The Latest Breaking News from London

American actor John Lithgow has won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.”

Actor, who won an Olivier for Oedipus, says her ‘bugbear’ is that venues outside London do not get enough money

Footage showed a terrifying explosion and towering flames rip through a food stall in Southall, west London

Lithgow, 79, took home best actor in a play at the night of London theatre on Sunday for playing Roald Dahl.

Fulham FC boosted their bid to play in Europe next year with a record breaking Premier League win against table-topping Liverpool on Sunday. The club are also celebrating having Craven Cottage stadium redesigned; a project led by Populous, an architecture firm specialising in entertainment venues.

Izaiah Smith, 15, was found dead after ‘getting into difficulty’ in the water at Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham

Other lives: Impresario and director who created the Tricycle theatre company in London in the 1970s

Other lives: Former editor of the BBC Radio 4 Today programme who in the early 70s steered it towards hard-hitting current affairs

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending a fire at the site at Willoughby Drive in Dagenham

Keiron Charles, 17, died after being stabbed on Erconwald Street, Shepherd's Bush, on Saturday afternoon

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