10 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

14 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

16 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

26 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

28 h. ago Funding boost for community development trust in West Lothian village

It's part of a £2.5 million package supporting almost 80 organisations across Scotland

Politics

32 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

46 h. 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

46 h. 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

50 h. 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

50 h. 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

52 h. 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

54 h. 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

57 h. 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

59 h. 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...

Events

3 d. ago North London neighbours band together to save beloved park as city looks to 'naturalize' it

North London neighbours band together to save beloved park as city looks to 'naturalize' it  CBC

Culture

3 d. ago Dozens evacuated after burst water main floods streets in north London

Dozens evacuated after burst water main floods streets in north London  Sky News

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3 d. ago Homes evacuated in North London after burst water main floods streets

Homes evacuated in North London after burst water main floods streets  ITVX

Events

3 d. ago Dozens of residents evacuated and roads closed amid flooding in north London

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

Events

3 d. ago Dozens of residents evacuated after burst water main floods north London streets

Some places were left under 40cm of water as emergency services worked to stop the flooding

Events

5 d. ago Rita Ora 'locked in bitter row with neighbours over plans to build high

Rita Ora is reportedly embroiled in a bitter dispute with her neighbours over plans to build a state-of-the-art gym in the garden of her £7.5million Grade II-listed North London home. 

Politics