London news

• Drug dealer who tried to tell police he was a tourist jailed

  15-01-2025 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Adrian Badea, 27, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison at Maidstone Crown Court.
  
  Read more

• Student killed partner in 'brutal' attack - court

  15-01-2025 17:50 via bbc.com
  
  Joshua Michals is accused of murdering his partner Zhe Wang in her bedroom, a court hears.
  
  Read more

• Donald Trump inauguration LIVE: follow the build-up to US president-elect's second oath of office

  15-01-2025 17:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is set to take to the White House after
  
  Read more

• William joins fellow Aston Villa fans in a Birmingham Wetherspoons

  15-01-2025 17:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales asked his club to arrange the gathering with some die-hard supporters while he was in the city.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Public inquiry into proposed Co Tyrone gold mine suspended

  15-01-2025 17:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stormont departments were criticised by the chair of the inquiry as it halted on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Birthday girl Claudia Winkleman praises ‘excellent’ viral caricature cake

  15-01-2025 17:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Keith Scovell went viral for his striking cake which features Tic Tacs for teeth and black icing for the presenter’s famous hairstyle.
  
  Read more

• Extra cash for Wales’ railways ‘top priority’ for Welsh Secretary after HS2 row

  15-01-2025 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jo Stevens said rail investment was at the top of her ‘shopping list’ as ministers bid for funding from the Treasury.
  
  Read more

• Ex-doctor jailed over illegal circumcision service

  15-01-2025 17:31 via bbc.com
  
  Mohammad Siddiqui caused "unnecessary pain and suffering" to 23 children, prosecutors said.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Bereaved families criticise Covid-19 vaccine rollout at public inquiry

  15-01-2025 17:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Family members of those who died after contracting Covid-19 gave evidence to the public inquiry on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Women’s football trailblazer backs calls for Celtic and Rangers to join WSL

  15-01-2025 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Patricia Gregory has been supporting women’s football since its subdued beginnings in the 1960s, and said Scottish teams had ‘even more difficulties’.
  
  Read more

• Police seek man who punched TfL worker to the floor after being challenged over not having a ticket

  15-01-2025 17:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Edgware Road Tube passenger assaulted TfL staff member after pushing through barrier without ticket
  
  Read more

• Celebrities and tech leaders supporting Donald Trump: Tim Cook donates $1m to inauguration

  15-01-2025 17:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Apple chief executive is among OpenAI boss Sam Altman, Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos, and Meta in handing out cash to the incoming president’s inauguration committee
  
  Read more

• Former doctor jailed for carrying out ‘unsanitary and dangerous’ circumcisions

  15-01-2025 17:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, pleaded guilty to 25 offences.
  
  Read more

• Coldplay to launch immersive film experience in London

  15-01-2025 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The artwork has contributions from more than 150 global artists and ties in with the band’s Moon Music album
  
  Read more

• Malaysian firm commits £4bn to UK as leaders Starmer and Anwar meet

  15-01-2025 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conglomerate YTL is developing homes and an arena on the outskirts of Bristol.
  
  Read more

• Streeting: ‘I can’t promise there won’t be patients treated in corridors next year’

  15-01-2025 16:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary said he will ‘never accept’ people being treated in ‘undignified’ conditions but that it would ‘take time’ to fix the NHS.
  
  Read more

• Rise in baby deaths at hospital ‘not an outlier’, Letby inquiry hears

  15-01-2025 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics at the University of Cambridge, was speaking at the Thirlwall Inquiry.
  
  Read more

• Orient FA Cup hero Keeley full of 'swagger' - Wellens

  15-01-2025 16:48 via bbc.com
  
  Leyton Orient's goalkeeping hero Josh Keeley has the swagger and personality to go far in the game, says head coach Richie Wellens.
  
  Read more

• William pays tribute to nation’s paramedics working in ‘stressful circumstances’

  15-01-2025 16:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales has been made patron of the College of Paramedics.
  
  Read more

• Helen Flanagan banned from driving despite claiming hardship

  15-01-2025 16:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 34-year-old said her boyfriend Robbie Talbot was driving her Audi when it was caught speeding twice in Merseyside in June last year.
  
  Read more

• Linda Nolan’s sister Coleen ‘devastated’ by death of ‘beacon of kindness’

  15-01-2025 16:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been flooding in from her family, as well as fellow singers.
  
  Read more

• Missing sisters did not tell family of plans to leave rented flat

  15-01-2025 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, were last seen near the River Dee in Aberdeen in the early hours of Tuesday January 7.
  
  Read more

• Murder charge after woman shot dead outside church

  15-01-2025 16:36 via bbc.com
  
  A man has been charged with murder after Michelle Sadio died in the shooting on 14 December.
  
  Read more

• Fact check: No UK prime minister has attended a US presidential inauguration

  15-01-2025 16:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has broken with a long tradition of foreign leaders not attending the presidential swearing-in ceremony.
  
  Read more

• Teenager charged with murder over ‘indiscriminate’ drive-by shooting near church

  15-01-2025 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michelle Sadio, 44, was killed outside the River of Life Pentecostal Church in Harlesden, north-west London.
  
  Read more

• London’s most controversial mayor? Inside the complex world of Lutfur Rahman: power struggles, corruption… and popularity 

  15-01-2025 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Struck off as a solicitor and once banned from standing in elections, Lutfur Rahman remains a deeply divisive figure
  
  Read more

• Former football club chairman charged after fraud inquiry into £10m stadium loan

  15-01-2025 16:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former Northampton Town chairman David Cardoza and his 80-year-old father Anthony are among five men charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.
  
  Read more

• Sir Rod Stewart joins King to launch 35th anniversary celebrations for charity

  15-01-2025 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Events took place at Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, the headquarters of The King’s Foundation.
  
  Read more

• How to use ChatGPT Tasks: automate reminders and to-dos for effortless planning

  15-01-2025 16:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  You can now give the AI-powered chatbot tasks to do in the future, from reminding you of important events to providing weekly language lessons
  
  Read more

• Sadiq Khan: Londoners 'should be incredibly proud' of 'great' Silvertown Tunnel

  15-01-2025 16:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The mayor says he ‘hopes’ to attend the opening of the ‘revolutionary’ new road tunnel under the Thames
  
  Read more

Follow @london_uknews on Twitter!