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Tower of London being constantly threatened by new plans for skyscrapers - 35-storey office is latest
A new 115-metre high office block near London's Walkie-Talkie building is causing concern for Heritage England and Tower Hamlets Council
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Landlord furious as rogue tenant turned luxury Soho flat into a brothel
Christian Pearce said his plush Sandringham Court flat near Carnaby Street was used as a ‘cigar lounge’ by three prostitutes who divided the apartment with makeshift curtains.
Ex-Met Police officer David Carrick appears in court accused of sex attacks
He is accused of multiple sex attacks on a woman and a girl under 14
Old Belgravia nick’s transformation into a luxury hotel can go ahead
The Buckingham Palace Road site has sat empty since the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan shut it in 2022 as part of wider changes to the Met Police.
Girl, 14, missing for nearly two days believed to be in Central London
Police have given a description of her
Cut welfare to fund 2p income tax decrease, says Tory leadership hopeful Jenrick
Along with sacking 100,000 civil servants, replacing “failed” universities with “apprenticeship hubs” and reforming the planning system to build more houses, Mr Jenrick argued for “responsible” tax cuts
Last Soho school ‘must survive’ to maintain area’s beating heart
Soho Parish C of E Primary School, which has existed on Great Windmill Street since the late 19th century, is hoping a combination of fundraising and greater promotion of its services can help it plug the gap and enable it to ‘thrive’.
£20k reward offered in attempt to clear up brutal Soho murder from 20 years ago
Camille Gordon, 23, who was training to be a nursery assistant, was brutally murdered on the doorstep of her workplace on March 1 2004.
Arrest made following Victoria tube stabbing
A man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. He remains in police custody.
London developer turns 3 flats into 7 'poorly sized' homes and must now pay £415,000 in fines
Westminster City Council inspected a property in Harrow Road after being tipped off about a first-floor extension
Police name Met officer charged with rape
He has been suspended
Old Belgravia police station looks set to get new lease of life as a hotel
Belgravia Police Station was shut in 2022 by Sadiq Khan as part of a wider reorganisation of the Met Police.
London’s New Year's Eve fireworks display price hike as tickets sky rocket by up to 150%
According to City Hall, the BBC’s coverage of the event was the most watched TV programme in the UK last year, with more than 12 million viewers
The 2 London bus routes that could be merged as TfL plans to get rid of one of them
Both routes currently operate with five or more buses per hour and TfL describes them as routes where passengers 'tend not to look at the timetable before arriving at the stop'
Hundreds flee conference after activists set loose thousands of live crickets
LGB Alliance lesbian, gay and bisexual people who disagree with Stonewall’s stance on transgender issues.
Sir Keir Starmer says it's been 'very tough' to find family time since moving to No 10
Starmer said adjusting to life at No 10 is 'odd' for his teenagers
Live insects released by protesters at LGB Alliance conference in Westminster moments before speech
Protesters, believed to be trans-rights activists, were taken away by security with bugs crawling on their clothes
Office workers evacuated as police carry out controlled explosion near British Museum
Bomb disposal teams examined the package and safely carried out a controlled explosion, police said.
New London statue of Daniel Kaluuya divides opinion as fans would rather see different scene used
Kaluuya has said the new statue in Leicester Square has left him feeling 'blessed'
Life term for horror moment random stranger was pushed in front of Tube train
Brwa Shorsh, 24, received an indeterminate life sentence at Inner London Crown Court today.