38 h. ago A Victorian terraced house in East London reconfigured for modern family life

A Victorian terraced house in East London reconfigured for modern family life  House & Garden

Society

63 h. ago Inside a terraced house there's a fish and chip shop that's like stepping back in time

The house has been a chippy since 1983

Politics

5 d. ago Truth about plummeting London flat prices: As homeowners face huge losses, we reveal the hardest

The London flat market is in free fall, stark figures reveal. Owners in some parts of the capital have seen the value of their home fall by as much as 18 per cent in the past year alone.

Economics

7 d. ago Neighbours send letter before hosting 18th birthday party and people are amazed

When living in such close proximity to people, especially in terraced housing and flats, it's best to be respectful of your neighbours and not push the boundaries when it comes to noise

Politics

8 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 05 January: Defence stocks keep index near 10,000, oil price slips

The FTSE 100 index today opened higher as investors reacted calmly to another bout of geopolitical turmoil.

Politics

8 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 05 January: Oil price slips, index nears 10,000 as Nikkei surges 3%

The FTSE 100 index today opened higher after confidence was boosted by a 3% surge for Japan’s Nikkei 225.

Politics

8 d. ago ‘Women have to fight for what they want’: UK campaigner’s 60

Diane Munday helped secure legal terminations in 1967 and, aged 94, is still calling for wider reproductive rightsWhen the 1967 Abortion Act cleared parliament, marking one of the most significant steps forward for women’s rights in history, Diane Munday was among the campaigners raising a glass of champagne on the terrace of the House of Commons.“I’m only drinking a half a glass,” she told her colleagues at the time, “because the job is only half done.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago 'I went to London New Year's Eve fireworks and couldn't believe the price of a burger'

'I went to London New Year's Eve fireworks and couldn't believe the price of a burger'  Cornwall Live

Economics

1 week ago London Congestion Charge changes today with new type of driver hit and price increase

London Congestion Charge changes today with new type of driver hit and price increase  My London

Events

1 week ago LSEG share price today: London Stock Exchange Group stock slips on year

LSEG share price today: London Stock Exchange Group stock slips on year-end close as buyback continues  ts2.tech

Politics

1 week ago Where to buy in 2026: four London areas on the up with new homes, regeneration and house price growth

Under-the-radar London areas set to outperform in 2026 and beyond

Society

1 week ago ‘It’s cooler than saying I bought this on Asos’: the big car boot sale rebrand

Whether Vinted’s to blame or TikTok’s to thank, people are flocking back to car parks in search of secondhand bargains. How did the car boot get hip again?It’s a crisp Sunday morning in south-west London. Tucked within rows of terrace houses, the playground of a primary school has been transformed into an outdoor treasure trove. Tables are filled with stacks of books and board games; clothes hang from metal racks or are piled into boxes which are strewn over a hopscotch. It’s the 10am opening of Balham car boot sale. A modest queue filters through the entrance: families, pensioners, fashion influencers, TikTokers.Three friends – Dominique Gowie, Abbie Mitchell (both 25 years old) and Affy Chowdhury (26) – arrived an hour earlier, to set up. They are selling at a car boot for the first time, enticed by the growing hype circulating on social media. “If you go out and say: ‘Oh I bought this at the car boot,’ I think it’s actually cooler than saying I bought this on Asos,” says Dominiqu...

Economics

2 w. ago Car sales tycoon puts £800k land he bought for social housing that was never built on sale for £5MILLION

Peter Waddell, founder of used car supermarket Big Motoring World, snapped up the disused plot in Barwick Road, Dover, with a 'cheeky bid' of £800,000 back in 2020.

Economics

2 w. ago Copper price plunges in New York after hitting new high in London

Copper price plunges in New York after hitting new high in London  Mining.com

Events

2 w. ago What happened next: Maggots, rats and growing despair – a year of the Birmingham bin strike

Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional tollIt’s an icy cold winter morning, and 80-year-old Mohammed Bashir is armed with a broom, tackling the large pile of rubbish that has accumulated outside his terraced house in Small Heath, Birmingham.This has become an almost daily activity for Bashir since the city’s bin strike started 50 weeks ago and, like many in the city, he is starting to lose patience. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago With numbers of abandoned cats soaring, we somehow found ourselves with 11

How our two-bedroom terrace become something of a cat rescue centre is illustration of nationwide crisisHow many cats is too many cats? I can’t tell you exactly, but a couple of weeks ago, I had 11 cats living in my terrace house. And I can say with confidence this is absolutely, definitely too many.At time of writing, I still have seven. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago A floral stylist and writer's Georgian terraced house in east London

A floral stylist and writer's Georgian terraced house in east London  House & Garden

Politics

3 w. ago London’s “two‑speed” housing market deepens as brokers report price cool‑off and tougher negotiation

London’s “two‑speed” housing market deepens as brokers report price cool‑off and tougher negotiation  mpamag.com

Economics

3 w. ago Eight fairytale French chateaux with dozens of rooms and land on sale for the price of a London terraced house

For those struggling with the London market, there’s always the fairytale fantasy of life in a French castle

Society

3 w. ago House price growth slowed in October as values fell in London – ONS

Some property experts said a cut in the Bank of England base rate is expected on Thursday, in a boost for some mortgage holders.

Politics