Highlights
-
The smartest London postcodes to buy an investment property in 2017
-
Planners pave the way for new homes at Wood Green Chocolate Factory
-
The Don't Move, Improve awards name the best London extension projects
-
Rents are falling but many Londoners spend half their wages on rent
-
Flexible 'shells' tailored to budget set to transform London housing
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
-
1/25 Is it beginning to look like a Crown?
The Prince of Wales is shown how to make headwear from balloons during a visit to Yavneh College, an Orthodox Jewish school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Toby Melville/PA
-
2/25 Where to now?
A man carries a mattress outside the £15 million Grade II listed mansion on Belgrave Place, after police evicted squatters
Yui Mok/PA
-
3/25 Remembering a Watford legend
A Watford support watches the giant screen ahead of the funeral service for Graham Taylor held at St Mary's Church, Watford
Simon Cooper/PA
-
4/25 Motorway Eye In The Sky
A kestrel on a CCTV mast by the M5 in Gloucestershire
Highways England
-
5/25 You're about 1,000 years late
Members of the Jarl Squad dressed in Viking suits on a galley after marching through the street in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival
Jane Barlow/PA
-
6/25 Bafta preparations
A completed BAFTA mask at New Pro Foundries in West Drayton, Middlesex, ahead the ceremony in February
Victoria Jones/PA
-
7/25 Only seafood on the menu I'm afraid
Florence Lutje Spelberg and Nicolas Mouchart have dinner while sitting inside "The Pearl", a spheric dining room placed five metres (16ft) underwater in the NEMO33 diving center, one of the world's deepest pools in Brussels
Yves Herman/Reuters
-
8/25 Mummy bear
Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo have recruited a special teddy-bear to take on the role of surrogate mum to its newest arrival; a tiny baby anteater
ZSL London Zoo
-
9/25 Beyond parody
A piece of graffiti on a wall in Shoreditch, east London, uses a parody of the Top Trumps card game to criticise US President Donald Trump
Kirsty O'Connor/PA
-
10/25 In La La Land
Emma Stone is overcome and comforted by Jonah Hill after she wins Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
-
11/25 Cute cubs
Tourists look at tiger cubs born on the first day of the Lunar New Year and Year of the Rooster at Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand
Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
-
12/25 Ace selfie
A woman takes a selfie with Switzerland's Roger Federer as he holds the trophy during a photo call the morning after he won the Men's singles final at the Australian Open
Issei Kato/Reuters
-
13/25 She's back
The Queen, on her first engagement of 2017, looks at a Fijian warrior dressed in traditional costume as she arrives to view an exhibition on the Pacific nation at the Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia in Norwich
Toby Melville/Reuters
-
14/25 Happy New Year
A woman lays out a stand in Gerrard Street in Chinatown, London, as preparations are made ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations
Victoria Jones/PA
-
15/25 Mt Doom
The Colima Volcano, the most active in Mexico, during an eruption as seen from the site of Carrizalillos, Colima, Mexico
Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA
-
16/25 Hair Farce One
US President Donald Trump salutes as he steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland upon his return from Philadelphia
Nichoilas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
-
17/25 Our wall Trumps yours Mr President
View of the border fence between Mexico and US taken from Mexico's side in Tijuana
AFP/Getty Images
-
18/25 Homeless
A young couple rest in a football field after a forest fire devastated Santa Olg, 150 miles south of Santiago, Chile
AFP/Getty Images
-
19/25 Football United
Former Chapecoense goalkeeper Follmann, in wheelchair, and Alan Ruschel, behind him, greet Brazil's players prior to a friendly match with Colombia at the Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The match was a tribute to Chapecoense soccer players who died in a plane crash in Colombia last November
Silvia Izquierdo/AP
-
20/25 On the march
An Indian military contingent marches past during the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi
AFP/Getty Images
-
21/25 Big heads
Three 8 foot models of the heads of The Grand Tour presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond pass by Buckingham Palace in London on the back of flatbed trucks after travelling 30,000 miles across 3 continents as part of the programme's promotion
Matt Alexander/PA
-
22/25 Punky Paris
A model wears a creation as part of Vetements' Spring-Summer 2017 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris
Thibault Camus/AP
-
23/25 Happy Hippo
A Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden employee swaddles a female Nile hippopotamus calf
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical/AP
-
24/25 First Class stamp
One of the 10 special stamps Royal Mail are issuing as a tribute to David Bowie
Royal Mail
-
25/25 Government hopes sunk
Satirical artist Kaya Mar with one of his paintings outside the Supreme Court in London before the decision rulling MPs must vote on triggering Article 50 for Brexit
Jonathan Brady/PA
news
'Mountain gorilla' prowls around Trafalgar Square
A “mountain gorilla” proved a hit with Londoners when it prowled around Trafalgar Square.
