London Underground workers plan a seven-day strike in September, a development in a broader autumn wave of public-service disruption that also involves NHS, waste and local authorities as talks hinge on pay, rostering and working conditions. Britain is bracing for an autumn of discontent as essential services across the country…

Honest Burgers is running a London-wide National Burger Day promotion across more than 30 branches, offering 1,000 free burgers for Honest Insiders loyalty programme sign-ups and a 20% discount, as part of a broader city-wide promotional wave from multiple chains. Honest Burgers is turning National Burger Day into a city-wide…

The RMT union has unveiled seven days of rolling strikes on the Tube and the DLR from 5 September, starting at the Ruislip depot, with ongoing negotiations over pay, fatigue management and rostering.London is braced for a week of industrial action that could cripple travel across the capital. The plan…

The Yorkshire indie quartet unveil a year-end, old-school 30-date UK tour—Everything Must Change!—with The Jacques supporting, a string of venues through December, and a high-profile Steel Yard homecoming at Sheffield’s Kelham Island in 2026. The Sherlocks have unveiled a substantial homecoming for late 2025, returning to their roots with what…

Irys raises $10 million in a Series A led by CoinFund, bringing total funding to $20 million and fast-tracking a datachain that embeds licensing, monetisation and access controls directly into data assets for AI. Irys, the world’s first programmable datachain, unveiled a $10 million Series A on August 21, 2025,…

A High Court injunction blocking the Bell Hotel in Epping as asylum accommodation triggers renewed demonstrations in several cities, as official data show more than 32,000 asylum seekers housed in hotels and pressure to end hotel use by 2029. A fresh wave of protests outside hotels used to shelter asylum…

A trial by Radii Devices and the University of Southampton finds data-driven socket design matches clinician-made comfort while cutting fittings from around four to two, potentially easing NHS waiting lists. A data-driven software approach to designing prosthetic sockets could significantly ease NHS waiting lists for below-knee prosthetics, according to a…

London’s council estates reveal a social fabric stitched by daily acts of care—from neighbours babysitting to block-wide celebrations—where faith groups and council-backed events turn everyday rituals into a citywide sense of belonging. On London’s council estates, community life is built less by grand schemes than by everyday rituals: neighbours babysitting…

A week of rolling RMT walkouts in London threatens fan travel this September just as Liverpool prepare to trigger Jeremie Frimpong’s €35m release clause — a transfer complicated by a hamstring concern and Conor Bradley’s fitness timeline, while political debate over transport resilience intensifies. The capital’s transport network is again…

RMT announces a rolling seven-day strike pattern from early September, citing pay, extreme shift patterns and safety‑related fatigue; TfL says it has offered 3.4% and urges a fair deal while political parties clash over who should bear the cost. London is again braced for disruption after London Underground staff, represented…

Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and the Metropolitan Police are coordinating heightened security for Sunday’s match at Selhurst Park amid protests over Forest’s role in Palace’s demotion from the Europa League after the CAS upheld UEFA’s decision, with owner Evangelos Marinakis expected to be a potential focus of unrest. Security tightens…

Commuters are warned of a week-long series of walkouts across the Underground and Docklands Light Railway from 5–7 September as the RMT seeks action on fatigue, shift patterns and pay, with Transport for London yet to publish a response and the Elizabeth line and Overground expected to be unaffected. Commuters…