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…

Alice Giddings, a 25‑year‑old lifestyle writer, left a tiny Shepherd’s Bush flat for a two‑bedroom apartment in Surbiton, citing safety, green space and quieter streets — and arguing the commuter town’s ‘boring’ reputation overlooks its markets, parks and community life. When Alice Giddings, a 25‑year‑old lifestyle writer, left a tiny…

The Metropolitan Police formally opposed Brothers Lounge’s application to serve alcohol in Ilford, citing evidence the premises has operated an unlawful shisha lounge since 2022 and arguing that previous breaches undermine trust in the operator to uphold licensing conditions amid cumulative impact and nuisance concerns. The Metropolitan Police urged Redbridge…

New figures show just 347 affordable homes began construction in April–June and only around 5,100–5,200 starts so far under the 2021–26 programme, raising doubts the Mayor can meet the revised 17,800–19,000 target amid rising costs, regulatory delays and funding hold-ups. Sadiq Khan has been warned that London’s housing crisis is…

Faced with demanding exhibition specs and tight deadlines, artists are increasingly using frame‑interpolation tools as a last‑mile fix — embracing hybrid workflows that smooth motion while studios, unions and audiences debate the ethics, labour impacts and risks of stylistic dilution. Alice Bloomfield remembers the moment with the kind of wry…

London‑based deeptech startup Computle has closed a £500,000 pre‑seed round led by cloud entrepreneur Mark Boost to accelerate international expansion of its GPU‑accelerated virtual workstations for design, VFX and engineering teams, taking lifetime funding to £700,000. London-based deeptech startup Computle has raised £500,000 in a pre‑seed round led by British…

Chanel chief executive Leena Nair has joined the Silicon Valley‑led Tech Titans investor group that owns nearly half of London Spirit, underscoring a wave of global corporate capital and brand expertise seeking to commercialise The Hundred amid shifting broadcast and rights economics. Chanel chief executive Leena Nair has become the…

The Chancellor’s push to make the UK a hub for tokenised finance is colliding with the Bank of England’s caution over privately issued money, creating a policy standoff that could hand advantage to more decisive overseas regulators unless ministers and the central bank align on acceptable risks. Britain’s bid to…

As the CMA moves to designate Google with strategic market status and probes the cloud market, critics warn remedies based on a pre‑AI snapshot could chill investment in GPUs and data centres just as the UK seeks to become an AI maker, forcing ministers to balance prompt intervention with the…