The London Daily News

By Paula Planelles Manzanaro

Olympics organisers are facing criticism and are being accused of risking patients’ health after rejecting a request by ambulances to use the “Games Lanes”. These roads, which represent a third of the Olympic Route Network (ORN), have been introduced to ensure that ...

Crime Desk

Londoners are today learning that a child was seriously injured when a pit bull dog mauled a six year old girl in east London.

The Metropolitan Police are appealing to the public to help them trace a dog that mauled a six-year-old girl in E4, ...

News Desk

(reporting Paula Planelles) - update 4pm

More than 105 firefighters were deployed in an attempt to extinguish a fire at industrial units in Shepherds Bush. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) officials confirmed that the building has been damaged but there no reported ...

City News Desk

London petrol station forecourts are on tender hooks this evening with news that supplies of petrol could be affected from the announcement that a refinery in Coryton Essex has been closed by its owner Petroplus.

The Coryton refinery supplies around 10pc of the UK's ...

News Desk

A major fire in Mill Hill involving gas cylinders believed to have started at around 4am this morning has led to many thousands of commuters and residents being evacuated by the London Fire Brigade.

The London Fire Brigade said:

"Eight fire ...

News Desk

Conservatives are discussing plans to force Internet Service Companies to block hard core pornography sites after a report showing that six out of 10 children download adult material due to ineffective online filters.

The Government is expected to suggest that ...

News Desk

A new wave of disruptions is set to take place in the capital's schools with  threats of strike actions from the National Union of Teachers and NASUWT.   Teachers voted to intensify their campaign against government plans  to push ahead with academies and pension ...

By Paula Planelles Manzanaro

The European Court of Human Rights has backed the extradition of five terrorist suspects from the United Kingdom to the US to face terrorist related charges. The accused said they could face inhumane conditions if they were extradited but Strasbourg judges rejected ...

News Desk

The capital is bracing itself for a "summer of discontent" with the first salvo from irate tanker drivers already refusing to deliver supplies to a number of Texaco petrol stations across London, in a dispute over pay and ...