How people in London decided to build their own homes, learning new skills and finding stability.

Paul Atherton has been homeless for 17 years - now he's been given one of London's oldest honours.

The film shot by Ryan Pickard documents the final years of legendary coach Tony Burns MBE.

Student Aalia Mahomed, 20, was described as the

Muslims and Christians reflect on how fasting brings Londoners together in what is a time of turmoil.

Lucinda Ritchie, who has full mental capacity, was transferred from a hospital bed despite her refusal.

Clive Hyman, who was taking apixaban, died suddenly, days after a seemingly minor trip on the stairs.

Sanju Pal wins an employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers can treat staff with endometriosis.

We invited Londoners to put their own words to the city to celebrate 40 years of Tube poems.

A quarter of a century has passed since the killing of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor in Peckham.

Posters displayed on the Tube in the Art Deco era are on display at the London Transport Museum.

As the temperature falls, Camden Council's outreach team begins its regular count of rough sleepers.

Women who previously held the role were called lord mayors, so Dame Sue is the first lady mayor.

The estate hit the headlines for social unrest in 1985 but since then locals say it's transformed.

One man says he pays about £600 a month for a small, windowless bedroom on the ground floor.

Keir Starmer has linked the rise in small boat arrivals to Brexit, describing the crossings as

BBC London joins charity workers as they carry out research into where homeless women are sleeping.

Palestinian archaeologists remain dedicated to saving what remains of Gaza's remarkable past as Israel widens its military offensive

Four times as many people charged under Section 13 terror powers since July than between 2001 and June 2025

A 16-year-old girl was murdered 50 years ago. The killer, who had at least one other victim, remains unknown.

The Sound Lounge's glass frontage was smashed in the early hours of Saturday morning.

BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

Explorer and TV presenter Dwayne Fields shares his goals after he became chief scout last year.

Three freelance journalists working for the BBC in Gaza are facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering.

London Assembly Member Hina Bokhari has written to the mayor of London demanding more action.

The call from some of the world's top aid organisations and charities comes after reports of soldiers killing hundreds of of Palestinians at aid sites.

Maureen Welch, the mother-in-law of celebrity chef Aldo Zilli, was badly injured after being hit by an e-bike.

Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.

A virtual reality experience at the Barbican takes clubbers back to the hedonistic raves of 1989.

Mahad Abdi Mohamed, 27, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in north London in March.

The carnival's chair Ian Comfort has written to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to request extra funding.

The health service issued an

Italy is holding a citizenship referendum and it's proving so divisive that some, including the prime minister, are boycotting it.

An international study found immunotherapy before surgery could give patients extra years of life.

Nineteen people also injured after masts of training sail vessel hit New York City bridge.

Peter Sullivan, 68, sobbed as he was told he would be released after advances in forensic technology.

Two months after all humanitarian aid was blocked, Philippe Lazzarini tells international editor Jeremy Bowen “starvation is spreading” inside Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV's brother Louis says nothing will be the same again after his appointment.

Five-year-old Mason from Islington is waiting for his

Boys from Westminster Abbey Choir School will sing at a VE Day service - and take it in their stride.

The cadets meet twice a week on HMS Belfast where they learn skills such as team building.

Meeting will hear how exposure to verbal abuse leads to biological changes and can make mental ill-health likelier

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Scientists from King's College London manage to grow a human tooth under laboratory conditions.

The club provides a space male carers to connect and spend time with their children.

This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two. So which nations will step forward as the new world order emerges?

Thought to be the UK's first social supermarket, Lambeth's Community Shop is the heart of the area.

Brian Haw camped out in Parliament Square for nearly 10 years to protest against UK foreign policy.