LONDON WEATHER

The last few weeks have seen heat, sweat and dryness across London, with the Met Office placing another warning for extreme heat in the region, seeing hot temperatures continue.  And as much as we might all like a break from the continued heat that the UK isn't built for, it seems that isn't the news.  As hot weather is predicted to…

Torn between the hellscape that is your flat in 34 degree heat and Brighton beach in 34 degree heat? Swerve both. Believe it or not, even the country’s most popular stretches of coastline have hidden secrets, if you know where to look. From secluded swimming spots in Sussex to golden sandy beaches just off the Piccadilly Line, these are some of…

South West Londoners are backing a fight to run a popular river bus on the weekends as they believe the service shouldn’t “cater strictly for commuters”. A petition to extend Uber Boat by Thames Clippers to Wandsworth and Putney piers on the weekends has gained more than 1,120 signatures. Uber Boat by Thames Clippers currently stops at…

The end of this week is set to swing into another full-fledged heatwave, with a four-day amber warning for extreme temperatures from the UK Health Security Agency. The warning for Thursday, August 11 to Sunday, August 14 comes as London is sent to have highs of 32 degrees, with following Monday seeing a small drop in temperature to a…

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Charities have condemned the “shocking” number of children who have been strip searched by the Metropolitan Police without an appropriate adult present. The overwhelming response to what they describe as the forces’s “appalling” actions comes after data obtained from Scotland Yard by the Children’s Commissioner showed some 650 children…

From October 26 to January 8, 2023, the Hayward Gallery will present Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, the first large-scale group exhibition in the UK to explore how contemporary artists have used the medium of clay in inventive ways. Given the recent surge of interest in ceramics by artists around the world, as well as…

<!-- xThere will be a South Park pop-up store in Soho for three days //--> Twenty-five years after its first episode was broadcast, there’s a 25th-anniversary pop-up store opening in Soho for a few days to mark the event. Being a pop-up store, the aim is to flog you stuff, but they also promise exclusive…

6 August 2022, 17:22 Police at the scene of the stabbing in Leytonstone. Picture: Twitter Police have launched an investigation after a teenager was stabbed to death in east…

A large fire also broke out in a field in Swanley, Kent, near the M25 on Thursday. Firefighters from Kent Fire and Rescue Service fought the flames said to have covered 12 acres.LFB has previously identified burning cigarettes and barbecues as "the worst offenders" for starting grass fires.The blaze at Woolwich Common comes less than three weeks…