The UK Health Security Agency is warning about a small but significant rise in cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea.
Most cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) can be treated quickly, but there's growing concern over strains that can't be dealt with so easily.
Tap the link in our bio to find out what the UKHSA's top epidemiologists have said.
#STI #Gonorrhoea #BBCNews
18-year-old Jack Leahy just signed his professional contract with QPR and now has another reason to celebrate after opening his A-Level results on the pitch. He studied remotely with support from League Football Education
#resultsday #london #exams #alevels #college #football #QPR
Crystal Palace Park and its iconic dinosaur sculptures are set for a £17m upgrade.
#london #londonlife #londonnews #crystalpalace #crystalpalacepark #dinosaurs #regeneration #restoration #history #archive #park
What biscuits are most 'Dunkable'?
#biscuits #tea #foodie #britishhumour #london
Then and now 🧵
#1 🐐Goat in Kew - Banksy goat artwork with a protective cover over it. 📸 PA
#2 🐘 Elephants in Chelsea - Two elephants touching trunks in Chelsea appeared to have been defaced with stripes. 📸 PA
#3 🐒 Monkeys in Brick Lane 📸 @Djyeo_coffee/X and PA
#4 🐺 Wolf in Peckham – The fourth Banksy artwork revealed in London appeared to have been stolen in only a matter hours. 📸 BBC News and PA
#5 🐆 Big cat in Cricklewood - Hours after Banksy confirmed this design was his in an Instagram post, crowds gathered from across London to see the piece before men, who said they were contractors, arrived to remove it. 📸 Reuters and PA
#6 🐟 Piranhas on Ludgate Hill – The box has been moved temporary home in Guildhall Yard 📸@cityoflondon/X
#7 Pelicans in Walthamstow 📸 PA and Wash-dry-fold
#8 🦏 Rhino in Charlton - The piece, which shows a rhino mounting a Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its bonnet, was spray painted with a tag on Monday evening. 📸 PA
#9 🦍 Gorilla at London Zoo 📸 PA
#banksy #streetart #london #londonlife #bbcnews
A man who used an electric motorbike to steal 24 phones in an hour has been jailed for two years.
Sonny Stringer, 28, from Islington, north London, previously admitted stealing the phones as he drove his electric bike at speeds of almost 50mph.
Stringer and an unknown accomplice rode into the City of London at speed on electric motorbikes on 26 March and the string of phone snatchings took place between 10:00 and 11:15 BST.
Stringer threw away a bag, which contained 22 mobile phones, while two other phones had been dropped when his bike was rammed.
He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday to 20 months in prison to run concurrently for each of the theft charges plus an additional four months for dangerous driving.
#phones #theft #crime #londonnews #london #bbcnews
Meet the London doctor taking on an epic ironman triathlon challenge for charity. 🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃
DMRC Benevolent Fund Movember UK
#london #londonlife #londonnews #doctor #ironman #triathlon #triathlontraining #charity #inspiration
Why Reggie Yates is on a banner outside an east London nightclub
A shop security guard has told BBC London how he tried to save an 11-year-old girl as she was being attacked by a knifeman in Leicester Square.
The Met Police said a 32-year-old man had been arrested and taken into custody after the girl and her 34-year-old mother were stabbed.
#london #leicestersquare
An 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman have been stabbed in London's Leicester Square.
In a post on X, external, the Met Police said a man had been arrested and taken into custody, adding the force does not believe there are "any outstanding suspects".
Paramedics said the two victims had been taken to "a major trauma centre". Their condition is currently unknown, according to the Met.
Police officers remain at the scene, which is in one of the busiest tourist districts in the capital.
📲 Tap the link in our bio for the latest on this breaking story.
#Leicestersquare #london #londonnews #breakingnews #bbcnews
"There's not enough thank yous in the world that I can give Kingston"
Service dog Kingston had to retire after being diagnosed with terminal cancer but his owner Jax is thankful for everything he's done for her.
UPDATE: Sadly, since filming, Kingston's condition worsened and he died. 🌈🐾
#london #londonlife #londonnews #dogs #dog #instadog #goodboy #servicedog #thankyou @caninepartnersuk
As Paris says au revoir to the Olympics, we revisit the day London said goodbye to the 2012 games...and of course, we did it in style.
#london #londonlife #londonnews #london2012 #olympics #stratford #archive
A world-famous London accordion shop that has been selling and repairing accordions for almost half a century will close later this year.
#london #londonnews #londonlife #lewisham #accordion #music #musical #paulmccartney #sherylcrow #MichelleObama
This cat is built different 🐱 Stella has become famous for her adventurous antics in south-east London.
#cats #catsofinstagram #catstagram #catsoftheday #cute #pets #london
We've had a little upgrade of the BBC Radio London studio - which means we can bring you even more great content from our fabulous guests and presenters.
Who would you love to see as a guest on London's radio station?
#london #londonnews #londonlife #behindthescenes #radio #londonradio #studio #audio #interview
Babies and opera - the combo you never knew you needed. 🎶
@hurlyburly_co
#london #londonnews #londonlife #babies #baby #hurlyburly #opera #music #nature
BREAKING: A fourth Banksy artwork revealed in London in as many days appears to have been stolen.
On Thursday, the Bristol-based street artist posted an image, external on Instagram of the silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon on a satellite dish in Rye Lane, Peckham, south London.
The Banksy press team told the BBC they “believed” it had been stolen. The BBC has contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.
It comes after Banksy also claimed credit for three other black silhouette compositions, which appeared in London earlier this week and are part of an animal-themed series.
#banksy #crime #theft #art #streetart #bbcnews
How long did it take for Britain's youngest chess grandmaster to beat our very own Shay Kaur Grewal? ♟️⏱️
@sunnyandshay
#chess #londonnews #london #londonlife #chessgame #champion
A performance at Shakespeare's Globe in London had to be abandoned after a flare fired from a nearby bridge landed inside the open-air theatre.
Witnesses on Bankside said numerous fireworks and flares had been set off from Southwark Bridge and Millennium Bridge at about 22:00 on Wednesday, which are believed to have been fired by Algerian football fans celebrating their club.
An audience member who was at the performance of Antony and Cleopatra told the BBC he heard "hissing from above", before seeing "an object fall through the roof - and into the crowd".
Shakespeare's Globe said "emergency measures" had been taken with people moved indoors for nearly an hour before police said it was safe to leave.
#shakespeare #globetheatre #london #fireworks #flare #bbcnews
Which Tube lines do you think are the hottest? 🌡️
#tube #underground #heat #london #londonlife #bbcnews
