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Thousands brave the heat to watch summer solstice sunrise

Temperatures in Salisbury and Greater London reached 18C by 5am, according to the Met Office.

The Independent UK

London borough has 'once-in-a-century opportunity' to split from capital, says MP

Romford MP Andrew Rosindell is campaigning for the London borough of Havering to leave the capital

Evening Standard

Full list of all the Post Office branches set to be offloaded – including in Scotland

The Post Office is offloading 108 crown branches, which are currently directly owned and run by the company. Here is the full list of sites affected.

The National (Scotland)

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Record numbers of drivers caught speeding as Met police targets issuing a million tickets a year

815,345 drivers were caught breaking the speed limit in Greater London in 2024, up 85,000 in a year

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion to Greater London boundary has driven air pollution down, TfL reveals

Nitrogen dioxide down 4.8%, carbon dioxide down 1% but traffic increases

Evening Standard

Record high modern slavery referrals ‘shows shocking scale’ of issue in UK

Greater London was the area where exploitation in the UK was most commonly said to have occurred

Evening Standard

Iceberg twice the size of Greater London runs aground near South Georgia

The British Antarctic Survey says nutrients from the grounding and melting of the megaberg known as ‘A23a’ may boost food for penguins and seals.

Evening Standard

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A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall runs aground near British island

The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, has grounded on the continental shelf off South Georgia island

The Independent UK

A23a: World's largest iceberg on collision course with remote British island threatening penguins and seals

Iceberg double the size of Greater London is heading towards South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory

Evening Standard

Ian Towning: Pair jailed after attacking TV antiques expert with hammer in Chelsea shop raid

James Dixon, 43, and Thomas Loring, 41, were jailed over a ‘campaign’ of burglaries including violent attack on antique expert’s shop

Evening Standard

Jail sentences for pair after TV antique expert’s Chelsea jewellery store robbed

James Dixon, 43, and Thomas Loring, 41, were jailed over a ‘campaign of burglaries in the Greater London area’, Kingston Crown Court was told.

The Independent UK

National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London

Charity reveals plans to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich landscape as it marks 130th anniversary

The Guardian - UK

The New Year Honours list 2025 in full: Every person celebrated this year

From OBEs to Knight Commander

The Independent UK

World’s largest iceberg on the move again after months spinning on the spot

The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London

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Historic London landmarks photos show how capital has changed from 1930s to now

Pictures show how London’s landscape has transformed over last century

The Guardian - UK

Manchester named top hotspot for first-time buyers in Halifax study

Research covering UK outside Greater London places city ahead of Slough, Sandwell and others

Evening Standard

OPINION - Car theft is terrible for Britain — and we're determined to do something about it

Greater Londoners suffered from 18,624 vehicle thefts last year. That’s a third of the national total — 64,087 — according to the DVLA, which is a five per cent increase on the previous 12 months.

The Guardian - UK

Norman Howard obituary

Other lives: Journalist and Labour councillor who served on the Greater London council in the 1970s and wrote a book about the 1945 general election

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Sadiq Khan and Transport for London misled Londoners over benefits of Ulez, advertising watchdog rules

The Greater London Authority or TfL breached its rules on three occasions, the watchdog said

Evening Standard

ULEZ expansion rakes in £26million in first month as more than 57,000 vehicles a day hit with charges

Expansion cut the number of older, more polluting vehicles being driven in Greater London by 45 per cent, TfL finds

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan criticised as data shows scale of London bus cuts, including in many outer boroughs

New data reveals Greater London has six per cent fewer ‘bus kilometres’ than in 2014/15

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion will add 13 minutes to life expectancy of average Londoner this year, study claims

The controversial expansion took place on August 29 to cover the whole of Greater London

The Independent UK

Ulez expansion will add 13 minutes to life expectancy of average Londoner: study

The Ulez was expanded on August 29 to cover the whole of Greater London.

The Independent UK

Enforcement camera vandalised with ‘no Ulez’ sign in Greater London

The Metropolitan Police said it had recorded 288 crimes relating to the cameras as of August 1.

The Independent UK

Ulez expansion labelled ‘death of the modern classic car’ by owners

One owner said he will refuse to pay the charge when the boundary is extended to cover the whole of Greater London on August 29.

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