Really interesting explanation here on how London property prices are being artificially inflated by ultra rich foreign investors, and how that could be tackled. Kumail Jaffer was at City Hall for the discussion www.mylondon.news/news/propert...

The NHS said last year it was moving blood cancer care from Orpington's PRUH to Kings College in Camberwell, partly to save £700k a year. It's now revised that down to £400k. Cameron Blackshaw spoke to a cancer patient who's been arguing against the move www.mylondon.news/news/health/...

Hackney Council let a major housing repairs contract lapse, with no replacement for over 6 years, despite internal warnings over the state of its social homes. @jslondonldr.bsky.social spent the last few months trying to find out why www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...

Croydon Council will have to go to the High Court to defend its decision to close a walk-in service for people facing homelessness. Today a judge granted a judicial review. Harrison Galliven was at the Royal Courts of Justice www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

A "terrifying" fire in Wood Green last night saw people evacuated, but Rafi Benady went to the scene this morning to hear from an eyewitness how some were trapped and screaming for help. Thankfully @londonfirespinners.bsky.social got everyone out safely www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...

The hated plan to build a 14-storey tower block in the middle of an estate in Roehampton has been scrapped, our reporter Charlotte Lillywhite has learned www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Elderly tenants of a poverty charity in Richmond are being hit by rent hikes in excess of £1,000 a month in some cases. Charlotte Lillywhite went to see them to hear how they're struggling with sleep and depression as a result www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Old Kent Road is famously the cheapest space on the monopoly board but with 20,000 homes on the way there are concerns they won't include anywhere near enough social housing. Will it 'revitalise the high street' or gentrify the area? By Ruby Gregory www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

From 2019 London's councils started declaring a climate emergency, officially committing to decarbonising and rewilding their boroughs. 3 never did so Cameron Blackshaw asked them why and looked at whether it's impacted their action on the environment www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Dozens of dead fish and critically endangered eels have been found in the River Pool in South London after a pollution incident. Thames Water and the Environment Agency are investigating, Cameron Blackshaw reports www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Major blow to hopes of Hammersmith Bridge reopening to road traffic anytime soon. A pot of cash the council hoped to use for full repairs has a stipulation that it needs to be done by March 31 2030 which won't happen. @benlynch07.bsky.social explains more www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

The City of London Corporation has slammed a Minister as 'anti-growth' after being forced to delay publication of its blueprint for tall buildings. The row has broken out over concerns the Tower of London's status as a World Heritage Site will be harmed www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

The owner of a Sidcup restaurant believes it's "not very fair" that he's lost his licence for employing an illegal worker as he had the business for 2 days before the Home Office visited. Cameron Blackshaw reports www.mylondon.news/news/busines...

Sadiq Khan has issued a warning to Andy Burnham over the pull between decentralising power and acting in the interests of London. Though he also notes the likely next PM "gets it" as a former metro mayor himself. Story by Kumail Jaffer www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

London has a network of 'Cool Spaces' designed to give the public respite during a heatwave. One of them was forced to shut because the building overheated. Story by @jslondonldr.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...

Bromley's only 'asylum hotel' has been returned to public use. Inaccurate rumours had swirled around the St Mary Cray hotel that it was housing single men. It was in fact women and children awaiting their asylum claim results. Cameron Blackshaw reports www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

An important exclusive here from @benlynch07.bsky.social and @katherineegray.bsky.social who've discovered London's councils are routinely buying property for temporary housing without knowing if the sale is resulting in evictions and making people homeless www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

Gaming and esports are big business and @mayoroflondon.bsky.social wants a big slice of the pie. But does that conflict with the push to get kids off screens? @justinesimons.bsky.social explains why she believes the two things are compatible www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

Do you know what's good for soaking up rain and flooding? Trees - and London has planted at least 553,000 in the last 7 years. @benlynch07.bsky.social sent FOIs to every council to outline the efforts to rewild and decarbonise London since 2019. Interactive map 👇 www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...

Living in a cramped 2-bed private rental with two severely autistic children and two other kids, a couple are taking Southwark Council to the High Court tomorrow after finding they had actually moved down the emergency housing list. Story by Ruby Gregory www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Once green space and allotments, this strip of land near Sutton station has been blighted by piles of fly-tipped waste, abandoned cars and the sudden installation of concrete blocks. Harrison Galliven reports on the local campaign to return it to nature www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Kensington and Chelsea Council allowed the headleases on blocks in Earl's Court and Chelsea to run to as little as 6 years, which means it's now deemed too expensive to renew them. So council tenants have to move out and join the housing list bidding wars www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

London was hailed as the cultural capital of the world today as details of the new-look London Museum were unveiled. So naturally Morley's chicken will feature prominently. Story by @benlynch07.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...

This is a totally ridiculous scenario. He and a group of volunteers paid £1,000 for a digger and spent hours clearing needles, rubbish and weapons from the River Roding in East London and the @envagency.bsky.social has threatened prosecution www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...

