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Chingford · 4 Oct 2026Motorcyclist, 28, dies after crash on A406 North Circular in ChingfordA 28-year-old man died at the scene after a crash on Southend Road, near the junction with Walthamstow Avenue, early on Sunday 4 October. Police…
Greenford · 3 Oct 2026Car overturns into front garden on Ruislip Road East in GreenfordA silver car was left on its roof across the pavement and a front garden near Gurnell Leisure Centre on Saturday evening. It flattened a garden…
Sidcup · 3 Oct 2026Sidcup man jailed for 15 years for blowing up ULEZ camera with homemade bombKevin Rees, 64, set off a device packed with black powder beside a newly installed camera in Willersley Avenue. A judge ruled the offence had a…
Wembley · 3 Oct 2026Harrow-born MP Suella Braverman pressed on Question Time over who can be EnglishThe Reform UK MP, who grew up in Wembley, did not give a direct answer when asked repeatedly whether a non-white person can be English. An…
Harrow · 3 Oct 2026Delivery driver handed £100 parking ticket by Harrow Council officers mid-dropFootage shows two officers issuing the penalty while a parcel was still on the driver's passenger seat. Enforcement in the borough has been under…
Wembley · 3 Oct 2026Police cordon and forensic team at road off Ealing Road in WembleyOfficers guarded a taped-off residential street near Ealing Road on Saturday morning while crime scene investigators worked inside the cordon.…
Penge · 3 Oct 2026Double-decker bus leaves the road and ends up in front garden of Penge flatsThe bus came to a stop on the grass outside a residential block on Newlands Park, near Penge East station, with its front pushed into a tree. It…
Canary Wharf · 3 Oct 2026E-bike tested at 54mph on police rolling road in Canary WharfFootage shows officers testing a stopped e-bike's top speed in front of a crowd. It reached more than three times the legal limit, and an officer…
Acton · 3 Oct 2026Car overturns at Acton Central level crossing on Churchfield Road, injuring womanThe driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, drink driving, criminal damage and endangering the safety of the railway. British…
West Drayton · 3 Oct 2026Lamp post smashes through flat window after car crash in West DraytonA street light snapped at its base after a car hit it outside a block of flats in West Drayton. It ended up leaning against the building, with its…
West London · 2 Oct 2026Airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with their childrenThe government plans to make every airline flying in the UK seat children under 14 with an adult for free, and to scrap fees for correcting simple…
Kensal Rise · 2 Oct 2026Vehicle engulfed in flames on Chamberlayne Road in Kensal RiseThick black smoke rose above the shops near the Lexi Cinema on Friday afternoon, and traffic on one of Kensal Rise's busiest roads came to a…
Hayes · 2 Oct 2026Car ends up on its roof after early morning crash on Uxbridge Road in HayesPolice closed part of the road near Springfield Road Retail Park after the car overturned onto the central reservation at about 4am on Friday.
Dumbarton · 1 Oct 2026British Sikh Jagtar Singh Johal released on bail from Delhi's Tihar Jail after nearly nine yearsThe Dumbarton man, held in India since 2017 and never convicted, left prison on Thursday after the Delhi High Court granted him bail. The cases…
London · 1 Oct 2026Around 700 prisoners released early as new sentencing rules take effectUnder the Sentencing Act 2026, most prisoners on standard fixed-term sentences in England and Wales can now be released after serving a third of…
Barnsley · 1 Oct 2026Evri tests Europe's first two-legged delivery robot in BarnsleyThe parcel firm is trying out a robot that can climb stairs, cope with uneven pavements and get in and out of its vans. It says couriers will stay…
Hayes · 29 Sept 2026Four police officers taken to hospital after crash involving police cars in HayesA marked and an unmarked police car were involved in a collision at the junction of Lansbury Drive and Balmoral Drive while officers were on their…
Hayes · 29 Sept 2026Four police officers taken to hospital after police car crash in HayesA marked and an unmarked police car collided at the junction of Lansbury Drive and Balmoral Drive while officers were on their way to a call. The…
Hounslow · 29 Sept 2026First look inside the air-conditioned Piccadilly line trains due through Hounslow and HeathrowThe 94 new walk-through trains will replace a fleet built in the 1970s. TfL says the first should carry passengers between December 2026 and June…
Southall · 29 Sept 2026Man runs off with iPhone after asking to look at it in Southall shopCCTV from a Southall shop shows a young man being handed a phone at the counter, spending time with it in the aisle and then running out without…
Wembley · 29 Sept 2026Two men ordered to pay over £100,000 after 21 people found in overcrowded Wembley houseBrent Council found three children and a 10-month-old baby among the people living in a cockroach-infested house in Bassingham Road. The house was…
Southall · 29 Sept 2026Car left on top of another after crash near Greenford High School in SouthallAt least three vehicles were involved in the collision near the Lady Margaret Road school on Monday evening. Police were seen at the scene.
Greenford · 28 Sept 2026Greenford resident shares CCTV of man checking parked cars in early hoursA resident says people try to break into cars on their street almost every night between midnight and 3am. Police advice for drivers who park on…
Hayes · 28 Sept 2026New speed camera on Uxbridge Road in Hayes seen flashing every few secondsThe camera stands between Hayes Bridge and Springfield Road. It is not clear whether it is live, being tested or faulty.