The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is warning people to stay away from 'moving water' after three children in Lewisham were rescued from a river. The capital’s firefighters have also been put on flood alert after the Met Office issued a ‘yellow alert’ severe weather warning and the Environment Agency issued 35 flood alerts for the capital.

The Wettest April on record has continued into the beginning of May with most parts of London getting more rains overnight and into the morning. The Environment Agency currently have 35 flood alerts for the capital and the rest of the South East.

All major approaches to Notting Hill Gate were closed on Sunday after strong winds brought down scaffolding. Residents near the scene of the incident remember hearing a loud crash about 2am on Sunday morning.

Met Office forecasters are warning of a stormy end to April as 50 to 60 miles per hour winds are expected to lash many parts of the UK.

Transport for London (TfL) has said it will begin installing new tensioning cables inside the Hammersmith Flyover this week, as part of its continuing work to fully reopen the structure to all traffic but will need to close it over two successive Sundays.

They bump up the cost of insuring your car, are often members of the criminal classes, modern-day pirates of the road but they have met their match in a police constable who has acquired a knack and reputation for spotting dodgy drivers.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision on the A40 which also caused long tailbacks across west London. Officers were called at 06:50 on Thursday, 15 March, to a road traffic collision on the eastbound A40 between Concord Road and Gypsy Corner. Met sources said a male motorcycle rider was treated by paramedics for injuries received as a result of the accident.

Essential repair works to allow the Hammersmith Flyover to be fully reopened to traffic ahead of the London Olympics have now been completed, Transport for London (TfL) announced today. The works, which began in January, have seen around 200m of the central reservation along the flyover removed in preparation for new tensioning cables to be installed which will support the structure.

As the Met Office predicts minus zero temperatures for London and other parts of the UK, one London council is fully prepared with the latest possible technology to ensure that cold weather does not halt business and tourism in the capital and ensure residents can get around safely.