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The Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan celebrated his birthday on board a 268million superyacht in the heart of London, according to reports. Sir Sadiq is understood to have marked his 55th birthday with a private celebration on the huge vessel anchored near London Bridge and was hosted by billionaire Fulham FC owner Shahid Khan. The mayor's appearance on one of the extravagant superyachts has been criticised by his rivals in City Hall, with one insider suggesting to the Express that it was inappropriate.

This unassuming little park in Battersea was once the scene of fierce legal battles - and even a riot - all sparked by a dog. It sits on what was once a much larger area of common land, which by the 1830s had been enclosed by housing around it and was being used as public allotments. However, the area's growing population meant that it couldn't last, and after about 30 years of debate, finally, in the early 1900s, the Latchmere Estate was constructed.

Rory Campbell launched the fund in 2017, vowing to beat the bookies with bets on games around Europe, including in England's Premier League and Spain's La Liga. Some were said to have lost up to 500,000 from their involvement in the failed fund. One of the investors reportedly died before receiving his money back. Campbell's father and mother Fiona Millar were reported to be facing losses running into hundreds of thousands of pounds relating to the alleged 5 million Ponzi-style pyramid scheme.

A teenage boy is in a critical condition after he was shot in north London. The Metropolitan Police was called to High Road, in Arnos Grove, at 17:40 BST on Thursday to reports of a shooting. A 17-year-old was treated at the scene for serious injuries and taken to hospital.

Residents in Camden filed more than 14,000 graffiti reports in the last three years, according to figures obtained under Freedom of Information legislation. This is equivalent to 6,582 complaints per 100,000 people, showing how the line between vandalism and art has been tested locally. Camden has gained notoriety in recent years for its vibrant street art, featuring large-scale murals to former residents such as Amy Winehouse.

Deep in the grimy, dimly lit back roads of King's Cross is a pub, a boozer in the truest sense of the word. McGlynn's, it's called, and when its landlord Jerry died in 2023, the pub died with him; it became just another ex-pub in a city full of ex-pubs. It was a special, unique place, a surviving slice of pre-gentrification London where you could still get a round in without taking out a mortgage,

Francisca Yawson, 37, made a series of bank transfers to herself when she was a gift aid and operations technician for the central London division of the Roman Catholic Church. Southwark crown court heard she made efforts to hide the thefts by cycling money through different accounts that she controlled. She spent most of the stolen cash on herself and her family, with investigators uncovering purchases on beauty products, John Lewis items, and at JD Sports.

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Set to be unveiled next March, the new Gilbert Galleries have been designed by the London-based Citizens Design Bureau practice. The number of galleries will increase from four to seven and will occupy adjacent former offices overlooking both the John Madejski Garden and Exhibition Road, as part of the V&A's Future Plan development programme. Project funders include the Gilbert Trust for the Arts and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The public square outside North Acton tube station is set to undergo a makeover to address local concerns about its appearance. The square is fairly new, as it used to be a petrol station. However, between 2015 and 2019, the site was cleared and converted into a public square, featuring steps and a ramp leading down to the station. Now, Ealing Council has started work on some upgrades, including the addition of better lighting and a row of "shed" shops, which will be rented out.

Selfridges has blamed a slump in the number of international tourists shopping for luxury goods in the UK and weaker consumer confidence for a fall in annual sales, as the retailer racked up losses for a fifth year in a row. The upmarket department store chain reported a 7% decline in sales in the 48 weeks to 4 January 2025 to 775m compared with 835m recorded over the 53 weeks of its previous year.

Opened by Queen Victoria in 1869, the Joseph Cubitt-designed Blackfriars Bridge. Phase one of the Blackfriars Bridge renovation was completed in 2023, however more than half the project remained incomplete due to restrictions caused by the building of London's new 'super sewer'. During the works, managed by the City Bridge Foundation charity, more than 2,000 of the bridge's iron balusters will be 'painstakingly' repaired, or replaced in some cases, alongside a complete paint job that will 'restore' its Victorian splendour.

I don't make necklaces that cost $10 million. I make jewellery that people wear, literally, every day. I chose not to do that many years ago. I've not ever had someone who's come to me and said, I've been mugged for my Stephen Webster jewellery'. Never.

Normally, when a large project receives planning approval, the local council can seek funding from the developer to contribute to local improvements, typically in the form of transport and services. That's in part to ensure that more people moving into an area don't overwhelm local doctors, schools and transport. The London Eye was somewhat unique in that it was an unproven, and at the time, temporary entertainment venue whose success or failure was uncertain.

Slow speeds can have a monumental impact on residents of London. Netflix and Amazon streaming services recommend that you have a minimum download speed of 25 Mbps, but according to the report, some areas are not accessing 30Mbit/s of service, putting them just above the minimum threshold required. Not only does this lead to buffering, but it also reduces streaming quality. Other popular online entertainment options, like gaming, can also be impacted by low speeds.

I'm fine now, but I won't pretend I wasn't shaken, she said. For a week I second-guessed every bump, every look, even crossed the road to avoid people. I shared the incident online and since the TikTok went viral, with that came an influx of more racist comments. Ms Choudry said the experience had left her heartbroken and triggered painful memories of growing up in Sunderland, where she was the only brown girl and suffered racism.

PA Media A man has been charged with the historical rape of a 14-year-old girl. Barry George, 65, has also been charged with two counts of indecent assault, according to the Metropolitan Police. The force said it was alleged the teenager, now in her 50s, was assaulted twice in west London between 6 September and 12 September 1987. Det Supt Andy Furphy said: "Officers continue to support the woman." Mr George, of County Cork, Republic of Ireland, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, 29 October.

Barry George has been charged with rape and two indecent assaults against a teenager alleged to have happened almost four decades ago, police have said. The Metropolitan police said they had charged George who now lives in County Cork, Ireland. Police said the alleged offences happened in west London against a 14-year-old girl in September 1987. George, 65, was wrongly convicted of murdering the BBC journalist Jill Dando. He spent eight years in jail for the 1999 killing, before being released in 2008 after a unanimous acquittal.

The renewal also marks the beginning of increased investment into the scheme, which will see improvements to the fleet, on-street infrastructure, and an improved Santander Cycles app. New cycle docking stations will be installed in Agar Grove, Camden; Brockwell Lido, Brixton; City Island, Canning Town; and in Hackney. Future plans include creating new docking stations on Harrow Road in Westminster and Queen Street in the City of London.

Piccadilly line From 12.45am on Saturday September 27 and all day on Sunday September 28, Piccadilly stations from King's Cross St Pancras to Heathrow, Osterley and Uxbridge will be closed, with no night tube service over the weekend. Replacement buses will be in operation. Bakerloo line On SaturdaySeptember 27 there is no service between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. Alternatives: take the Met line to Harrow-on-the-Hill and hop on the 340 bus, or catch a West Midlands Train from Euston direct to Harrow & Wealdstone.

The family of a Greek heiress who was killed after a toxic insect bite have slammed authorities after being forced to wait a fortnight for a post-mortem. But her family one of the biggest dynasties in Greece's shipping industry have been unable to hold a funeral for their daughter because an autopsy has yet to commence. A relative told the Daily Mail: This is totally unacceptable and unheard of. They are playing with our grief. It was completely appalling.

Finally, the MPGA raised enough money to buy the cemetery, but to force a sale, they gifted the money to the London County Council, which could enforce a compulsory purchase order in 1891. It took the MPGA's landscape gardener, Fanny Wilkinson, assisted by 30 unemployed men a year to convert the burial ground into a public park, and it finally opened on Friday 20th July 1894.