Conservative-run Hillingdon aims to save £100,000 but local people fear dog poo will ‘be dumped everywhere’

People in a west London borough fear it will become covered in dog poo after their cash-strapped council decided to remove 700 dog-waste bins to save money.

“People are worried there’s going to be dog shit everywhere,” said Daniel O’Neill, the chief road steward at Ruislip Residents’ Association.

An ‘Antisemitism is racism’ motion was passed at a council meeting last Tuesday

An ‘Antisemitism is racism’ motion was passed at a council meeting last Tuesday

The current escalators at the station will be replaced after more than 35 years

The Met Police says it failed to pass on allegations from a 2019 letter about the Duchess of Sussex's father to overseas police forces

Move comes as Philippines police investigate alleged child sexual abuse images reportedly found at Thomas Markle Sr’s former home

The Metropolitan police has referred itself to the police watchdog over potential errors in its handling of a 2019 letter warning of dangers to the security of the Duchess of Sussex posed by her father.

The letter made allegations about Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, who is facing claims of child sexual abuse images offending linked to the Philippines, which he denies.

The building will reportedly be 70 storeys tall and offer a new rooftop garden for the public to use

Protecting historic buildings from fires presents a huge challenge for London firefighters due to their age and character

A Government regulator found thousands of overdue fire safety measures, unfixed repairs and unresolved complaints

Exclusive: ‘We’re going to look at opening up international rail routes,’ says PM

Properties that are ‘substantially unfurnished and unoccupied for 12 months or more’ face double charges

‘London’s success is Britain’s success,’ says the Prime Minister

Several Tube lines were part suspended due to the incident around the evening rush hour

Case in Pimlico is latest instance of tensions between small countries seeking a space in capital and residents

It is not a classic neighbour-from-hell dispute, what with the protagonist inviting everyone over for evening drinks and canapés. But the sudden conversion of a five-bedroom family home in Pimlico, central London, into the embassy of Montenegro has triggered a neighbourhood row that has gone all the way to the desk of a high court judge.

The first stirrings of trouble came when one resident argued in a submission to the council this spring that the new embassy’s “flagpole and rather tacky-looking flag stick out like a sore thumb” among Cambridge Street’s Grade II-listed homes.

From a young chef and a single father to business owners and a pensioner, Guardian readers reveal how John Healey’s measures will affect them

• What the budget means for you

Louie, 24, a chef living in London, says a lot of people have “written off the idea of even considering getting a property” in their 20s.

―He visto que te vas a gastar 25 o 35 millones de euros... Viene en el periódico. Menos mal que tenéis dinero, qué suerte tenéis. Nosotros no tenemos ni un puto duro.

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Few surprises as chancellor uses low-key speech blaming ‘global economic storms’ for stoking energy prices and cost of living crisis

• Budget 2026: key points at a glance

• Briefing: key questions answered by Heather Stewart and Pippa Crerar

• Editorial: Budget’s bold ambitions and welcome first steps

John Healey raised taxes on banks and landlords to fund a £100 winter handout for 20 million families as official forecasts made clear there is no end in sight for the cost of living crisis.

In his first budget, the chancellor blamed “global economic storms” for the grim outlook, as the war in Iran drives up oil and gas prices.