London police said last weekend's spate of six separate but connected shootings are linked to rival youth gangs.

Blackpool is to lose two direct trains to London from next week, rail operator Avanti West Coast has confirmed. The changes to the timetable will see Avanti's existing four daily services from Blackpool, currently operating from Monday to Friday, reduced to just one.

It measures nearly 100ft (equivalent to the height of around seven double deckers), dwarfing Trafalgar Square’s 66ft Norwegian spruce and the 67ft Eastern City Tree at Pan Pacific London. The agency have named it the ‘Christmas Treenado’.

Britain's FirstGroup has been named the preferred operator for London's Overground suburban rail network in a contract worth around 3 billion pounds ($4 billion), the company said on Wednesday, sending its shares up more than 5%.

With David Beckham’s endorsement, old pie shops and posh hotel restaurants are seeing a surge in demand for minced beef, flaky crust and mashed potatoes.

A breeding colony of white storks will be re-introduced to London for the first time in 600 years as part of a rewilding project.

Falcons wide receiver Drake London has missed the past three games with a knee injury, and it doesn't appear he will return this week.

London police are investigating after six separate shootings over three days that they say are connected. Five different residences were shot at a number of times over the course of the weekend and into Monday morning, police said. No injuries were reported. Two people were arrested and charged after one of the shootings, officers said.