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The Jaguars will play two NFL London games in 2026, designated as home games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Wembley Stadium, to be played in consecutive weeks due to EverBank Stadium renovations in Jacksonville. The Commanders will also be the designated home team for a London game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium; no dates or opponents have been announced yet.
At the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in London, the red carpet showcased a spectrum of looks—glamourous and bold as well as a few misfires—as Kate Middleton recycled a 2019 Gucci gown, Kate Hudson wore a red Prada, Wunmi Mosaku dazzled in blue Ahluwalia, and Chloé Zhao wore gold Gabriela Hearst while Paul Mescal and Gracie Abrams made a chic couple appearance; the night also crowned One Battle After Another and Hamnet, with several attendees earning praise for styling and others drawing critique for stand-out but mismatched pieces.
Former British minister and former UK ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson was arrested in London on suspicion of misconduct in public office as investigators probe his links to Jeffrey Epstein and possible leaks of market-sensitive information from the 2009–2010 financial crisis.
Self-driving robotaxis are debuting in London, challenging the city’s iconic black cabs and sparking skepticism from drivers who worry about congestion and job security as autonomous taxis begin testing in the capital.
London hosted the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards with Sentimental Value winning Best Film Not In The English Language. The night honored a range of categories, including One Battle After Another for Cinematography, Frankenstein for Production Design, and Sinners for Original Score (Ludwig Göransson). The ceremony, hosted by Alan Cumming, also celebrated special awards: Dame Donna Langley received the BAFTA Fellowship and Clare Binns of PictureHouse Cinemas earned the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema prize, with a complete winners and nominees list updated live.
North London is experiencing a measles outbreak (61 cases so far this year) linked to low vaccination rates in the capital: only 69% of five-year-olds are fully vaccinated, well below the national 84% and the 95% target, reflecting a broader England-wide decline in MMR uptake.
Sequoia Capital is leading a $1 billion seed round for Ineffable Intelligence, a London-based AI startup founded by ex-Google DeepMind researcher David Silver, valuing the venture at about $4 billion. If closed at $1 billion, it would be Europe’s largest seed round. The company plans to build superhuman AI trained through experience and environment interaction via reinforcement learning, continuing Silver’s work on AlphaGo/AlphaStar and Google's Gemini LLMs while drawing interest from Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI-linked backers.
BBC findings show vulnerable London girls as young as 13–15 being groomed by gangs for forced sex and broader exploitation, including drug dealing; survivors describe coercion and exploitation, with police saying victims are the lowest rung in gangs. The cases involve gangs from diverse backgrounds, not a single ethnicity, and authorities are re-examining thousands of cases and preparing an independent inquiry into grooming gangs; official figures note around 2,000 child exploitation cases a year in the Met area.
Cynthia Erivo stars in a new one-woman Dracula at London’s Noël Coward Theatre, delivering 23 roles via live acting intercut with real-time and prerecorded footage to create multiple Erivos on screen. The show emphasizes mood over gore, featuring stylish design and noir-esque camerawork, but at times veers into schlock and laughter that undercuts menace. While it nods to contemporary themes of race and power, the production largely serves Erivo’s virtuosity rather than deep engagement with the source, making it a spectacle likely to please her fans through May 30.
Seven schools and a nursery in Enfield report more than 60 suspected measles cases, with 34 confirmed since January 12; health officials warn that low MMR vaccination uptake is fueling the spread and could threaten a wider pan-London outbreak, as vaccination clinics are rolled out in schools and communities to curb transmission.
Two friends paid about £8,000 upfront to rent a north London flat in Islington, only to arrive and find it was a short-term holiday let; the scammers used stolen identities of the landlord and letting agency, affecting around 20 victims. Most money was refunded after reports to Action Fraud/Report Fraud, though a small admin fee was kept, and police are investigating."
Emma Alpern’s Grub Street Diet chronicles Madeline Cash’s week in London, tracing everything from a Full English to River Café splurges and St. John bone marrow while Cash wrestles with homesickness, a surge of lamb-related online attention, and a dawning sense of adulthood after Lost Lambs, delivering a witty, diary‑like meditation on food and growing up.
A gunman opened fire on mourners outside the River of Life Pentecostal Church in Harlesden, London, killing Michelle Sadio and injuring two others during a wake. Four men – Perry Allen-Thomas, Shaquille Sutherland, Amir Salem and Tahjin Sommersall – deny murder and two counts of attempted murder and are on trial at the Old Bailey; prosecutors say the attack was appalling and may have been carried out to target a rapper from Willesden. The Kia used was stolen, driven on false plates and later set alight; victim Kenneth Amoah was paralysed and Kadeem Francis was shot in the foot.
A Hackney couple who spent about £350,000 on a Brooklime House new-build have endured more than a decade of damp, mould and water ingress blamed on a structural fault. Repairs by Hackney Council, the freeholder, have often worsened conditions, leaving holes in walls and cold living spaces. The family, along with other residents, has sought help from MPs and the Housing Ombudsman, with the watchdog noting prior service failings, and the couple pursuing legal avenues as they remain effectively trapped in an uninhabitable home.
The NFL plans a nine-game international slate for 2026, including a Mexico City regular-season game, as part of a push to have every team play overseas annually in a future 20-game season. The slate features three London games and one game each in Madrid, Melbourne, Munich, Paris and Rio de Janeiro, with teams such as Green Bay and New Orleans tied to potential hosting slots while specific matchups are still being determined.