Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Sadiq Khan

What is the Online Safety Act and why have riots reopened debates about it?

Recent rioting and unrest in the UK has led to calls for the Online Safety Act to be revisited. Mayor Sadiq Khan has called it “not fit for purpose” and Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas Symonds suggested that the government could change the law, which was passed under the previous…

The Conversation

Tories demand Labour Government put Sadiq Khan in 'special measures' over affordable housing

Slow progress on the mayor’s affordable homes programme has been blamed by his team on “the disastrous inheritance from the last Government”

Evening Standard

TechScape: Why Musk’s rabble-rousing shows the limits of social media laws

Twitter under the tech owner has become the perfect test case for the UK’s new legislation – but critics say more needs to be done

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Team GB stars greeted by adoring fans on return home from Paris Olympics

Britain won 65 medals in Paris.

The Independent UK

King Charles sends ‘heartfelt thanks’ to police for restoring order after riots

The monarch held calls with Keir Starmer and senior officers and paid tribute to the emergency services

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer under pressure to order inquiry into social media to prevent it fuelling future riots

Exclusive: Liberal Democrats and others call for inquiry to learn lessons from appalling scenes of violence on the streets

The Independent UK

Third teenager arrested over foiled Taylor Swift concert attack in Vienna

Iraqi man, 18, said to be an associate of main 19-year-old suspect in terror plot that has led to cancellation of shows

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Government will ‘look more broadly at social media’ after riots – Starmer

The Prime Minister appeared to signal the Government would review regulation of social media in light of its role in recent disorder.

The Independent UK

Third person arrested over plot to target Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna

A third suspect has been taken into custody in connection with plans to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna that were subsequently canceled over security concerns, Austria's interior minister said Friday. Officials said the 18-year-old suspect had pledged “allegiance” to the Islamic State group.

France 24

3rd person in custody over foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna, official says

A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna

The Independent UK

UK riots: 6,000 riot officers to be deployed this weekend as police remain on ‘high alert’ – as it happened

Prime minister says he believes swift processing of rioters in courts has deterring effect but says police are poised for any further disruption

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan says he 'felt triggered' by far-right riots and isn't safe as British Muslim politician

The Mayor expressed alarm at recent events, likening them to the racial tensions he faced growing up in the 1970s and 80s

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan says he does not feel safe as a Muslim following far-right riots

The London mayor said he felt ‘triggered’ by the violent disorder that has swept the country

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan on the riots: ‘Like a lot of people of my generation, I felt triggered’

London mayor says it’s heartbreaking to see children scared, like he was when growing up in the 1970s and 80s

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Online Safety Act not fit for purpose after far-right riots, says Sadiq Khan

Exclusive: London mayor warns law must be revisited ‘very, very quickly’ due to falsehoods that contributed to unrest

Evening Standard

Five London neighbourhoods to receive share of £12.4million regeneration cash, Sadiq Khan announces

The projects will deliver up to 28,000sqm of new or improved public space - nearly four times the size of Wembley Stadium’s football pitch

Evening Standard

Anti-ULEZ activists charged with 'harassing Sadiq Khan' at his home

Four anti-ULEZ campaigners to appear in court over harassment charges

Evening Standard

Met chief praises Londoners' show of unity as capital rejects racists

Sir Mark Rowley hails community unity as thousands turn out for counter protests against far-right threat

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Homeless people are still being arrested under a 200-year-old act criminalising rough sleeping

Exclusive: Rough sleeping is on the rise in London with a 29 per cent increase year-on-year

Evening Standard

Far-right thugs plotting violence in London warned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper: 'You will pay the price'

More police patrols are deployed on the capital’s streets to prevent rioting

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to check on friends and neighbours amid rioting

Mayor urges show of ‘compassion’ as Muslims and minority ethnic residents are left fearful of planned disorder

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan warns far-right targeting London they will feel ‘full force’ of the law

Mayor asks Londoners to check on friends and neighbours as capital braces for violence

Evening Standard

Elizabeth line 'won't be seized from TfL' under Government plan to renationalise UK railways

Lizzie line and London Overground will both remain under mayor’s control

The Independent UK

How UK’s deep rooted Islamophobia problem stoked far-right riots

Anti-Muslim sentiment ‘simmering under the surface’ of British society, experts and religious groups warn

Evening Standard

Almost half of reported London phone thefts 'screened out' by police

Former Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall accused Sadiq Khan of failing to make phone theft a ‘priority’ for police

1 … 52 53 54 55

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations