British food isn’t boring, and these best British restaurants in London prove it. Over the past 60 years, British food has received a, somewhat unfairly, horrendous reputation. Yes, some of our most iconic “national dishes” are famously bland or borrowed from other cultures. But with such a vast melting pot of cultures on offer throughout London, British food (both classic and contemporary) is back on the menu. And with so many outstanding British restaurants operating across the city, it’s gradually...

This is the makeshift weapon that is terrifying people across the capital - a Lucozade bottle filled with ACID. Cops swooped after a man was seen carrying the bottle near Bow Road station, east London on Tuesday. Officers were called to the scene after reports of a suspected robbery in Eleanor Street, Bow, at 2.50am A group of men were searched nearby and one of them was found to be carrying a squeezy plastic bottle filled with the suspect substance....

By Rob Overfield Hidden away in a leafy area of affluent suburban SW London, Hampton & Richmond Borough have ambitions beyond the National League South after finishing 7th in the league last season. Formed in 1921, for nearly 40 years, Hampton FC were just another village club in the Middlesex local leagues, with varying amounts of success, before attaining senior status in 1959 and entry to the Surrey Senior League. Improving year on year, Hampton won the Surrey Senior League...

Delusional Liam Fox has told BBC Radio that the Brexit deal with the EU will be the easiest in history. As it is the first time anyone has left the EU that could literally be true, I guess. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that: “The free trade agreement that we will have to do with the European Union should be one of the easiest in human history. “We are already beginning with zero tariffs, and we are already beginning...

Too many selfies, ranting about politics and ‘Liking’ your own profile picture have been named among the top 25 social media sins, according to research. A poll of 2,000 phone-mad Brits also found four in ten get wound up by cryptic, attention-seeking status updates designed to elicit sympathy from friends and family. It also emerged Brits commit more than four social sins per week, and half reckon that trolling someone online is the worst thing you can do. The study...

A full-time carer has been left unable to bathe, wash her hair or heat her home after a gas leak cut off her supply for more than three months - leaving her unable to care for herself. Carmen Robinson was told the work would be completed within four weeks while pipes were replaced. But months later, the 49-year-old is still without gas in her flat in Roehampton, south west London. She has described the situation as “an absolute nightmare” and...

A drug to slow dementia could be on the horizon after a breakthrough by British scientists. Devastating neurological conditions - including Alzheimer's disease - are caused by breaks in DNA, according to new research. The fault triggers the death of nerve cells. But it can be corrected by boosting the DNA's natural repair toolkit, says the team. The breakthrough could pave the way to developing medications that slow dementia, Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease. In lab tests on cells...

Sports Direct chairman Keith Hellawell tried to rosy up the company's beleaguered financial report by claiming it has contributed £1.8 billion in taxation to the UK economy - even though £1.3 billion was paid in VAT by customers. Mike Ashley's high street brand blamed "currency headwinds" for a big drop in underlying pre-tax profits in its last financial year. It reported trading earnings of £113.7 million over the 12 months to 30 April - down 59 per cent on the previous year...

By Michael McNulty Thomas Kruithof debut feature film, Scribe, has all the trappings of a taut, American, political thriller. It’s a tense, dark, paranoia flick and although it may, at times, find itself a little lacking it still a good run for your money. Scribe opens as Duval (François Cluzet), an accountant pushing retirement age, frantically struggles to put together, having been dumped with the task last minute, an important file for an even more important meeting. As the night...