The Olympia event on 9–10 September focuses on actionable support for smaller traders — from cyber resilience and reformulation for healthier ranges to Pitch Live opportunities that can fast‑track challenger brands into major retailers. Independent retailers attending the Speciality & Fine Food Fair at Olympia on 9–10 September will be…

Nissan’s third‑generation LEAF aims to reclaim the entry‑level US EV market with crossover styling, a 75 kWh long‑range model claiming up to 303 miles, Tesla NACS charging access and a headline price in the low‑$30,000s — a strategy focused on volume rather than premium margins amid broader battery, motor and…

A quietly persuasive revival at the Park Theatre, led by a committed ensemble and thoughtful direction, rescues Andrew Keatley’s family drama with striking stage images and emotional honesty even as its pace and structure sometimes feel old-fashioned. The Park Theatre’s revival of Andrew Keatley’s The Gathered Leaves is a quietly…

Chakira Alin’s one‑woman show uses the lost rituals of house parties to dramatise housing insecurity, cultural displacement and barriers facing working‑class creatives, turning intimate humour into a political demand for social housing and wider access to the arts. Chakira Alin’s one‑woman show House Party arrives at the Pleasance Courtyard as…

The Metropolitan Police has instructed nearly 7,000 officers and staff not to dance with revellers this year, citing rising violence, crowd-safety concerns and the need for rapid operational response amid stepped-up security measures including barriers, stop-and-search and screening arches. The Metropolitan Police have told officers they must not dance with…

Pop star Robbie Williams will close his summer run with what promoters call the smallest ticketed gig of his career at Dingwalls, performing Life Thru a Lens in full and previewing new album BRITPOP a day before its 10 October release. Pop star Robbie Williams will close his summer tour…

A wave of designer home tech, doctor‑led IV clinics, targeted supplements and rapid private screening is reshaping how busy professionals and parents access prevention and treatment — promising convenience and customisation but raising questions about cost, regulation and links with NHS care. Health and wellbeing are increasingly being taken out…

Officials are modelling proposals to replace stamp duty and possibly council tax with a national, proportional property levy aimed at homes above £500,000 — a move that could spread costs for sellers and high‑value owners but risks regional hits, valuation and implementation headaches and political fallout ahead of the Autumn…

Organisers and boroughs confirm the community‑led celebration will run from 23–25 August 2025, with Panorama on Saturday, pre‑dawn J’Ouvert and family parades on Sunday, a new public Judging Zone Grandstand for mas band judging, and a 72‑second silence at 15:00 each day to mark Grenfell. West London is preparing for…

MP Dawn Butler and nearly 40 local authorities are calling for urgent changes to the Gambling Act 2005 — including deletion of the ‘aim to permit’ clause, stronger local licensing and planning powers and tougher taxation — arguing concentrated clusters of betting shops and arcades are fuelling harm in deprived…

Advisory notes from Greenwich and other councils urging neutral, non‑assumptive wording have been portrayed as bans by national outlets, prompting councils to stress the guidance is optional and part of wider equality strategies. Council staff in the Royal Borough of Greenwich have been handed an advisory inclusive-language guide that urges…

Dame Rachel de Souza called on government, regulators and platforms to close loopholes — including VPN workarounds — tighten age assurance, criminalise depictions of strangulation in porn and boost RSHE training, after research found most young people encounter explicit material accidentally, often well before their 18th birthday. Dame Rachel de…