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Leigh Johnson to steer Barking Riverside into next major delivery phase

Leigh Johnson, currently regional development director at Wates Residential, has been appointed mana...

Community category • 2025-08-15 10:59

Open House 2025 puts AJ award‑winning housing, retrofit and conservation projects on public display

London’s Open House Festival returns this September, offering a rare inside look at more than 700 bu...

Community category • 2025-08-14 21:39

Ibrahim Fullah’s academy‑to‑first‑team leap underlines Charlton’s youth pathway after eye‑catching Carabao Cup showing

Ibrahim Fullah emerged as the clear protagonist in Charlton Athletic’s comfortable 3–1 Carabao Cup v...

Community category • 2025-08-14 21:36

Met defends response after footage shows man entering Canary Wharf flat as crowd demands arrests

The Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of an incident on Marsh Wall in Canary Wharf after...

Community category • 2025-08-14 21:35

Islamic youth camp cancelled after security fears and accusations of Islamophobia

An Islamic summer camp due to run in Hertfordshire has been cancelled amid a swirl of accusations th...

Community category • 2025-08-14 05:25

UEL ramps up employer‑linked training and targeted bursaries to boost graduate outcomes

The University of East London presents itself as an institution with employability at its core, link...

Community category • 2025-08-13 15:25

Body found near Canary Wharf tower as tensions rise over Britannia hotel plans

A body was discovered outside Sirocco Tower in Canary Wharf on Wednesday morning, prompting emergenc...

Community category • 2025-08-13 15:25

Goldsmiths bets on creativity and local access as it emerges leaner from financial crisis

Goldsmiths of London is pitching itself as a leaner, more focused institution as it emerges from two...

Community category • 2025-08-13 15:24

Westminster says social mobility success will be boosted by new employer hub and expanded apprenticeships

The University of Westminster presents itself as a metropolitan engine of social mobility, with rece...

Community category • 2025-08-13 15:23

Police seize 72 luxury cars in West London in bid to curb ‘nuisance’ supercar culture

Police in west London have seized 72 luxury cars — Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and other high‑p...

Community category • 2025-08-13 15:19

City Hall’s falling-knife claim sparks row as data and victims’ families clash

A row has erupted over the Mayor of London’s assertion that knife crime in the capital has fallen, a...

Community category • 2025-08-13 05:12

PR agency picketed as Chick‑fil‑A expansion reignites LGBT+ rights row

The Peter Tatchell Foundation staged a demonstration outside a London communications agency this wee...

Community category • 2025-08-13 05:10

Roger K. Burton, who saved the Horse Hospital and championed outsider culture, dies aged 76

Roger K. Burton, the mod‑obsessed collector and curator who rescued a derelict Georgian stable in Bl...

Community category • 2025-08-12 19:36

Susan Hall urges ticketing and review after Notting Hill Carnival 'narrowly avoided' mass crush

Susan Hall, the London Assembly Conservative who chairs the Police and Crime Committee, has renewed ...

Community category • 2025-08-12 19:26

Cycling Mikey returns to scene and blocks motorists amid debate over vigilante road safety

The man known online as Cycling Mikey returned to the west London road where a recent confrontation ...

Community category • 2025-08-12 19:25

City Hall Tories urge GLA to take control of Notting Hill Carnival amid safety fears

A report produced by City Hall Conservatives, titled On The Brink: Notting Hill Carnival, has propos...

Community category • 2025-08-12 11:45

Oxford Street returns to nightly encampments as more than 40 people bed down outside flagship shops

More than 40 people were seen bedding down on Oxford Street in central London in recent weeks, under...

Community category • 2025-08-12 03:41

Khan accused of cherry-picking Met stats as omitted figures show rises in gun crime and shoplifting

London’s mayor has found himself at the centre of a fresh row over how crime data is presented after...

Community category • 2025-08-11 20:21

Notting Hill Carnival 2025 highlights Alvaro Barrington art commission as ticketed Panorama returns

The Notting Hill Carnival returns to west London in late August 2025, promising two days of Caribbea...

Community category • 2025-08-11 20:18

Disabled-led Liberty festival to put accessibility at heart of Wandsworth arts week

Liberty, a disabled‑led arts festival produced with CRIPtic Arts, will take place across Wandsworth ...