Planning records show almost 100 new data‑centre projects across Britain — including a major Strathclyde scheme — prompting fresh concerns over grid capacity, water consumption and planning systems as developers pair large data hubs with battery storage and on‑site generation. Data-centre developments are poised to reshape parts of the UK…

Reform UK MP Lee Anderson launched a fierce attack on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer amid volatile protests at the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf, blaming government asylum placements for local safety fears as police and councils seek to restore order. Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield,…

James Norton said he reassured President Emmanuel Macron that the BBC’s upcoming eight‑part drama King & Conqueror treats both Harold and William fairly, remarks made as the Bayeux Tapestry is set to travel to the British Museum in a high‑profile reciprocal loan planned for 2026–27. James Norton said he had…

American politicians from Donald Trump to Vice‑President J D Vance have seized on rising antisemitism, small‑boat crossings and contested free‑speech rules in the UK; their interventions sharpen debate but offer remedies that may not fit Britain’s legal obligations or political realities. The Daily Mail’s recent column argues that criticism of…

To mark 25 years of “Yellow” and the band’s Wembley residency, Wembley Park and the Pantone Colour Institute have wrapped the estate’s Spanish Steps as a giant Pantone chip — a 58‑riser gradient meant to map the song’s emotional build, installed with PVC‑free film and due to remain on view…

Working across 3D printing, photography and installation, Shanghai‑born London artist Lexiong Ying translates password culture and mediated intimacy into tactile forms, exposing how interfaces shape memory, performance and emotional labour. Lexiong Ying’s work is quietly insistent: material forms that register the invisible architectures of the digital age. According to the…

London’s blue‑chip index made modest gains as investors weighed a high‑profile Washington meeting between US, European leaders and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, prompting strength in defence names, while markets awaited policy clues from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at Jackson Hole. The FTSE 100 made modest gains on Monday as investors digested…

From the ArcelorMittal Orbit’s record tunnel slide to expanded programmes at city farms, Kew’s treetop walkway and refreshed museum and swimming offers, new and extended family-focused activities across London make this a particularly busy and varied season for parents planning school‑holiday outings. London in summer reads like an open invitation…

Ahead of this year’s Notting Hill Carnival the Metropolitan Police has reiterated a ban on officers dancing while on duty, citing crowd‑safety risks and last year’s violent incidents as justification for a large, intelligence‑led deployment that will also use screening and live facial recognition. For the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival,…

Concealed behind Knightsbridge façades, CLAP London fuses Studio Glitt’s theatrical, tube‑station‑inspired interiors with Renald Epie’s precise, omakase‑led tasting menu, pairing playful Japanese‑Western desserts and inventive cocktails across a multi‑level late‑night and daytime offer. Concealed behind the elegant façades of Knightsbridge, CLAP London arrives as a theatrical, multi‑level dining destination that…

The Well & Boot, a cashless venue at London Waterloo, has quietly added a discretionary 4% service charge to drinks and food bought at the bar — a move critics say blurs the line between tipping and a compulsory levy while illustrating the pressures on operators in high‑footfall transport locations.…

Newly filed accounts show a £26m loss for the year to December 2023 driven largely by one‑off conservation and reopening expenditure funded through intercompany loans as the Grade II‑listed venue reopens as a multi‑restaurant private members’ club. The parent company behind the long‑closed Kensington Roof Gardens has reported a statutory…