The Guardian Europe
After years of hiding vitiligo with foundation and fake tan, a woman takes a six-week comedy class and discovers that the only thing funnier than her skin condition is everyone else's silence when she asks who else has it.
BBC Business
UK rent rises accelerate to 2.6% in July, with Zoopla forecasting 4-5% by year's end. Tenants advised to simply enjoy the ride.
The Guardian Europe
London councils seize 3,393 ebikes this year, up 23% on all of 2025, as Lime, Forest and Voi discover that "leave it anywhere" is not a parking policy.
The Guardian
London finally gets its first robotaxis - just 15 of them, still with human drivers, because the future can't arrive without a safety net.
The Guardian Europe
Two nice people share a lovely dinner, a stroll, and a hug - then agree to maybe, possibly, have coffee someday. Romance is officially on pause.
The Guardian Europe
London bus drivers strike again over heat, because Arriva's air con plan won't be done by next summer - and 40°C cabs are apparently not acceptable.
BBC Business
Pay-it-forward schemes in London offer free coffees and books, but users worry about being 'poor enough' - a heart-shaped dilemma.
BBC Health
Study shows London's Ulez helped children's lungs recover, proving that breathing cleaner air is good for you - science at its finest.
The Guardian Europe
London's Ulez was supposed to be a war on drivers, but it turns out it's giving kids better lungs. Who knew cleaner air had benefits?
The Guardian Europe
Londoners go full black-market for eclipse glasses, with £20 street deals and 2:30am deliveries, because nothing says 'science' like a fistful of cardboard specs.
ZDNet
A tourist's run with Samsung's latest smartwatch reveals it's stylish, comfy, and annoyingly correct about hydration.
The Guardian
China's London super embassy gets the go-ahead; residents' fears of terrorism, repression, and unenforceable fire safety rules dismissed by high court.
The Guardian Europe
One journalist ate 99 weird ice creams so you don't have to, and the worst one tastes like Christmas dinner.
The Guardian
As London bakes through its third heatwave, rough sleepers face a city ‘not built for heat’ - with no consistent cooling plan, stigma, and a postcode lottery for help.
The Guardian
Britain's homes are so ill-equipped for heat that residents are resorting to tinfoil, while experts warn of 'death traps' - and only half of councils require cooling strategies.
The Guardian Europe
Man arrested for murder walks free, kills again four months later - because apparently the justice system believes in second chances, even for serial predators.
The Guardian
British Geological Survey warns that climate change will cause the ground under millions of London homes to shrink, because apparently the city wasn't already expensive enough to maintain.
The Guardian Europe
Camden's dream of an elevated park runs out of track as economic reality derails London's High Line copycat.
The Guardian Europe
The NFL is sending nine games abroad because nothing says 'home field advantage' like playing on a different continent every week.
Pitchfork
The Beatles are getting their first official museum in London, complete with rooftop railings that haven't moved since 1969, because the unofficial shrines in Liverpool just weren't cutting it.
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