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DWP Easter 2026 payment date changes in full including Universal Credit and State Pension
Benefit claimants will receive payments including Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Universal Credit and PIP early due to the four day Easter bank holiday weekend in early April
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London icon Ray Winstone joins cast of Netflix's 'terrifying' must-watch thriller
Netflix has confirmed production has started on the upcoming thriller starring the British actor alongside Chris Pine and Sofia Boutella
Historic Notting Hill Pub to reopen as sister venue of popular French restaurant
One of Notting Hill's most treasured pubs is set to reopen as a gastropub
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TfL and police told to get grip on violence against women on London transport amid very few charges
There's a concern that many women and girls in London don't report incidents because they don't have confidence it'll be dealt with
Two men arrested in connection to Golders Green ambulance arson
The pair, both aged in their 40s, were detained at two London properties this morning (March 25)
Brentford pub slams 'ridiculous' fee to put advertising board in own beer garden
'The licence may just seem like a couple of hundred pounds but that's on top of everything else'
When do clocks go forward 2026 and exact date of first 8pm sunset
British Summer Time is about to begin so the question of whether the clocks spring forward or back will be getting asked a lot
Man charged with theft over £150,000 violin ‘taken from north London pub’
He is accused of taking the antique musical instrument from the side of violinist David Ibanez as he dined with a friend
BBC Hope Street actor Finnian Garbutt moved to hospice with terminal cancer
Finnian Garbutt, 28, has shared a heartbreaking update from his hospice bed
BBC Weather verdict on when London will finally get 3 days of sunshine in a row
It's a drizzly start to spring - but Londoners can expect three days of glorious sunshine
All HMO landlords in Hounslow given 4 weeks to sort any issues or face £30k fines
It comes after two serious cases including one where 11 people were sharing one cooker in a home riddled with fire risks
The 90-minute South London bluebell walk in an 8,000-year-old London forest
This is a great place to go and check out the bluebells
Londoners on heat networks need 'urgent' price cap amid Iran War, Ed Miliband told
Over 143,000 London households are estimated to be on heat networks which don't have the same price protections as traditional gas and electricity customers
Drunk sales broker, 22, fell to his death from Soho rooftop after breaking into courtyard
Ryley Harbord spent the hours prior to his death on a solo pub crawl, an inquest has heard
North London doctor who faked a patient's diagnosis suspended
Dr Desmond Kidd received a 12-month ban from the profession for lying about his patient's condition, but he also made several bogus claims about his links to top medical research group
Croydon roadworks and closures in spring as Purley, Coulsdon and New Addington set for disruption
Temporary traffic lights and road closures will cause delays across the South London borough
'We live in Chelsea's rat city - they just keep coming back'
One resident goes around the estate measuring rat burrows with a wooden stick
Abandoned mansions as big as palaces lie in ruins in the heart of London as life goes on around them
The palatial mansions worth millions lie empty with mysterious owners
Deptford block of flats evacuated as flames engulf balconies and firefighters work overnight
London Fire Brigade remain at the block of flats to fully extinguish the fire after the six-storey block of flats has been evacuated
Wandsworth man charged with murder after robbery victim's death
Myles Meyjes, 46, died in hospital eight days after he was reportedly assaulted during an aggravated burglary at his home