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Millions and millions of people flock to London for its Christmas markets. Most head for the world-famous Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park, the highly Instagrammable Covent Garden Christmas Market or the huge Leicester Square Christmas Market. But they're far from the only brilliant Christmas markets in the city. Now that it's December, London is full to the brim with sparkling huts and marquees selling glühwein, mince pies and all sorts of artisanal gems.

The tree, a 20m tall Norwegian spruce, has come from a forest in Oslo - Norway has gifted a tree to the UK every year since 1947, as thanks for support during World War Two. The tree in Trafalgar Square Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutterstock The spruce, which has been named Ever Oslo is about 65 years old, and was selected by experts and through a social media poll.

Rail passengers face early-morning disruption on the Overground's Lioness line between Watford Junction and London Euston due to an issue at Wembley Central. According to TfL, Network Rail workers are having to remove an obstruction from a bridge. Operators say trains may be cancelled or may terminate early at Willesden Junction while checks are carried out on the track. The disruption affects all services running through the Wembley Central area.

"I've been working hard to get ready for the UTS but frustratingly I'm just not quite ready," Draper said. "It's a tough call as I want nothing more than to compete but I've advised to take more time. Sorry to let down fans and miss out on the event."

A self-proclaimed Satanist who claimed he made a pact with a "red-horned devil" has been jailed for 23 months after being found guilty of having extreme right-wing material on his phone. Declan Candiani, 26, was stopped by counter-terrorism police at Stansted Airport as he attempted to go on holiday on 13 August 2024. On seeing the contents of his phone, officers arrested him and searched the home he shares with his mother in Streatham, south London.

The twice-convicted killer is serving 40 years in prison in Serbia. Scotland Yard told the Daily Mirror, which carried out an investigation: No unsolved murder is ever closed and detectives are assessing this information to understand whether it's a new and realistic line of enquiry. Jill Dando was killed in 1999 The newspaper said the original CCTV is believed to be buried somewhere in 223 boxes of material in Metropolitan Police deep storage.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

The family of Muriel McKay, who was kidnapped and murdered more than 55 years ago and whose remains have never been found, cannot perform a radar scan of a shared back garden in east London where they believe she is buried, a High Court judge has ruled. Ms McKay, the wealthy wife of newspaper executive Alick McKay, was kidnapped for a 1 million ransom in 1969 after being mistaken for Anna Murdoch, the then-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Police were alerted to reports of a collision between a pedestrian and a car at 9:57pm on Thursday, October 30, on Aspen Way in Canary Wharf. Both ambulance services and police attended. Despite the best efforts of first responders, the pedestrian, a 26-year-old man, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.

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Blackstock Road, the 1km street running from Finsbury Park to Highbury, has been crowned one of Time Out's coolest streets in the world for 2025. It ranked 23rd in the global list, between cool corridors in Buenos Aires and Cape Town. From storied bars to old-school pubs, cult takeaways to hipster stores, wholesome family-run caffs to shiny award-winning restaurants, Blackstock truly has it all.

The resident-led housing association, Phoenix Community Housing has submitted plans to partially demolish Catford Police Station on Bromley Road so it can deliver 63 new homes. The plans will be heard by Lewisham Council's Planning Committee at a meeting next week (November 25). Catford Police Station closed at the end of 2017. Since its closure, the building has been occupied by Live In Guardians, who are allowed to live in disused buildings for a lower rate than normal in exchange for guarding' the vacant property.

An enormous new Christmas mural in southwest London has been mercilessly mocked online after viewers spotted its bizarrely disfigured people and dogs and chickens with swapped bodies. The mural, which appears to have been generated by AI, has been installed above the Cote Brasserie restaurant on Kingston upon Thames' Riverside Walk. It seems to depict a Nativity scene with pilgrims gathered to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

The council needs to acknowledge that this is residential. We have a public spaces protection order and the police are only on duty until 11pm so any licence beyond that time must be cancelled immediately and new applications turned down.

For years, Clerkenwell was a place that few Londoners-let alone visitors-could confidently place on a map. But all that's starting to change, and The Sunday Times recently named Clerkenwell the best place to live in the capital, thanks to its flourishing culinary and arts scenes. It's little wonder the spotlight is finally settling on this Islington neighborhood in central London, just a 30-minute walk from both King's Cross and the buzz of Soho.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the Royal National Institute of Blind People urged the authorities to act "immediately" to fix the issue. The charity said it was concerned the puddle was affecting some people's ability to "walk safely and independently" in the area. Campaigns officer Clay Nash said the flood water blocks access to a signal-controlled pedestrian crossing that allows blind and partially-sighted people to safely cross the road to reach Moorfields Eye Hospital.

A green plaque saved from the former north-west London residence of Alice in Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel, which was demolished in 1959, has found a new home after being restored. The sign was due to be scrapped when the Maida Vale home was knocked down as it was so damaged, but in a fortunate twist of events, it was put into storage.

A couple of police officers leapt out and asked us to jump up and down. You what? They asked us again, but in a tone suggesting it was less of a question than a command. Up and down we jumped until told to stop doing so. The cops thanked us for our trouble and, jumping back into their vehicle, explained they were on the hunt for some lads who'd just robbed an amusement arcade.

A mother whose 16-year-old son was murdered with a machete has called for more education to challenge a "deadly myth" among young people that there is a "safe place" to stab someone. Kamari Johnson was attacked in a row over a stolen moped in Bourne Avenue, Hayes, in west London in May last year. His story is featured in a campaign video by the charity StreetDoctors, being shown in hundreds of cinemas across the UK.

The DLR's new trains have been taken out of service just weeks after the first one started carrying passengers, following reports of problems with one of the trains breaking in wet weather. Transport for London ( TfL) says that although there has been only one isolated incident involving a single train, all three new trains that were in service have been temporarily withdrawn from service.

Santa Jaws is now on show for all to see. The yuletide display is less heartwarming, and more horror movie, as it depicts the big dino clad in his jumper and Santa hat terrorising a town, surrounded by snowy mountains, trees and houses. As for the jumper's design, we know this is what you're all here for. This year's jumper features a selection of the museum's finest prehistoric specimens, including a T-Rex skull and ammonite fossil, with an illustration of the South Kensington building on the back.

One worker told the Standard: I heard a scream coming from outside when I was behind the counter. By the time I went into the road, there was an old man on the floor. We later saw the CCTV footage and realised what had happened. A guy was standing next to him. When the old man took the money from the ATM, he just grabbed it and the old man fell. Because of his age, he couldn't stand properly.

Jazz Reid fired a volley of 11 shots, hitting the child twice and the 34-year-old man five times as they sat with other family members in a car in Ladbroke Grove, north-west London, on November 24. It was one of three linked shootings involving the use of two guns, one of which was recovered from underneath a concrete slab outside 33-year-old Reid's home following his arrest, jurors were told.