54 m. ago UK's 'best fried chicken' flies north from London and picks Bolton as one of its first sites

There's 20% off to mark the launch

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10 h. ago New Spurs captain Cristian Romero is committed to club, insists Frank

Centre-back succeeds departed Son Heung-minFrank: ‘I see a player that will want to lead the team’Thomas Frank has insisted Cristian Romero is committed to Tottenham and has backed the defender to become an even better leader after being handed the captaincy.Romero, named captain after Son Heung-min’s departure for Los Angeles FC, has faced questions over his commitment to Spurs in recent seasons. The 27-year-old has been accused of caring more about playing for Argentina and was linked with a move to Atlético Madrid this summer but Frank is confident the centre-back’s long-term future lies in north London. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Thomas Frank has no worries over future of Tottenham captain Cristian Romero

Cristian Romero, who was recently was named as captain, has entered the final two years of his deal at the north London club.

Politics

14 h. ago Labour moves to find successor to Diane Abbott for her north London seat

Exclusive: Contenders teed up for future contest, which MP says seems ‘to pre-empt results of investigation’Moves to find a successor to Diane Abbott in the parliamentary seat she has represented since 1987 are under way, prompting concern that her fate has been decided before an investigation into her latest suspension has concluded.Figures on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) have spoken to potential contenders, teeing them up for a future contest in her constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and giving them informal advice on how to prepare, according to a party source. Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago Actor David Morrissey faces losing driving licence after 'being caught speeding three times within a week', court hears

The 61-year-old is accused of driving his £40,000 Mini Countryman at 46mph in a 40mph zone on the A406 in Willesden, north-west London , at 5.41am on August 2 last year.

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47 h. ago Council houses worth £550,000 are seized from 'fraudsters' after probe finds they already OWNED their own properties elsewhere

Hackney Council in north London confiscated seven homes, redistributing them to those most in need who had been on the waiting list for social housing for some time.

Society

50 h. ago Weatherwatch: The 1975 storm that unleashed record rain on north London

Weatherwatch: The 1975 storm that unleashed record rain on north London  The Guardian

Events

52 h. ago London Powers | Witness details moments North Carolina Central University student was shot, killed by ex

London Powers | Witness details moments North Carolina Central University student was shot, killed by ex-boyfriend  ABC11

Events

56 h. ago Luis Enrique reveals impact of Club World Cup as PSG produce 'miracle' in win over Tottenham

PSG had far less preparation time than Tottenham following their exploits in the United States earlier in the summer

Politics

62 h. ago 'I still want to play': Oleksandr Zinchenko makes Arsenal admission amid transfer links

Versatile full-back arrived in north London three years ago

Sport

68 h. ago Home Office catches illegal workers at North London restaurant

Home Office catches illegal workers at North London restaurant - 'woman answers door and disappears'  My London

Society

3 d. ago Strictly star taken to hospital after 'nasty' fall in London rehearsals

The Ukrainian dancer, 35, was training in north London on Tuesday lunchtime when she injured herself

Politics

3 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing star Nadiya Bychkova 'rushed to hospital after horror fall during rehearsals'

The star was training in north London when she was left in agony after injuring her back, with crew forced to phone an ambulance.

Events

3 d. ago Tottenham leave Bissouma out of Super Cup squad due to persistent lateness

Tottenham manager: ‘The latest time was one too many’Midfielder’s north London future in doubtThomas Frank has flexed his muscles to Tottenham’s squad by excluding Yves Bissouma from the travelling party to face Paris Saint-Germain owing to persistent lateness.Spurs make their Uefa Super Cup debut in Udine on Wednesday in a fiendish early test for their manager, who is overseeing his first pre-season since moving from Brentford in June. Frank has wasted no time pressing home his standards and explained he had opted against selecting Bissouma, the Mali international midfielder, because of multiple lapses. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Frank leaves Bissouma out of Spurs’ Super Cup squad due to persistent lateness

Tottenham coach: ‘The latest time was one too many’Midfielder’s north London future in doubtThomas Frank has flexed his muscles to Tottenham’s squad by excluding Yves Bissouma from the travelling party to face Paris Saint-Germain owing to persistent lateness.Spurs make their Uefa Super Cup debut in Udine on Wednesday in a fiendish early test for their manager, who is overseeing his first pre-season since moving from Brentford in June. Frank has wasted no time pressing home his standards and explained he had opted against selecting Bissouma, the Mali international midfielder, because of multiple lapses. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Cristiano Ronaldo snubbed Lamine Yamal for Tottenham transfer target with thoughts clear

Tottenham Hotspur are currently searching the market for more summer additions, and one of their targets has already won over Cristiano Ronaldo with his performances

Events

3 d. ago World’s swankiest manhole covers? A thrilling tour of the new embankments concealing London’s £4.6bn super sewer

Built to tackle 18m tonnes of rising excrement, the Tideway project has also generated dramatic new public spaces dotted with giant artworks. Our writer takes the ‘stink tower’ tour of the capitalA group of colossal black tombstones has landed on the north bank of the Thames in London, looking like mysterious monoliths from another civilisation. They stand near Blackfriars Bridge as imposing bookends, rising almost 10 metres, folded in places to form platforms and benches, slipping down in others to become one with the pavement. Water trickles from the summit of one huge slab, running down ridges and splashing into a sunken pool. Another pair rise straight out of the river wall, hoisting wooden fenders with them from the swirling brown waters below.“I wanted to make something that comes from nowhere,” says Scottish artist Nathan Coley, as he clambers on to one of his concrete blocks, which form part of the most prominent new public artwork in Britain’s capital, set to be unveiled ne...

Economics

3 d. ago Jet2 passenger left fuming after being given ‘world’s smallest armrest’ on £200 flight

Tom Pike, a financial services worker from Hackney, North London, was shocked to discover quite how small his armrest on a Jet2 flight from Menorda to London Stansted

Economics

3 d. ago North London flooding: Thames Water warns 'complex' repairs could take days to fix

Some places have been left under 44cm of water and 70 firefighters worked to stop the flooding

Events

3 d. ago Spurs open Eberechi Eze talks as they try to beat Arsenal to Crystal Palace attacker

Arsenal have been ahead but want to make sales firstSpurs do not intend to meet Eze’s £68m release clauseTottenham have opened talks over a move for Eberechi Eze and are pushing to beat Arsenal to the Crystal Palace attacker.Eze, whose £68m release clause expires on Friday, is the subject of a tussle between the north London rivals. Arsenal have been leading the race for the England international but are yet to send an offer to Palace. They have indicated they need to make sales in attack before pressing ahead with their pursuit of Eze. Continue reading...

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