

TfL was granted powers to regulate pedicabs under the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024, but was required to carry out a consultation prior to introducing any new regulations on the service. Once the new rules are introduced, pedicab drivers will need to undergo enhanced criminal record checks and medical examinations before they can be licensed to operate a pedicab. There will also be a new annual mandatory MOT for pedicabs, to check them for passenger safety, and each pedicab will have to carry a license plate.

A 25-year-old man has died after falling from an e-scooter in east London. The Met Police were called to reports of a crash involving an e-scooter in Newham at 6.12pm on Saturday. Officers attended the scene on Prince Regent Lane near the junction with Glen Road with London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance. The rider - a 25-year-old man - was declared dead at scene after falling from the e-scooter.

One of the four terminals at London's Heathrow Airport that was evacuated earlier on Monday over what emergency services called a "possible hazardous materials incident" has now reopened after it was declared safe, the airport said in an update. Heathrow - Europe's busiest airport - apologised for the disruption, saying on social media platform X that it was "doing everything we can" to ensure all flights depart as planned.

Three women and three men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the Indian Aroma restaurant on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, on 22 August at about 21:00 BST. The Met Police said the 16-year-old boy had been charged with six counts of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. He appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, 8 September, and was remanded to a youth detention centre. He will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6 October.