4 h. ago Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts: ‘Lady Gaga told me she wanted to be the moon for a day. I’m like: where do I go next?’

Ahead of her debut in London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, Roberts answers your questions on navigating overnight fame as a teenager and why she would drop everything to work with Kate BushHow does it feel to finally be making your West End debut in Hadestown, after City of Angels was cancelled due to Covid? LucyHampton6Super exciting. It feels like I’m experiencing a new way of performing. I said to the director when we first started that I wanted to throw myself into this and to be pushed as far as I can. When you’re in a band, or you’ve been perceived a certain way for a very long time, it’s nice to go into something where you can shake off the Post-it notes that have been put on you by yourself, or by other people.If there was to be a musical made with the Girls Aloud soundtrack like Mamma Mia!, or Here & Now, what do you think the plot should be? SophieehOur experience of going from complete normality into a talent competition and becoming somewhat famous overnight...

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4 h. ago Mother and three children were among six people killed in 'catastrophic' house blaze after 'firework landed on bin as they celebrated Diwali', inquest told

Seema Ratra, 47, and her children Riyan Kishen, 11, Arohi Kishen, eight, and Shanaya Kishen, four, were killed when the fire tore through their West London home in November 2023.

Events

8 h. ago West London restaurant that employed illegal workers and paid one in food is allowed to stay open

Four staff at the Khushi Nepalese Restaurant in Hanwell were arrested for immigration offences

Society

8 h. ago Moment Bulgarian pickpocket gang are arrested outside Selfridges after stealing shopper's £1k designer purse

The girl gang, made up of Elena Venkova, 33, Malinka Georgieva, 20, and Elena Mitkova, 26, were intercepted as they targeted shoppers in London 's West End on August 27.

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20 h. ago Raising Cane's is expanding to London's West End in 2026, the chicken chain's first European location

Raising Cane's is expanding to London's West End in 2026, the chicken chain's first European location  Fast Company

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27 h. ago Paramedics made ‘extensive efforts’ to save man in 60s ‘hit by lorry’ in west London

Paramedics made ‘extensive efforts’ to save man in 60s ‘hit by lorry’ in west London  Times Series

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27 h. ago Jose Mourinho could be in London right now as West Ham line up appointment

Jose Mourinho could be in London right now as West Ham line up appointment  West Ham Zone

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28 h. ago Marco Pierre White Jr is remanded in custody as he faces jail for stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys

Marco Pierre White Jr, 30, is facing jail after he admitted carrying out a number a burglaries in a crime spree across west London.

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28 h. ago Photos: Mel Brooks' The Producers Is Back in London's West End

Photos: Mel Brooks' The Producers Is Back in London's West End  Playbill

Culture

31 h. ago Man in his 60s dies after crash with HGV on busy west London road

Man in his 60s dies after crash with HGV on busy west London road  Kilburn Times

Events

32 h. ago Fulham: Disallowing Josh King goal against Chelsea was 'wrong', admits Howard Webb

Decision to rule out first-half effort in west London derby was met with widespread criticism

Events

33 h. ago Born With Teeth at Wyndham’s Theatre review: seductively clever work from Ncuti Gatwa

Liz Duffy Adams blends intrigue and shifty eroticism with in-jokes and a discourse on creativity in this playful examination of Kit Marlowe and Shakespeare’s relationship

Politics

46 h. ago Review: Born with Teeth starring Ncuti Gatwa at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End

Review: Born with Teeth starring Ncuti Gatwa at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End  Time Out Worldwide

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52 h. ago Person dies after crash with major emergency response near west London station

Person dies after crash with major emergency response near west London station  News Shopper

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55 h. ago Master manipulator, 59, who battered his elderly fiancée, 70, before drowning her in bath is jailed

Clifford Cowen, 59, plied Rita Fleming, 70, with alcohol in her flat in Notting Hill, west London in a bid to make her death seem like a drunken accident, Kingston Crown Court heard.

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58 h. ago Council warns fake Labubu dolls pose choking risk to children

More than 230 'unsafe' counterfeit dolls seized by south-west London council in July and August

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59 h. ago Supercar owners' fury over missing Lamborghinis and Ferraris after celebrity car dealer faces administration

Luxury vehicle dealership GVE London in Uxbridge, west London, submitted a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) with the High Court at the end of last month.

Economics

68 h. ago Surinder Arora working with Changi airport on Heathrow expansion plan

Arora Group and Heathrow’s owners both recently submitted plans to the Department for Transport for a third runway at the west London airport.

Society

2 d. ago Nicolas Jackson: Chelsea striker agrees Bayern Munich loan after Liam Delap injury sparks chaotic saga

Doubt was cast over the striker’s move away from west London after Liam Delap’s hamstring injury left Chelsea light in attack

Events

2 d. ago Supercar owners' fury over missing Lamborghinis and Ferraris after celebrity car dealership faces crash into administration

Luxury vehicle dealership GVE London in Uxbridge, west London, submitted a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) with the High Court at the end of last month.

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