The owner of a Croydon nail bar claims he doesn't know 3 Vietnamese nationals detained in an immigration raid. He told Harrison Galliven he didn't employ them and they probably just dropped in to have a look around www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

West London's Boston Manor Park has been flooded with council workers in an operation to clear an unauthorised encampment. For years Clitherow's Island has been inaccessible but @hounslowcouncil.bsky.social is returning it to nature and the public. Story by PJ Lynch www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

Sir Sadiq Khan is being told to get 88,000 homes a year built, but there are over 105,000 empty in London as developers continue to build properties most people can't afford. Kumail Jaffer reports on how retrofitting these units would help the crisis www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

Hammersmith Civic Campus scheme still on-track to be completed this summer despite contractor Ardmore entering administration. The council said it was aware of Ardmore's circumstances and "prepared accordingly". www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...

With driverless taxis just weeks away from being deployed on London's streets, the London Assembly went for a ride with Wayve to assess their benefits. Questions around job losses and congestion remain, reports Kumail Jaffer www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

People in Bexley need to go for a calming walk. A Go Ape course saw one objection beforehand where someone thought it might encourage child abduction. Then at the meeting, a councillor inferred it could attract youths who behead cats. By Cameron Blackshaw www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

What's been going on at Fellows Court in Hackney is a horror show and residents have had enough. They're demanding the council's new Green administration publishes a schedule of works to sort out the disrepair. Story by @jslondonldr.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...

ChatGPT, identify the one thing that would signal Brixton's gentrification is complete. Story by Ruby Gregory www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...

London could follow the Dutch example of zero emission zones to crack down on commercial diesel vans, which are actually on the rise. City Hall is considering it and campaigners are calling for it. Kumail Jaffer reports www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

Why does London suddenly need so many data centres and do we even have enough water and energy to power them? Kumail Jaffer explores the battle between economic growth and the environment, and how people's use of LLMs like ChatGPT is driving the demand www.mylondon.news/news/busines...

350 homes are planned on the very edge of South East London. Arguably a demolition of the very concept of the green belt. Bromley Council has refused to even let it get to planning, but @mayoroflondon.bsky.social has the power to force it through if he chooses to www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

A Labour councillor has been urged to explain where he lives, after his nomination form stated he lives in Hammersmith and Fulham. @benlynch07.bsky.social has been looking into that for weeks and found 2 properties owned by Andrew Jones had no-one living there www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

There's a push for children with SEND to be educated in mainstream schools and as part of that a new 40-pupil unit has opened at a Deptford school. One parent said 'you've saved my child's education'. That's the difference it makes. Story by Ruby Gregory www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Mmm yummy. Pizza, kebabs and rat poo at this Hounslow takeaway. Story by PJ Lynch www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...

Croydon Council has opened an enforcement case against the management of a tower block over cycle parking. David Ortiz told our reporter paint and furniture is being stored in one unit, and his e-bike was nicked as he's barred from storing it www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

Some uplifting news. A street sweeper in Hackney's Dalston Square will be allowed to stay in her patch after a public outcry over plans to relocate her. Story by @jslondonldr.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...

A nature reserve in Ealing is under threat from a development of 882 homes, say campaigners. There's just one day left to object to plans they fear will destroy the ecosystem of Grove Farm. Story by PJ Lynch www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

Lime e-bikes are being booted out of Richmond as of today with Forest stepping in. Story by Charlotte Lillywhite www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

Over 1,000 people have now signed our @mylondonnews.bsky.social petition to the UK Government calling for a ban on councils discharging their legal duty to house someone who turns down a long distance move. Please do continue to sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Palantir's £50m contract with the Met Police has been blocked by City Hall. Kumail Jaffer was there today as the news was announced www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

As part of our new Wasted campaign, Harrison Galliven walked the River Wandle in Mitcham to see how misconnected plumbing is causing potentially devastating pollution in the city's waterways www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Croydon Labour Party activists have appeared in court for the first time today over alleged vote rigging allegations in the selection process for the Croydon East MP candidate. Harrison Galliven was at Westminster Magistrates' Court www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

BREAKING: The Met Police says files will be passed to the CPS over possible criminal charges related to the Grenfell Tower fire by September 30. They say "strong evidence" has been gathered in the £150m investigation. Story by @katherineegray.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

Now the Tories are at it. A Hillingdon councillor elected as a Conservative 10 days ago has quit the party without any explanation and now sits as an independent. Story by PJ Lynch www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

Hounslow Labour clung on by the skin of their teeth after the local elections, but was that Keir Starmer's fault or linked to local scandals? PJ Lynch tells the story of how a Labour stronghold crumbled www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

Another one bites the dust for the Greens as a 5th London councillor resigns (one of these technically failed to take up their seat). Ealing Green Party is refusing to say why he can't perform the role. Story by PJ Lynch www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...