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ALT Hundreds of people holding phones pointed towards festive lighting above a city street. Text over reads: The London Minute - Thursday 5 November 2026: Pickpocket gang Tube warning, Harry Potter shop trans rights protest, ‘depressing’ phone forest at Carnaby lights switch-on + Stevie Wonder tickets for tonight
ALT People taking photos of festive lights on a city street. Text over reads: The London Minute - Wednesday 4 November 2026: Harry Potter lights delay, British Library ‘in chaos’, Westminster Bridge crackdown + runner finishes marathon after six months
ALT A tall wooden sculpture in a train station. Text over reads: The London Minute - Tuesday 3 November 2026: Tube fare-dodger crackdown, bridge closures summit, 14 new Michelin eateries + young Gunner Zach raises £400k
ALT Sunset above city buildings. Text over reads: The London Minute - Monday 2 November 2026: Hackney’s Moth Club saved, two Halloween party stabbings, Sir Patrick Stewart’s Bermondsey legacy + introducing a new daily crossword
ALT A woman standing in an art gallery next to a concrete spiral staircase. Text over reads: The London Minute - Friday 30 October 2026: Piccadilly line off this weekend, £1m West End ram-raid gang jailed, future of Smithfield Market + Shygirl curates Tate Lates 10th birthday tonight
ALT A person on a bike in a city park at sunset. Text over reads: The London Minute - Thursday 29 October 2026: Bakerloo budget boost, Corbyn party eyes mayor, Aylesbury Estate summit tonight + ‘dangerous teen craze plaguing Oxford St’
ALT The inside of an open-plan house. Text over reads: The London Minute - Wednesday 28 October 2026: Camden ‘deep clean’ plan for pedestrianisation, cyclists demand safer Oxford St alternatives, Hugh Grant’s £8m Notting Hill house for sale + meet Arsenal’s top journalists
ALT Footballer Harry Kane holding a trophy aloft outside a building. Text over reads: The London Minute - Tuesday 27 October 2026: Elizabeth Line delays, fans try to break in to ceremony, All Points East headliners announced + ex-Leyton Orient striker named best footballer in the world
ALT People walking on the road of a city street. Text over reads: The London Minute ⏰ Monday 26 October 2026 ‘Two random poor blokes with a Tesco bag’ first to walk on pedestrianised Oxford St, tunnel-digging gang jailed, covid rise + Nicer Tuesdays
ALT A cyclist riding towards a sunrise in a city. Text over reads: The London Minute - Friday 23 October 2026: Teenage cyclist killed, knife attacks ‘down 55%’, tour bus crash + Guy Garvey, Clare Balding & Caitlin Moran at Wimbledon BookFest
ALT A person carrying rubbish bags while dressed in a Batman costume. Text over reads: The London Minute - Thursday 22 October 2026: Street preachers ‘causing havoc’, bus stops get £160m update, Oxford Street pedestrianisation countdown + the race to unmask ‘London’s Batman’
ALT A computer-generated map visualising a city from above. Text over reads: The London Minute - Wednesday 21 October 2026: Murder hunt for pub shooter, Beaconsfield Gallery facing closure ‘within weeks’, Tory Boff is off + lose yourself in the Tiny London pixel map
ALT People cycling on a bridge with skyscrapers in the background. Text over reads: The London Minute - Tuesday 20 October 2026: Microsoft drops AI data centre plan, ‘proper cycle lanes’ for Green Lanes, new 300-metre skyscraper, Kingston Market reopens after fire + open call to decorate Selfridges windows
ALT People outside a city cinema at night. Text over reads: The London Minute - Monday 19 October 2026: Hampstead Heath cafe row going to High Court, Prince Charles Cinema ‘saved’, what’s worth seeing at Frieze + London Fields Lime Bike jousting
ALT A tall ladder reaching up a skyscraper. Text over reads: The London Minute - Friday 9 October 2026: Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali wins by-election, Southwark skyscraper rescue drama, Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street pedestrianisation paused + ‘first look at what’s next’ for Arsenal at Design Museum