Hoverboards seem to come from out of nowhere to become some of the hottest products available – but how did this all happen? Here we look at the rise of these self-balancing scooters to understand what allowed them to capture the attention of the public. Two famous names https://youtu.be/TkyLnWm1iCs?t=21s The hoverboard effectively has two famous names, and it has unfairly piggybacked on both of them. Of course the phrase ‘hoverboard’ was made famous by the Back to the Future franchise....

An elderly woman has become the latest victim of a violent crime wave sweeping the capital after she was left fighting for her life following a street attack. The 80-year-old woman was pushed over and suffered a serious head injury at around 2pm on Saturday afternoon outside a north London petrol station. She was walking along Camden Road outside an Esso station when she was attacked. The victim was rushed to hospital and remains in a critical condition, police say....

The conman is said to have "distracted" a homeowner while an accomplice ransacked the property

More than forty senior academics have written to the Guardian to condemn what they see as an anti-Corbyn bias in media coverage of the antisemitism debate. The letter condemns journalism that "so blatantly lacks context, perspective and a meaningful range of voices in its determination to condemn Jeremy Corbyn", saying the media has weaponized antisemitism against Corbyn ahead of important elections. Signed by a range of influential academics from many London institutions, it comes as political parties gear up for the local...

There are more than 24 million commuters in the UK today, and the average travel time to work for London commuters is 79 minutes. Reports have found that non-active commutes, such as on buses and trains, have a detrimental effect on both the physical and mental health of commuters, in both the short- and long-term. Here are some of the most common issues to look out for, and what you can do to counter them. Calorie Intake The busy, on-the-go...

Two men from Dewsbury, aged 52 and 21 have been arrested

Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg is joining LBC to host a live phone-in as part of the new spring schedule. The prominent politician will take calls every other week for a 30-minute phone-in during Nick Ferrari at Breakfast. He joins Nigel Farage and Theresa May's PR man Tom Swarbrick on the books at the broadcaster, with "no topics off limit" according to an official statement. Rees-Mogg said: “I am greatly looking forward to conversing with LBC’s listeners every fortnight. "In the programmes I have...

A charity laid on a free Easter lunch for 50 people thanks to a donation from the family of Professor Stephen Hawking. FoodCycle Cambridge - which collects surplus food from businesses in he city - served the three-course meal at Wesley Methodist Church on Sunday. A note on tables told guests the meal was "a gift from Stephen", who was laid to rest just the day before. FoodCycle spokesperson Camilla James said: "We were touched and honoured to receive this...

The last few days have seen the issue of street violence in London and elsewhere unusually occupying headline space as the realisation appears, at last, to be dawning that the thinning blue line are struggling to maintain control of our streets. This has been clearly illustrated by the tragic events on Monday evening when a 17-year-old girl was shot dead in Tottenham. On the same evening two 16- year- olds suffered serious injuries in a shooting and stabbing incident in...