Met officer used police ID card and handcuffs to lure Everard into car before killing her and burning bodyThe former Metropolitan police officer Wayne Couzens is to be sentenced for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, amid calls for a formal …
London’s Dice raises $122M at a $400M valuation for its intelligent event discovery and booking platform
Covid-19 really put the kibosh on live events in the last 18 months, but in the world of tech, it also meant that live event startups that found a way to survive and grow throughout the period got a lot of attention. In the latest development, Dice — a London company that has built a […]
‘I was empty, I’m not panic-buying’: in the petrol queue on the North Circular
Inside lane of one of the UK’s busiest roads is full of frustrated motorists waiting for a turn at the pump A kilometre of one of the UK’s most congested roads was on Sunday taking on a new, unwanted role: the queue for a BP garage still managing to se…
Guardian angel: a Hackney hero takes his team bowling
In our new column, in which we make nice things happen for nice people, we meet Marvin Birch, who turned his life around – and now spreads the community loveMarvin Birch has lived on the Kingsmead estate in Hackney his entire life. It’s never had a goo…
Fears over NHS plan to close all local ambulance stations in London
London ambulance service programme will shut 68 sites and replace them with 18 new ‘hubs’NHS bosses plan to shut every local ambulance station in London, prompting fears that patients could be harmed if 999 crews take longer to reach them, the Guardian…
Campaign urges Londoners to take over parking spaces for a day
Organisers of People Parking Day are inviting residents to create ‘parklets’ in their streetsPeople are being urged to reclaim parking spaces outside their homes this weekend, transforming them into mini parks for activities such as fitness classes, te…
Sabina Nessa: 38-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder
Detectives have also released images of a man they want to speak to and a vehicle they are searching forA 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of teacherSabina Nessa, the Metropolitan police said.The 28-year-old is suspected to …
Vyne raises $15.5M seed round to grow its merchant-focused open banking solutions
Open banking — a new approach to payments and other financial services that disrupts traditional card-based infrastructure by linking directly into banks — is having a moment. On the heels of open banking startup TrueLayer hitting a $1 billion valuation in its latest round after seeing strong traction for its services, today another open banking […]
Climate crisis: fifth of London schools now susceptible to flooding
Sadiq Khan to warn time is running out to tackle emergency as he puts pressure on UK government to actA fifth of London’s schools are now susceptible to flooding and millions of people living in the capital are at “high risk” of suffering from the effe…
Is that a dishwasher or a Hindu temple? Inside kitsch pomo masterpiece Cosmic House
From its classical dome bathtub to its vanishing ceilings, godfather of postmodernism Charles Jencks turned a terraced house into a madcap monument to his voracious ideas. What was it like to live there?The first challenge facing visitors to Charles Je…