At Time Out we’re crazy about all things London, so it came as no surprise to us that two – although only two — of the city’s many fantastic neighbourhoods ranked as some of the best places to live in the UK. more
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that Google Street View will soon appear in some of the main tube stations in the British capital. The solution is intended to make it easier for many people to navigate the extensive public transport network on the Thames.more
A rogue landlord who left tenants living opposite Hyde Park in damp-ridden conditions and cooking their food on camping stoves has been fined nearly half a million pounds. more
A report by City Hall has shown that the creative industries are playing an increasingly significant role in supporting the capital's economy, with jobs growing by more than 200,000 in five years.more
A study has revealed that as of this year, the average life expectancy in the UK is 81 years old.
Residents in Kensington and Chelsea have an average life expectancy of 86.02 years which is the highest in England.
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London's Metropolitan Police yesterday asked organizers of weekly demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians to reschedule the one scheduled for this Saturday so as not to conflict with Memorial Day celebrations, when tributes are paid to fallen soldiers.more
Two activists from the Just Stop Oil group, which claims to be fighting climate change, attacked Diego Velazquez's painting "Venus with a Mirror" at the National Gallery in London with hammers yesterday, smashing the glass protecting the canvas.more
Dodgy pedicab drivers are to be driven off the streets of London under a new licensing system in a bill in the King’s Speech. The crackdown on the three-wheel vehicles is expected to be a stand-alone bill in Rishi Sunak’s new legislative plan to be unveiled on Tuesday.more
Four police officers were injured when participants of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London fired fireworks at officers and the crowd, London's Metropolitan Police said last night. 29 people were arrested in connection with the demonstration.more
Five London Underground lines are set to be simultaneously shut for several hours on the same day next week.
Passengers are set to face major disruption on their Tube journeys around the capital on Saturday, November 11.more
A bid by Stansted Airport to massively expand its terminal to improve passengers' experience has been approved.
In a decision on Tuesday, the Planning Inspectorate said a move to extend the airport’s terminal to provide more capacity would have “very significant economic benefits.” more
Sadiq Khan will set out his stall on Thursday afternoon for next year’s mayoral election, while claiming that “900,000 Londoners could be silenced” due to voter ID requirements.
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Londoners are being invited to add £1 to their bills while dining out this festive season to help raise vital funds to support homeless people.
Hundreds of restaurants, pubs, bars and hotels across the capital are taking part in this year’s StreetSmart campaign, running throughout November and December.more
On October 28, 2023, the Consular and Polish Diaspora Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London, together with volunteers and Polish organizations, inaugurated the "Akcja Znicz". As every year, this initiative is based on close cooperation with local communities, including Polish schools.more
That borough is Southwark, with 267,818 potential zombies roaming the streets from its 26 cemeteries. This is the second highest zombies per square kilometre, with over 8,950. It's not the only London spot to make the list. Kensington and Chelsea doesn't fare much better, with just over 200,000 total undead, and 16173.16 for every square kilometre.more
The number of the most polluting vehicles driven in London has fallen by almost half since the capital’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) was expanded, taking almost 80,000 older cars off the roads.
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61 activists from Just Stop Oil, a group that aims to fight climate change, were arrested yesterday in London after a protest near the British Parliament.more
Nine people are in hospital after a Range Rover crashed into pedestrians at a bus stop close to the West End.
Police were called shortly after 3.30am on Sunday to reports a car had hit a number of pedestrians at a bus stop in India Place, Aldwych. more
Nine people were arrested during Saturday's pro-Palestinian demonstration in London, the London Metropolitan Police said yesterday. Meanwhile, its commander, Mark Rowley, argues that Great Britain needs more precise regulations to combat extremism.more
Około 100 tys. osoby według policji, kontrolowane przez udział w manifestacji poparcia dla Palestyńczyków, które wystąpią w sobotnie popołudnie w Londynie. Demonstracje miejsca także w innych brytyjskich miastach, m.in. w Manchesterze, Glasgow i Belfaście.more
Roehampton North West in Wandsworth has been named as one of the areas in London with the lowest household income of any neighbourhood.
Households in the leafy London suburb on the border of Richmond Park earn an average of just £38,900 a year from the financial year 2020 according to data from the Office of National Statistics published this year.more
Since the beginning of October, almost 15 times more anti-Semitic incidents have been recorded in London than in the same period of October last year, the London Metropolitan Police reported yesterday. The number of incidents motivated by Islamophobia is also increasing, although not to such a drastic extent.more
'Hundreds' of emergency services have rushed to an explosion near a Central London railway station this morning (Friday, October 27). City of London Police confirmed there was an explosion in a manhole cover on Mark Lane.more