Stockholm’s rule‑breaking restaurant Punk Royale has confirmed a permanent London site at 6 Sackville Street, with a planned opening on 12 September 2025. Known for caviar served from the hand, disco lights and immersive theatre, the move formalises years of pop‑ups and a sold‑out residency into the group’s first permanent…

Hubber, founded by three former members of Tesla’s UK Supercharger team, has secured £60m in equity to build 30 modular, planning‑approved high‑power charging hubs across major UK cities, starting with a Lewisham site due to open 20 August 2025 aimed at fleets and other urban operators. Hubber, a start‑up founded…

IndiGo will launch Heathrow services from 26 October 2025 using damp‑leased Boeing 787‑9s, accelerating an already fast‑growing UK–India market and testing the low‑cost long‑haul model on one of Europe’s most competitive, premium routes. IndiGo’s decision to add London Heathrow to its long‑haul network from 26 October 2025 underlines how dynamic…

App‑led, self‑guided treasure and scavenger hunts have surged across UK towns and cities, becoming a go‑to activity for families, hen parties and corporate groups — but big‑prize promotions and platform marketing risk changing a low‑stakes pastime into a competitive, commercial market. If you spot someone in a busy city centre…

A 26‑year‑old resident of a Four Points by Sheraton hotel being used for asylum seekers near Gatwick has been remanded after being charged with three alleged sexual assaults in west Surrey amid wider tensions and protests over the use of hotels for temporary accommodation. A 26‑year‑old man living at a…

Planning filings suggest nearly 100 new UK data‑centre sites are in the pipeline — a surge driven by cloud and AI demand that raises fresh questions over grid capacity, water use, local opposition and who will pay for the costs. The United Kingdom is on the cusp of a sharp…

A personal recollection of Hampstead Heath and the royal parks argues that differences in governance, funding and supply shape how green spaces feel — from Central Park’s Conservancy model to London’s mosaic of commons, squares and royal lawns. I have long returned, repeatedly and for stretches of months at a…

Lidl will lift its national entry‑level hourly rate to £13 from 1 September 2025 and pay £14.35 within the M25 — 2p higher than Aldi — in the latest round of reciprocal pay rises as both discounters expand their UK store networks. Lidl has moved to match Aldi’s headline pay…

Grace Foods UK will be the official food and beverage partner for Notting Hill Carnival for a second year, supplying hot meals, snacks and drinks across the site and staging tastings and drink activations at The Tabernacle as organisers prepare for the August bank‑holiday event.Grace Foods UK has confirmed it…

London‑born payments firm Yaspa has opened an Atlanta outpost and raised fresh capital to push its bank‑to‑bank Intelligent Payments product into regulated US gambling markets, pitching instant settlement plus AI‑driven identity and affordability checks as a way to cut chargebacks and embed player protections. Yaspa has begun to plant roots…

A major mixed‑media painting by Chris Ofili, exhibited at Tate Britain and the New Museum, will be offered at Christie’s London on 20 October with an estimate of £1m–£1.5m; proceeds from the sale of Blossom will support the Ole Faarup Art Foundation and accompany a wider collection including works by…

A major Imperial College analysis of 2002–2022 data reveals stark regional disparities in England’s suicide rates, with the North East facing roughly 40% higher risk than London; researchers and campaigners urge targeted investment, community‑led services and whole‑of‑government action to tackle social and environmental drivers. A major new analysis of suicide…