-
Officer sacked for 'unprovoked and potentially lethal attack' on man
-
London MEP ridicules Nigel Farage live on air by holding up sign
-
Map reveals McDonald's Big Macs cost more at London train stations
-
Fresh fears for Millwall over land CPO
-
Squatters ejected from oligarch's £15m mansion move into new base
Reckitt cheers City with £13bn baby milk tilt
Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser today surprised the City by revealing $16.7 billion (£13.2 billion) takeover talks with US baby milk group Mead Johnson.
going out or staying in...
Ed Sheeran 2017 tour: London tickets go on sale
The Shape of You singer is returning to the London stage after more than a year away
Malachi Kirby: ‘Playing Kunta Kinte allowed me to find my own roots’
The London actor talks his latest TV role, meeting Danny Dyer, and his intense love of apple pie
-
Two investors are quitting Dragons' Den at the end of the series
-
Nintendo has acknowledged that you’ll probably play Switch on the loo
-
Harriet Harman MP backs calls for female Doctor Who
-
How political dramas like House of Cards are tackling Donald Trump
-
Blondie announce comeback album Pollinator and new single Fun
Anya Taylor-Joy reveals her teen spirit as she celebrates BAFTA nod
Taylor-Joy said she left school at 16 to pursue an acting career
-
Beyoncé's pregnancy post is officially the most-liked on Instagram
-
Style and the City: Made in Chelsea's Rosie Fortescue
-
Donald Trump would never hack it as a mob boss, says Goodfellas writer
-
Oscars: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson first presenters confirmed
-
Radiohead and Kasabian announced as first headliners for TRNSMT
11 buzz brands you need to know about now
Sort out your spring wardrobe with Katrina Israel's edit of lustworthy labels
- Homes & Property
House price forecast predicts average property values in 10 years
-
J-Lo drops the price of luxury LA estate by £4m
-
Moated former rectory on a miniature East Sussex island for sale
-
The Obamas trade the White House for Necker Island's Great House
-
Windmill once built for £13 is now a family home for sale for £595k
-
Penthouse for sale next to Taylor and Zayn's 50 Shades Darker shoot
The best Instagram accounts to follow for interiors inspiration
Want to step into 2017 with a fresh lick of paint? Look no further than these stylish Instagrammers
Anthony Hilton: Stock markets are also living in a post-truth world
Record highs for the FTSE 100 and the Dow Jones do not reflect the economic realities in the UK or the US
-
Matthew d'Ancona: Will Judge Gorsuch bring touch of sanity US needs
-
The Met goes green: others should follow suit
-
Richard Godwin: Hollywood knows it helped create quite a monster
-
Protests are fine but what matters is what happens in Congress
-
Sarah Sands: We need to be citizens of the world post-Brexit
The best add-on technology
The latest add-ons transform everyday objects into high-tech kit. Samuel Fishwick smartens up his act
Patrick Cockburn: Trump travel ban is divisive & a gift for jihadists
The chaos of the President’s first week in office has made it even harder for the US to tackle the crises in Iraq and Syria