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Prince William's wife Kate in hospital in labour

Kate,thewifeofBritain'sPrinceWilliam,wasadmittedtohospitalinLondononMondayintheearlystagesoflabour,KensingtonPalaceannounced.TheDuchessofCambridgeisexpectingher

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Mo Farah relishing lack of 'pressure' in London Marathon

Four-timeOlympicchampionMoFarahsaysheisenjoyingnothavingthe"pressure"ofbeingthefavouriteforSunday'sLondonMarathon.Farah,35,retiredfromthetracklastyearinordertos

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Luxury hotels put on special packages for royal wedding

RoyalfeverwillreachnewheightsinLondonwiththeupcomingweddingofPrinceHarryandMeghanMarkleonMay19.Londonisexpectedtoseeasurgeoftouristsastheeventapproaches,andsome

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In first, London Symphony ties up with California academy

TheMusicAcademyoftheWest,aleadingclassicalschoolandfestivalsetontheCaliforniacoast,announcedThursdaythatitwillofferaseasonalhomefortheLondonSymphonyOrchestra.In

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London needs urgent measures as killing spree tarnishes its "safe" image

WhentalkingaboutLondon,peopleoftenreferredtotheBritishcapitalastheworld'sfinancialcenterandoneofthesafesttouristdestinations.ButtheimageofasafeLondonhasbeentarn

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Girl, 17, shot dead in north London

A17-year-oldgirlhasbeenshotdeadinnorthLondon.PolicewerecalledtoChalgroveRoad,Tottenham,atabout21:35BSTonMondaytoreportsofashooting.Thevictimwasfoundwithabulletw

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Britain launches first "self-drive" train on busy London route

BritainonMondaylauncheditsfirst"self-drive"trainonabusyLondoncommuterrouteonthemainlinerailnetwork.TheThameslinktrainwasduetoswitchfrommanualtocomputercontrolbe

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Queen Elizabeth to start London Marathon, from Windsor

Britain’sQueenElizabethwillbetheofficialstarterofthisyear’sLondonMarathon–30milesawayonaspecialrostruminthegroundsofWindsorCastle.Thisyear’sLondonMarathon,which

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Can Theresa May crack Europe on Brexit trade? Not yet

SignsofcrackingintheEuropeanUnion’scommonfrontonBrexitmayencouragehopesinLondonthatPrimeMinisterTheresaMaycanexploitcontinentaldivisionstosecureBritishadvantage

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London hardens itself one year on from Westminster attack

Likeothercitiesimpactedbyterrorism,Londonhasadapteditsurbanfacadetoprotectitselffromfuturerisks,especiallyfurthervehicleattacks,asoccurredinWestminsterayearago.

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UK considers additional financial sanctions on Russia

WithUK-RussiarelationsfallingtoalownotseensincetheColdWar,someinLondon’slargeRussianexpatcommunityarebeginningtothinkoftakingtheirmoneyelsewhere.Themovewouldhav

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Prince Harry, Markle choose lemon elderflower cake for wedding

MeghanMarkle,togetherwithherfiancePrinceHarry,haschosenafellowLondon-basedAmerican,pastrychefClairePtak,tomakealemonelderflowercakefortheirupcomingwedding,theco

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Russia to expel UK diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens

RussiaissettoexpelBritishdiplomatsinretaliationforPrimeMinisterTheresaMay’sdecisiontokickout23RussiansasrelationswithLondoncrashedtoapost-ColdWarlowoveranattack

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UK launches investigation to another Russian exile's death in London

ARussianexile,whowasclosefriendswiththelateRussianoligarchBorisBerezovsky,hasbeenfounddeadinhisLondonhome,BritishmediareportedTuesday.NikolaiGrushkov,69,wasfoun

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West Ham face probe after fans mar Burnley loss

WestHamfaceaFootballAssociationprobeafterthetroubledclub'sownersDavidGoldandDavidSullivanwereforcedtofleetheirseatswhenfuriousfansranriotduringshamefulscenesatt

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Global Citizen anti-poverty campaign heads to London

GlobalCitizen,theanti-povertycampaignwhichdrawsthousandswithitsactivism-drivenconcertsinNewYork,onTuesdayannounceditsfirstshowinBritain.TheApril17event,timedahe

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'Hamilton' makes history with 13 nods at Olivier awards

Hithip-hopshow"Hamilton"madehistoryTuesdayattheOlivierawards–Britishtheater'sown"Oscars"–witharecord13nominations.Itoutpaced"HarryPotterandtheCursedChild"and"Ha