Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters are tackling a flat fire on Hatcham Park Mews in New Cross. Welcome to our live log as we bring you updates on a flat fire in New Cross.

With the World Championships in Tokyo coming up next month, Hodgkinson – who has been recovering from a hamstring injury – laid down ...

The 28-year-old centre, whose last World Cup appearance was in 2017, will start for England at a home tournament the year after both her ...

An ice cream man who was stabbed to death in Wembley has been named and pictured for the first time. Shazad Khan was found injured in Monks Park at around 6.10pm yesterday (August 19). The 41-year-old ...

A person has died after being hit by a train at a station just outside of London, affecting the Greater Anglia and Stansted Expess.

House price inflation accelerated last month as growth in rental prices eased back, according to official figures. The average UK house price increased by 3.7% to £269,000 in the 12 months to June.

The A13 East India Dock Road is closed to traffic in both directions. The closure is from A102 Blackwall Tunnel Approach (Blackwall) and A1020 Leamouth Road (Tower Hamlets). The A13 is closed by an ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

At the protest session at Connolly Books on Wednesday afternoon, several artists played Irish traditional music in solidarity with the rappers and Palestine. Musician Ru O’Shea, who performed at the ...

Adolescence writer and co-creator Jack Thorne said teachers’ responses to the hit Netflix series showed “we’ve got a real problem in our country” when it comes to schooling. The four-part series ...

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...