Boroughs Editor
Lucy reports on London’s boroughs and the capital’s sporting community. Her coverage includes council decisions, neighbourhood developments, community issues, football, tennis, cricket and major sporting events. She focuses on stories that connect local communities and highlight the people and organisations shaping London.
The Metropolitan Police and Health and Safety Executive are investigating the death of 23-year-old aircraft engineer Georgie Buxton following a maintenance incident at Heathrow Airport. A Virgin Atlantic aircraft engineer…
Lucy · 3 min read
Water supplies have been restored at Gatwick Airport following a day-long disruption that shut toilets, drinking fountains and food outlets across both terminals. Flights continued operating, but passengers faced queues,…
Lucy · 3 min read
London’s oldest pubs preserve centuries of social history in their cellars, courtyards, timber frames and secluded drinking rooms. Some began as coaching inns for travellers, while others served dock workers,…
Lucy · 11 min read
Reform UK-run Havering Council has withdrawn its 2023 climate emergency declaration. The vote does not itself erase the borough’s 2040 carbon-neutral ambition, but it starts a review that could reshape…
Lucy · 3 min read
Hounslow Council is due to vote on higher basic and special-responsibility allowances, including a proposed £75,000 package for council leader Shantanu Rajawat. Conservatives oppose the changes, while Labour says fairer…
Lucy · 3 min read
A 37-year-old man remains critically injured after being repeatedly stabbed on a residential street in Balham. Police are searching for the attacker and appealing for witnesses, CCTV and dashcam footage.…
Lucy · 3 min read
France 4-6 England — FIFA World Cup third-place playoff, Miami Stadium, 18 July Goals: Rice 3, Konsa 18, Saka 37, 45+2, 87 (pen), Bellingham 90+8; Mbappe 48, 66, Barcola 54,…
Lucy · 5 min read
Rohit Sharma is not expected to retire from one-day international cricket after India’s series decider against England at Lord’s, according to the BCCI, which has directly rejected reports describing Sunday’s…
Lucy · 3 min read
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been practising intensively at Edgbaston as they prepare to return to India’s ODI side, with the three-match England series concluding at Lord’s in London.…
Lucy · 3 min read
Jannik Sinner recovered from losing a tense opening set to defeat Alexander Zverev on Centre Court, securing his second successive Wimbledon championship and the fifth Grand Slam title of his…
Lucy · 3 min read