BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout CCTV image issued by Transport for London (TfL) of Thames Water unsafe roadworks on Eltham Road near Lewisham, south-east London, where pedestrians were forced to move from the pavement into the road to pass the site. Thames Water has been fined £100,000 for unsafe roadworks including a site which could have caused a head-on crash, TfL said. Issue date: Monday October 18, 2021.


The water company was prosecuted for failures at three locations on major roads in London.

Thames Water fined for roadworks which ‘could have caused crash’

British Airways Airbus A380-841 as it takes off from Heathrow Airport

Just 2.6 million people travelled through the west London airport in September, compared with 6.8 million during the same month in 2019.

Heathrow passenger numbers down 38% on pre-Covid pandemic levels

Fuel pumps out of use at a deserted Shell petrol station forecourt in Warwick. Picture date: Monday September 27, 2021.


Queues stretched out from petrol stations at the weekend as panic-buying added to fuel supply issues caused by a lack of HGV drivers.

‘Panic-buying idiots have lost me income’, says self-employed electrician

Public transport fares in the capital will be hiked under the terms of the UK Government’s bailout of Transport for London. 

Londoners could be hit with 4.8% fare rise - largest in a decade

Some 1.5 million passengers travelled through the west London airport in July after restrictions on international travel were eased.

Heathrow records strongest month of pandemic after travel rules ease

Sports pundit Rio Ferdinand during the Premier League match at the Molineux Stadium

The Hammers do not currently own the former Olympic Stadium, instead signing a 99-year lease agreement in 2016 when they moved from Upton Park.

Rio and Anton Ferdinand backing consortium attempting West Ham takeover

The artificial hill, boasting grass, shrubs, and real trees, was commissioned as part of a post-Covid revival plan for the West End.

Why was the £2m Marble Arch Mound such a 'spectacular flop'?

A £700 million film and TV studios facility is set to be built in Hertfordshire and will create more than 4,500 jobs, a US private equity firm has announced.



Sunset Studios has hosted major small and big screen hits including When Harry Met Sally, La La Land and numerous Academy Award winning films.

Hollywood comes to Hertfordshire with plans for £700m film and TV studios

A steward and no visitors on the Marble Arch Mound in central London

But just a day after it opened, parts of the man-made mountain were "not ready for visitors", Westminster Council admitted.

Free entry to Marble Arch Mound after 'teething problems' disappoint visitors

Fewer than four million passengers travelled through the west London airport in the first half of the year.

Heathrow Airport's pandemic losses hit £2.9bn

A negative lateral flow test next to advice from the NHS COVID app on an iphone to self isolate. Picture date: Tuesday July 20, 2021.


For many it means losing even more money after facing the financial difficulties of closing during the pandemic.

Disruption caused by Covid app 'hard to take' after months of restrictions

Airport bosses revealed just 957,000 passengers passed through its terminals in June compared with 7,246,157 who used the west London airport in June 2019.

Heathrow passenger numbers remain almost 90% down on pre-pandemic levels

Mr Moxon, owner of Moxon's fishmonger chain

Amazon has registered “prime day”, which is its slogan for an annual two-day event of deals and offers for its Prime members, as a trademark.

Amazon apologises after demanding fishmonger drops ‘prime day’ advertising

People out on Old Compton Street in London, ahead of a national lockdown for England from Thursday.


Several pledges have been made to stop employers making deductions from money left for staff by customers, although legislative action has failed to materialise

Hospitality businesses forced to hand all tips to staff under proposed law

London's battered night-time economy faces the real threat of "extinction" as clubs keep doors closed for up to four more weeks, a nightclub manager has warned.

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