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Over 80 events in 65 cities and towns are planned for the coming days as part of the Polish Heritage Days organized by the Polish Embassy in London. Events are also an opportunity to celebrate the centennial of Polish independence.more

The UK is set to sizzle this weekend with Bank Holiday Monday temperatures hitting record highs. There will be blue skies and high temperatures throughout England and Wales with the south-east of England getting the best of the weather.more

Londoners have attempted to explain the capital's infamous north-south divide to tourists in a string of hilarious online posts. A curious newcomer to the city questioned the split on Reddit after coming across the bizarre issue at a gig in Camden, north London. more

Smartphone dating apps and work pressures are causing more Londoners to avoid committing to relationships than singles elsewhere in the UK, according to figures published today.more

London's Kew Gardens is to reopen its Temperate House - the world's largest Victorian glasshouse - after a five-year restoration. For the first time in its history, the Grade I-listed structure was "stripped back to bare metal" and modernised.more

There are local elections in England today. Over 22 million voters from 160 local government units in this country are to vote over 4.4 thousand councilors.more

As many as 10 people were injured in an explosion at a Jewish festival in Stamford Hill, north London, according to police.more

The flamboyant founder of the Polska Duma (Polish Pride) party, which has its biggest presence in Ealing, says his candidates will "save Britain for the second time" - by cleaning up its "horrifically dirty" streets.more

A man has died and another has been injured after they were shot in northwest London. Police have launched a murder investigation after a man, believed to be in his thirties, was found with critical injuries outside Queensbury Tube station near Edgware.more

Trains could soon be running around the clock across Britain amid demands for modernised rail services, the chief executive of Network Rail has said.more

Organisers of the oldest grand slam tournament - which has also clamped down on first-round withdrawals - revealed a prize fund of £34million for the 2018 championships, up 7.6 per cent from last year.more

Sainsbury's is trialling a new fleet of electric grocery delivery bikes in south London - the first of their kind in the UK. Five zero emission bikes will deliver up to 100 orders a day from the Streatham Common store as part of the supermarket's new initiative. more

District line passengers have complained of being stuck on packed trains between stations after a signal failure caused travel chaos.more

Londoners can look forward to a warm Bank Holiday weekend this as temperatures rise after a grey bout of midweek misery, forecasters say. more

Let's build a 30 metre high dramatic memorial in Central London to the heroic Polish Pilots in the Battle of Britain 1940. Nor were the Poles invited to the British Victory Parade when the War ended. The proposed monument is a great opportunity to thank them for their sacrifice & dedication.more

A London Marathon scammer who picked up a runner's fallen race number less than two miles from the end says 'I deserved my medal'. more

The body of a 47-year-old man was allegedly run over by up to 300 Piccadilly line trains after Tube workers mistook it for a fox. more

An outbreak of toxic caterpillars that can cause asthma attacks, vomiting and skin rashes has descended on London, officials have warned.more

Tens of thousands of rail commuters face chaos after union bosses announced a fresh batch of strikes. Services on Greater Anglia and South Western trains serving London, as well as on Arriva Rail North trains, will stage a series of walkouts in May.more

The proportion of working-age mothers with a job has risen by nearly 50% in the past four decades, a study says. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found the increase was behind a wider rise in the number of women in employment in the UK.more

Torrential downpours are set to batter parts of London over the weekend forcing the Met Office to issue a yellow alert for rain across a huge swathe of the south east.more

A Conservative MP and former army officer has said that sleeping rough is "a lot more comfortable" than military exercises, in a debate he led on tackling street homelessness.more

t's the home of English football and one of the most iconic venues in world sport - and it could be about to get a new American owner.more

The first statue of a woman in Parliament Square was set to be unveiled today two years after a campaign to get female representation outside the Palace of Westminster began. A bronze statue of Millicent Fawcett will join eleven all-male statues including Sir Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.more

At least 20 survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster tried to end their lives within a month of the blaze.more