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Big Ben should be allowed to "bong" once a week for tourists, a minister has said ahead of the bell falling silent for the next four years later today.more

It is official - getting on the Tube before other people have a chance to get off is the most annoying behaviour you can display on London Underground.more

Londoners have been left baffled after an American journalist tested out the Tube and labelled it "transport paradise". Business Insider reporter Dennis Green undertook a trip to the capital to compare New York's creaking subway system with London's.more

Hurricane Gert is upon us, but instead of being blasted by 100mph winds and storms, Britain is set for its warmest day of the month.more

If you are using public transport you do not want to hear this: 'Would Inspector Sands, please report to the operations room immediately'.more

Bendy buses could be making a return to London's roads, in a plan that would reverse a flagship policy of former Mayor Boris Johnson.more

Parliamentary authorities have performed a dramatic u-turn over the decision to silence Big Ben for four years following an intervention from the prime minister.more

The UK social housing maintenance company Mears Group has downgraded its profit forecast and slashed its full-year revenue predictions as its clients delay new contracts following the Grenfell Tower fire.more

A £200m plan to build a bridge covered with trees over the River Thames in central London has officially been abandoned. The Garden Bridge Trust said it had failed to raise private funds since losing the support of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan in April.more

Holborn Tube station has been evacuated after smoke started filling a carriage following what people have described as a loud 'bang'.more

Transport bosses have been accused of "sexualising" young girls after using an image of a four-year-old in a headscarf for a road safety campaign.more

If you go down to Parliament Square this week, make the most of the sounds of Big Ben because you're not going to hear it fro quite a long time.more

US investment bank Morgan Stanley said the two currencies would reach parity in the first quarter of 2018 meaning, once commission is added, you will be worse off after the exchange.more

A manhunt is under way after a mother and daughter were stabbed to death in north west London.more

London's workers are spending more than half their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed.more

Chinese tourists visit London for the royals and Harry Potter, and the capital tops their list of favourite destinations in Britain, a new report suggests. More than 250,000 holidaymakers from China spent more than half a billion pounds in the UK last year.more

Islamist terrorism will continue to be a threat for another 20 to 30 years, according to a former head of MI5.more

Plans to transform a narrow alleyway on a busy street in central London into a multi-million pound three-bedroom luxury home have been given the green light. Dubbed 'The Skinny House', the property will be sandwiched between a pub and an office block in an alleyway just 3.1 metres wide on Euston Road in upmarket Fitzrovia. more

Three people were injured after an envelope containing a "substance" was delivered to a business in London's Borough Market. Police, paramedics and firefighters were all called after the package was discovered at Feng Sushi in Stoney Street at about 13:40 BST.more

At around 7am, a number 77 bus smashed into the shop in Lavender Hill, close to Clapham Junction, as people made their way to work.more

Southend Airport is offering free flights to disgruntled passengers whose flights from London's two largest airports are delayed.more

The men grabbed a 52-year-old woman and carried her to a secluded part of Ravenscourt Park before sexually assaulting her, police said.more

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for rain covering the East Midlands, East Anglia, London and the South East coast.more

Uncertainties over Brexit are shaking up the real-estate market in the capital as rents increase overall across the country.more

London will agree to pay up to 40 billion euros to quit the EU, not a cent more, according to a report. It's much less than the EU wants.more