July 2024
Movie stars to narrate audiobooks from beyond the grave with AI
The estates of Judy Garland, James Dean, Sir Laurence Olivier and Burt Reynolds have sold the rights to their famous voices to be used by an AI gimmick reader app.
- Matthew Field
November 2023
Huge pro-Palestinian march in London
The large protest supporting the Palestinian cause coincided with Armistice Day, when Britain commemorates those who fought in World War I and subsequent conflicts.
- Megan Specia, Stephen Castle and Esther Bintliff
September 2023
Sunak to water down key UK green measures
Britain’s prime minister is under fire as he examines delaying initiatives intended to take the country to net-zero emissions.
- Jim Pickard, George Parker and Lucy Fisher
August 2023
London’s widening pollution tax sparks protests, stirs political passions
Moves in Britain to stamp out poor air quality and reduce car use have become a flashpoint.
- Jill Lawless
July 2023
Sunak to expand UK’s North Sea drilling and carbon capture
The issue has become politically divisive, with the UK prime minister insisting that Labour’s plan for a moratorium on new exploration makes no sense.
- George Parker
March 2023
How a Saudi prince lost a $450m ‘London palace’
The sale would be London’s most expensive residential deal on record, and has opened a rare window into the normally discreet end of the UK property market.
- Joshua Oliver, George Hammond, Samer Al-Atrush and Robert Smith
February 2022
London Underground at risk of going down the tube
London’s famous Tube trains and red buses could go into ‘managed decline’ as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and mayor Sadiq Khan feud over a COVID-19-related funding crisis.
- Hans van Leeuwen
December 2021
Europe braces for more restrictions
From a new lockdown in the Netherlands to travel restrictions targeted by several countries at the UK, Europe faces a critical week of decisions that could disrupt the holidays.
- Corinne Gretler
Netherlands back into lockdown as omicron rages across Europe
All non-essential stores, bars and restaurants in the Netherlands would be closed from the weekend until January 14, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
- Danica Kirka and Miker Corder
March 2021
Banned vigil for murdered woman ignites anti-violence rally
The death of 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard has touched off a national reckoning in Britain over violence against women.
- Elian Peltier
February 2021
Uber’s UK defeat could be ‘body blow’ to gig economy
Labour lawyers say the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that 25 Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights poses an existential threat to it and similar companies.
- Adam Satariano
September 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Megacities have bigger problems than the pandemic
The future of the world's great cities is hanging in the balance as the wealthy flee and the health crisis exposes deep rifts in society.
- Harold James
June 2020
Statues toppled, defaced amid global protests
Thousands of people took to the streets of European cities to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Frank Griffiths and Marcelo de Sousa
May 2020
UK economy to shrink by a third, says BoE
Bank sees a short, sharp collapse that would be the worst since the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
- Hans van Leeuwen
February 2020
London attacker followed but not stopped
A man recently released from prison after serving time for terrorism-related offences strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a busy London street before being shot to death by police.
- Gregory Katz and Danica Kirka
November 2019
'Breath-taking heroism': ordinary Londoners overpowered attacker
The mayor of London has praised members of the public who ignored their own safety and ran towards the knife-wielding attacker, disarming and subduing him before police arrived.
- Updated
- Crime
Police kill man in London terrorist incident, two others reported dead
Metropolitan Police say a suspect wearing a hoax explosive vest stabbed several people in central London before being shot and killed by officers.
June 2019
Trump meets Queen, feuds with London mayor
The US president has begun his state visit to Britain by visiting the Queen and insulting the mayor of London as protests loom against him.
- Updated
- Jon Lemire