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The Royal Parks has recently updated its website to address controversial aspects of the Albert Memorial in London. The organisation now acknowledges that the 176ft monument, situated opposite the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, contains "racial stereotypes" that are considered offensive by modern standards.more

London is set to bid farewell to July with a glorious burst of warm sunshine, as forecasters predict temperatures will soar to a balmy 27C in the coming days. The Met Office forecasts a steady improvement in weather conditions over the coming days, with Friday expected to usher in clearer skies and welcome sunny spells.more

London suffered a net loss of around 40 pubs and bars last year, while at the same time employing a record high number of staff in the sector, new data reveals. The 0.7 per cent fall in the number of pubs in the capital, despite a 4.3 per cent rise in employees, is explained by the demise of smaller pubs and the rise of larger ones.more

Police yesterday arrested nine people blocking the street in front of the Foreign Office building in protest against British arms exports to Israel, Reuters reported. Pro-Palestinian activists have been demanding a halt to arms exports since Hamas attacked Israel.more

Work is underway to increase the number of ticket barriers at Liverpool Street station by more than 50 per cent to tackle “frustrating and inconvenient” delays suffered by train passengers. It is now the busiest in the country, with more than 80million passengers a year due to the growth in numbers using the Elizabeth line and London Overground.more

Around 40,000 Londoners will be helped by the capital’s first multibank which opens on Tuesday. The scheme in Greenford, west London, is run by the Felix Project charity and will give out more than 400,000 surplus essential goods such as tolietries and bedding over the next 12 months.more

A new rental platform believes AI is the answer to help busy Londoners find their next home. Rentsmart, a tech startup founded by north Londoner Callum Hook, says it saves customers an average of eight hours per week searching for properties on listing sites and arranging viewings.more

The Prime Minister’s spokesman said the proposals would have to meet air and noise pollution conditions before being approved.more

A court in London today found British radical imam Anjem Choudary guilty of terrorist offences, Reuters reported, citing the PA Media agency. No information was available on the details of the verdict.more

The Piccadilly line is to be partly closed for more than a fortnight in August – causing massive travel disruption across north and west London.more

High street pharmacist Boots says the last remaining stores in its 300-shop closure list will be gone by the end of summer. In June last year the retailer announced it would shut 300 pharmacy outlet branches to save £618million, reports 'The Mirror'.more

Londoners who concrete over their gardens should be charged for doing so and given incentives to remove paving, a report to the mayor has recommended.more

The London Overground will partially close for a total of 16 days starting this weekend. The closure has been put in place for engineers to repair a 150-year-old bridge in Hackney between Downs Park Road and Bodney Road.more

London renters must work 197 days of the year on average to pay their landlords before they can start earning for themselves, according to a new report.more

The Natural History Museum’s transformed gardens will welcome visitors from 18 July. Fern, a brand-new bronze Diplodocus, takes pride of place in a Jurassic landscape. The gardens will also be one of the most intensively studied urban nature sites globally, as part of the Museum’s national biodiversity movement.more

Stray from your usual walk around the block with the pooch and head to the UK's most scenic dog-friendly spot, right here in London. more

From dodgy rental ads to nightmarish flatmate stories, it’s no secret that renting in London is a wild ride. But if your tenancy agreement is up this month and you need to find somewhere ever so slightly cheaper to live, a new study has revealed the ‘vibrant’ London borough where rents are falling the fastest.more

The arrival of £200m of extra rolling stock on the Elizabeth line will boost services in central London to a train almost every two minutes. Indicative timetables published by Transport for London also propose 18 trains an hour calling at the new HS2 station in Old Oak Common – one every three-and-a-half minutes.more

Railway upgrades over six days in August will affect passengers on the London Overground and Bakerloo line, Network Rail has announced. Engineers are to carry out £2million worth of improvements to a 16-mile stretch of railway in north London, which will see journeys impacted from Saturday August 3 to Thursday August 8.more

White storks could soon be a common sight in London's skyline if a new rewilding proposal goes ahead. Spurred on by the reintroduction of storks in West Sussex in 2016, urban rewilding organisation Citizen Zoo believe the birds have the potential to thrive in the capital.more

The London Fire Brigade is “well-prepared” for the growing threat of wildfires in the capital, fire chiefs have said.more

Sadiq Khan has said that the Northern line will most likely not get new trains for another 15 years. The Mayor of London said that Transport for London (TfL) is doing 'the best it can' to cope with technical issues encountered with the current 1990s stock.more

The area, packed with royal history and dragon symbols, has been private since it was built 175 years ago.more

A suspect wanted over a crossbow attack which left three women dead has been captured. A major police manhunt for Kyle Clifford, 26, ended when he was found injured near a cemetery in North London.more

Transport for London has revealed the most expensive items people have lost on its services, and how much money it has received from their sales. Owners of lost things have 90 days to collect them from the authority's lost property centre in West Ham.more