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Daily news podcast
News London, read aloud
News London · 60 episodes · Updated daily
A bulletin every morning covering the day before: the main London stories, in the order they matter, in about five minutes. Written to be listened to rather than read, and spoken by a synthetic voice.
Latest episode · Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Tuesday 27 October: 85% of London homes in falling-price postcodes hit Barnet sellers
0:58 · Read by a synthetic voice
0:00−0:58
Zoopla data shows that eighty‑five per cent of London homes are in postcodes where prices fell last year, putting pressure on sellers in Barnet. Police are still searching for a Lewisham medical facility escapee and opera star Danielle de Niese says she won’t push her children into the arts.
Earlier episodes
Daily bulletin · Monday, 26 October 2026
Monday 26 October: Oxford Street pedestrianised
0:00−1:14
Weekly review · Sunday, 25 October 2026
Week to 25 October: funding cuts, Labour surge and transport challenges
0:00−1:40
Daily bulletin · Thursday, 22 October 2026
Thursday 22 October: Enfield Green councillors split over anti Zionism motion
0:00−1:58
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tuesday 20 October: Croydon Council to close discretionary Freedom Pass scheme
0:00−1:14
Daily bulletin · Monday, 19 October 2026
Monday 19 October: Labour projected to win fifty nine or sixty London seats
0:00−1:35
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 18 October 2026
Sunday 18 October: TfL spends £500,000 on East Putney‑Wimbledon upgrades
0:00−1:28
Weekly review · Sunday, 18 October 2026
Week to 18 October: Safety concerns and service cuts dominate London's agenda
0:00−2:23
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 17 October 2026
Saturday 17 October: New Year's Eve fireworks tickets on sale
0:00−1:38
Daily bulletin · Friday, 16 October 2026
Friday 16 October: Greenwich adds 108 cycle hire bays
0:00−1:51
Daily bulletin · Thursday, 15 October 2026
Thursday 15 October: cardiac arrests surge 20% in winter
0:00−1:55
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Wednesday 14 October: Croydon Council approves £17.5m road upgrades
0:00−2:47
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Tuesday 13 October: Wandsworth trials pavement stencils
0:00−0:53
Daily bulletin · Monday, 12 October 2026
Monday 12 October: Grenfell housing boss quits Barnet Group
0:00−2:54
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 11 October 2026
Wednesday 11 October: Grenfell firefighters lose 8,200 days to PTSD
0:00−1:41
Weekly review · Sunday, 11 October 2026
Week to 11 October: protests, crime crackdowns and a push for cleaner streets
0:00−1:28
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 10 October 2026
Saturday 10 October: 21C forecast for Tuesday
0:00−1:59
Daily bulletin · Friday, 9 October 2026
Friday 9 October: London flu cases rise to ominous high
0:00−1:25
Daily bulletin · Thursday, 8 October 2026
Thursday 8 October: Croydon trams suspended for two weeks
0:00−1:15
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Wednesday 7 October: Met Police cannot ban October 7 protest
0:00−2:18
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 4 October 2026
Sunday 4 October: employers face £60k fine for illegal riders
0:00−1:10
Weekly review · Sunday, 4 October 2026
Week to 4 October: justice, infrastructure, and the weather's extremes
0:00−2:08
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 3 October 2026
Saturday 3 October: council tax could rise 150%
0:00−1:56
Daily bulletin · Friday, 2 October 2026
Friday 2 October: Barnet Council hires two assistant directors
0:00−1:16
Daily bulletin · Thursday, 1 October 2026
Thursday 1 October: Hackney pensions committee to review investment strategy
0:00−1:17
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Wednesday 30 September: thunderstorms hit London after tropical night
0:00−1:23
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Tuesday 29 September: 27°C heat in Barnet
0:00−1:15
Daily bulletin · Monday, 28 September 2026
Monday 28 September: Labour to hold 52 London seats
0:00−1:00
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 27 September 2026
Sunday 27 September: Richmond upon Thames named UK's healthiest area
0:00−1:58
Weekly review · Sunday, 27 September 2026
Week to 27 September: London reshapes services and finances
0:00−1:22
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 26 September 2026
Saturday 26 September: London Stadium seeks twenty four concerts a year
0:00−1:27
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Wednesday 23 September: City of London faces £633.8m bill for new court complex
0:00−1:21
Weekly review · Sunday, 20 September 2026
News London: Week to 20 September - Transport woes and a city's past
0:00−1:56
Weekly review · Sunday, 13 September 2026
News London: Week to 13 September - Flights, runways, and public perception
0:00−1:59
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Tuesday 8 September: Virgin Trains may add Stratford stop
0:00−1:22
Weekly review · Sunday, 6 September 2026
News London: Week to 6 September - Khan's texts and council funding fights
0:00−2:17
Daily bulletin · Monday, 31 August 2026
Monday 31 August: Barking and Dagenham tightens gambling shop rules
0:00−1:11
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 30 August 2026
Sunday 30 August: James Cleverly launches mayoral bid
0:00−1:16
Weekly review · Sunday, 30 August 2026
Week to 30 August: housing woes and election whispers
0:00−2:09
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 29 August 2026
Saturday 29 August: rail strike cuts St Pancras services
0:00−1:20
Daily bulletin · Friday, 28 August 2026
Friday 28 August: Golders Green ambulance arson guilty pleas
0:00−1:07
Daily bulletin · Thursday, 27 August 2026
Thursday 27 August: Ealing Council faulted over mother‑baby complaint process
0:00−1:28
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Wednesday 26 August: yellow thunderstorm warning for London
0:00−2:05
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Tuesday 25 August: Labour leads 2028 mayoral poll
0:00−1:17
Daily bulletin · Monday, 24 August 2026
Monday 24 August: Camden affordable homes slashed
0:00−2:05
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunday 23 August: unsolved London murders skew towards non‑white victims
0:00−1:24
Weekly review · Sunday, 23 August 2026
Week to 23 August: rail breakthrough, custody death and city wide safety concerns
0:00−1:30
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 22 August 2026
Saturday 22 August: man dies in police custody
0:00−1:37
Daily bulletin · Friday, 21 August 2026
Friday 21 August: Hackney Council faces new cooling duty
0:00−1:30
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Wednesday 19 August: toxic algae shuts Thames bathing site after three months
0:00−1:43
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Tuesday 18 August: facial recognition trial flags no serious offenders
0:00−1:54
Daily bulletin · Monday, 17 August 2026
Monday 17 August: Virgin Trains to break Eurostar’s London-Paris monopoly
0:00−2:39
Daily bulletin · Sunday, 16 August 2026
Sunday 16 August: Croydon trials GPS tags for shoplifters
0:00−1:55
Weekly review · Sunday, 16 August 2026
Week to 16 August: London’s heat, failings, and the cost of inaction
0:00−3:31
Daily bulletin · Saturday, 15 August 2026
Saturday 15 August: Westminster moves to close Charing Cross soup kitchen
0:00−1:29
Daily bulletin · Friday, 14 August 2026
Friday 14 August: Barnet braces for storms after record heat
0:00−2:27
Daily bulletin · Thursday, 13 August 2026
Thursday 13 August: Hillingdon racing centre loses lease after 30 years
0:00−1:13
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Wednesday 12 August: NHS staff face 669 assaults in one year
0:00−1:15
Daily bulletin · Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Tuesday 11 August: Heathrow loses Europe’s busiest airport title to Istanbul
0:00−1:16
Daily bulletin · Monday, 10 August 2026
Monday 10 August: London boroughs face £270m mansion tax bill
0:00−2:02