Experts argue a layered approach — clear AQI colour signals for quick decisions combined with pollutant‑specific concentrations, visualisations, forecasts and targeted outreach — improves understanding, protects vulnerable groups and helps build support for policies that cut emissions at source. Air pollution is both an immediate public‑health hazard and a long‑term…

The London Ambulance Service says faster Category 1 and 2 response times follow an expansion of telephone clinical assessments and stronger hospital and community links, but regulators and NHS guidance warn that safe diversion depends on robust pathways, capacity and consistent follow‑up. The London Ambulance Service says it has cut…

Jack and Laura, expecting identical twin girls, were referred to St George’s for specialist care after signs of twin‑to‑twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) — a diagnosis that brings urgent decisions about fetoscopic laser surgery, long journeys for monitoring and emotional and financial strain for the family. When Jack Alexander and his…

UKHSA reports 73 travel‑associated chikungunya infections in England in the first half of 2025 — the highest six‑month total on record — while the first imported Oropouche virus cases are identified; two newly approved chikungunya vaccines are being offered privately at travel clinics. Holidaymakers have been urged to take extra…

Camp Wilayah, a Hertfordshire residential run by Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission, was called off after venue operators cited unworkable security risks amid protests and threats; organisers say the move was driven by Islamophobic campaigning while critics point to the charity’s online posts praising Iranian leaders and call for formal inquiries. An…

Kingston University is pitching a curriculum‑wide Future Skills programme and a recent TEF gold rating as proof of employer‑focused teaching and improved graduate outcomes, even as course closures, restructuring and plans to save around £20m expose tensions between ambitions and finances. Kingston University presents itself as a practical, vocationally minded…

The University of Sunderland has opened a £10–11.4m Docklands campus to boost professional and NHS training and reshape its student intake, even as its annual report warns of an “unsustainable” operating trajectory and staff cuts amid a broader plan of campus investment. The University of Sunderland has cemented a higher‑profile…

A survey of more than 4,000 over‑60s suggests many older Britons now avoid leaving home after dark, fuelling debates over knife sentencing, visible policing and the impact of benefit and energy changes on older people’s mobility and sense of safety. A survey released this week portraying Britain’s older citizens as…

Independent data and the London Assembly show starts on the Mayor’s affordable homes programme are running thousands short of revised targets, prompting opposition fury, calls for special measures and fresh debate over green belt and planning reforms with under a year to meet the March 2026 deadline. Sadiq Khan has…

Transport for London, Enfield Council and the Metropolitan Police have extended an average‑speed camera corridor on the A10 between Southbury Road and the North Circular, pairing it with engineering works and a borough injunction against car meets after a fatal collision and subsequent prosecutions. Transport for London has extended the…

The Metropolitan Police and council teams have asked Redbridge councillors to reject Brothers Lounge’s application to sell alcohol, citing reported indoor shisha smoking, past enforcement action and risks of increased noise and disturbance if later hours are permitted. Met police urge Redbridge councillors to refuse Brothers Lounge alcohol licence amid…

Alice Giddings, 25, traded a cramped Shepherd’s Bush flat for a two‑bedroom in Surbiton — accepting higher fares and a larger deposit in exchange for more space, local green parks and a calmer street. Her choice highlights the everyday trade‑offs Londoners make between affordability, safety and quality of life, and…