Oxford Street Christmas lights are switched on

Oxford Street kicked-off London's festive season as The Devil Wears Prada star Vanessa Williams flipped the switch to light up the West End.

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4 November 2025

Christmas

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Dior window on New Bond Street at night with Christmas mural decorated with green and white lights and next to it a huge blue, purple and white bow lit up and wrapped around the building.

Is this London's ultimate Christmas walk?

A dazzling route is hailed as London’s top Christmas walk and goes viral on social media.

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Watch: Baller League is back in London

Celebs, ex-pros and creators hit the pitch as Ballers League brings a new kind of football back to London.

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Bukayo Saka in a white zip-up shirt stands nervously, with hands covering his mouth, in a classroom setting.

Watch: Footballer Bukayo Saka stuns pupils with school visit

Greenford pupils are giving a presentation on role models as the England player walks in.

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(L) A man in a high vis throws a green bike to the floor from a van – a bike is thrown into a pile of Lime Bikes.

Watch: Worker filmed hurling Lime Bikes dismissed

The man was filmed repeatedly chucking Lime bikes into a dockless bike hire bay in Clapham.

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A black sports car crashed into a shattered bus shelter, with glass debris scattered around and a damaged structure visible.

Lamborghini crash wrecks Battersea bus stop

A woman is taken to hospital following the crash in the early hours of this morning.

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Hadush Kebatu walking up stairs wearing grey tracksuit

Watch: Met Police release new CCTV footage of Hadush Kebatu after mistaken release

Kebatu was set free weeks after being jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping, Essex, while staying in a hotel.

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Watch: 'I started my own scream club in London'

A 'scream club' has hosted its first London event at Primrose Hill.

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A woman in a blue top smiles at the camera from her sofa.

Watch: The London Weather Watcher who never stops

Ruth Wadey’s weather photos have for a decade now lit up forecasts from her Twickenham balcony.

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A red double decker bus veers into a black taxi

London bus crashes into taxi and dental clinic

Dashcam video shows the moment a double decker bus ploughs into a taxi and building in Westminster.

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Streamer reacts to Storm Amy wobbly plane landings

A live streamer is full of nerves watching planes wobble into landing at Heathrow during Storm Amy.

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Two shire horses harnessed together stand in a field on a sunny day.

Watch: Heavy horses help rewild Tooting Common with wildflowers

Heavy horses are helping rewild Tooting Common by preparing soil for 33 native wildflower species.

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'Like jet washing your driveway' - London Stadium gets first roof clean

Workers have been busy giving the roof of the venue its first clean since hosting the 2012 Olympics.

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Mark Rowley during studio interview with the BBC, with headphones on

Watch: Met Police chief says Panorama's findings are 'horrific'

Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has spoken to BBC London after a Panorama investigation found misogyny and racism inside the force.

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Mina Smallman speaks to the BBC in studio

Watch: Mina Smallman on BBC Panorama's investigation into Met Police

Mina Smallman told the BBC she was pleased that Panorama investigated the Metropolitan police.

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Video shows Heathrow Airport car park fire

Four fire engines and 25 firefighters attended the blaze at a multi-storey car park at Heathrow.

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DJ AG, dressed in a red nylon zip-up throws a peace sign to the camera.

'I left my job to DJ on TikTok after being overlooked at work'

TikTok streamer DJ AG built an online community of over two million through live streaming his sets.

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A close up of light brown cockapoo who is looking directly into a camera, she has a yellow clothing on and a purple lead.

The cockapoo lifting spirits at a London hospital

The therapy cockapoo who brings joy to patients at Croydon Hospital is up for a BBC award.

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The remains of a brown bricked medieval tower is suspended on wooden slits whilst it surrounds modern skyscrapers. There are white construction pipes below the tower.

London's 700-year-old tower on stilts

A medieval tower is suspended on stilts as work continues around it to build a new skyscraper.

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A view of people sat at desks at the British Library

Watch: Emergency alert goes off in British Library

Mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks emitted a siren and vibrated.

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Watch: Moment suspected XL Bully attacks cockapoo

CCTV footage from a fishmongers captures the moment a suspected XL Bully dog attacks a smaller dog.

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