14 h. ago Father found dead in Hyde Park's Serpentine lake on Christmas Eve after going missing while visiting his sick son in London hospital

Gareth Griffiths, 45, had travelled to Londonf rom his home in Cornwall in early December to visit his youngest son, 13, who was undergoing a life-saving bone marrow transplant.

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2 w. ago Crisis and St Mungo’s join forces to keep Crisis at Christmas hotel open until late

Crisis and St Mungo’s join forces to keep Crisis at Christmas hotel open until late-January  London Post

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2 w. ago Kate Middleton makes unannounced visit to hospital as she and William return to work

The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to work after the Christmas break to visit Charing Cross Hospital in West London to meet NHS staff and volunteers who are working through the difficult winter period

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2 w. ago Fact Check: London resident told to remove Christmas decorations for safety, not religious reasons

Fact Check: London resident told to remove Christmas decorations for safety, not religious reasons  Reuters

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 06 January: Index sets new record, Next and supermarkets rally

A boost to Next profit guidance today marked a strong start to the retail sector’s Christmas reporting season.

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3 w. ago Greta Thunberg came to stay – and my kid may have inadvertently helped her get arrested | Arwa Mahdawi

The activist had held a sign written with my daughter’s crayon. Try explaining that to a four-year-oldIt was 6am. London. A few days before Christmas. My four-year-old is singing at the top of her lungs and charging around my parents’ house on a hunt for the perfect crayon. There is nothing particularly unusual about this scene except for the fact that the crayon in question was for Greta Thunberg. The world’s most well-known activist needed a writing tool and my daughter, O, was on the case. (Remember this crayon: it’s going to be important later on.)O, I should note, had absolutely no idea who Greta was. We’re not longtime chums or anything like that. Rather Greta was in London to support the Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers. She needed somewhere to stay and my dad, who is a Palestinian refugee, and appreciative of anyone speaking up about the place where he was born but can’t return to live in, keeps an open house for activists who need a bed or a meal. When the visit had ...

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 06 January: Index sets new record, Next surges on festive upgrade

A boost to Next profit guidance today marked a strong start to the retail sector’s Christmas reporting season.

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 06 January: Next profit cheer, index builds on record close

A boost to Next profit guidance today marked a strong start to the retail sector’s Christmas reporting season.

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3 w. ago Police launch hunt for teen who vanished in London hotspot days before Christmas

Met Police are growing concerned about the welfare of a 17-year-old who was visiting London before Christmas and have issued a plea after she went missing

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3 w. ago Frantic search for tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas

Frantic search for tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas  The Sun

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3 w. ago Tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas is found

Tourist, 17, who vanished from busy London hotspot days before Christmas is found  The Sun

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3 w. ago A beacon of hope among the most deprived in London this Christmas

The Christmas party at the Oasis St Martin’s Village hub in Tulse Hill was the first ever ‘Together at Christmas’ community meal – one of a series of pilot events taking place over the 2025 festive season, that organisers hope will become 1,000 meals by next Christmas

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3 w. ago Man Charged After Breaking into Grounds of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s London Home Before Christmas

Man Charged After Breaking into Grounds of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s London Home Before Christmas  People.com

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3 w. ago Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom Take Daughter to London Christmas Fair

Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom Take Daughter to London Christmas Fair  TMZ

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4 w. ago FTSE 100 today: Calm open in London after Christmas break, sterling weakens

FTSE 100 today: Calm open in London after Christmas break, sterling weakens  Investing.com

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4 w. ago Freemasons seek injunction against Met policy requiring officers to declare membership

Exclusive: Organisation accuses Sir Mark Rowley of religious discrimination and ‘whipping up conspiracy theories’Freemasons have demanded an emergency injunction from the high court to halt the Metropolitan police’s new policy that orders officers to tell their bosses if they are members of the organisation.The Freemasons filed papers in London on Christmas Eve and claim the Met’s policy amounts to “religious discrimination” against Freemasons who are also police officers. Continue reading...

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last month London fire chiefs’ urgent warning over candles after four homes gutted at Christmas

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Arnold told of ‘devastation’ of families being left homeless with possessions destroyed

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last month Winter Wonderland chaos as footage shows punches, screams and revellers hurled to floor

No punches were pulled during a Christmas Eve brawl at London's Winter Wonderland, which saw two violent clashes recorded on camera after a winter of discontent at the annual attraction

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