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St Paul’s Cathedral has unveiled its hidden library, which will be available for a “once-in-a-lifetime” overnight stay in honour of World Book Day. For only £7, two guests will get the chance to stay in the “secret” room of the historic London landmark on March 15 as well as enjoy a dinner at a nearby restaurant and breakfast the next morning.more

About 40 per cent of journeys on London’s public transport network will be more expensive due to the limited impact of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s “fares freeze”, it can be revealed. It means that Transport for London’s income from fares will increase by up to £75m over the next 12 months, if travel returns to pre-pandemic levels – the bulk from more expensive Tube journeys.more

Britain’s sharp regional divide is on track to deepen with London’s economy pulling further ahead despite the government’s levelling up promises, according to a report.more

Marks & Spencer has won the right to demolish one of its flagship stores on Oxford Street after a High Court judge ruled the Government made a series of blunders while trying to block the plans.more

The first ever Barbie doll will be among 180 going on display in a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum exploring the “design phenomenon” behind the hit film.more

A couple in south London have been ridiculed for trying to recruit a live-in babysitter who would have to pay them £400 for the privilege. London renters were stunned to see a property listed at such an affordable price in Clapham South - but they soon realised there was a massive catch.more

Sadiq Khan has hailed his Night Time Enterprise Zones programme as having “dramatically” boosted high street spending in three London neighbourhoods. more

The London home of Freddie Mercury - former lead singer of the band Queen - was put up for sale yesterday. As relayed by estate agency Knight Frank, its owner, Mercury's partner and later friend Mary Austin expects offers in excess of £30m.more

Bus company staff in London are set to strike next month over pay. Around 40 members of staff will be involved in the strike that is set to impact 18 bus routes for 9 days.more

Oxford Street has begun to bounce back, with the proportion of vacant shops down by 40% and almost a fifth of its troublesome candy and souvenir shops now closed.more

Shamima Begum, who left London for Syria in 2015 at the age of 15 to join the terrorist organisation Islamic State, yesterday lost a further appeal to have her British citizenship revoked.more

London workers are starting to attend their offices on Fridays more, new figures suggest, but the return is a “slow crawl back rather than a rush” to pre-pandemic levels.more

The BT Tower, a well-known landmark in London, is set to be turned into a hotel after it was sold for £275m. Opened in 1965 by then Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the 177-metre (600ft) tower was primarily used by television broadcasters for sending signals.more

After three years of double digit rent rises, the rental market finally appears to be cooling. Rental prices in the UK have dropped for a third consecutive month, according to the HomeLet Rental Index. This index uses tenant referencing data from more than one million renters every year. It shows that in January average rents fell by 0.6 per cent, following a 0.9 per cent fall in December. Sincemore

“High-risk” passengers arriving in Britain on private jets are slipping into the country without security checks via London City Airport, the chief inspector of borders and immigration has warned. In an interview, David Neil warned he had found dangerous failings at the City hub. Home Office data revealed the UK border force had failed to adequately check passengers in hundreds of private jets armore

The London Underground lines with the worst air quality have been named. New data from a report by Transport for London analyses air quality across the Tube network and shows how the lines rank.more

The top five areas for low-paid jobs are all in London, a new report has found. The latest study by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has found that five London boroughs are the country’s top-ranking local authority areas in terms of the proportion of jobs which do not pay a “real living wage”. more

House prices have continued to drop in London as the post-COVID property boom gradually slows. Analysis from Zoopla revealed in December London prices fell by 1.5 per cent, with the city's outer boroughs particularly experiencing a decline in the value of property.more

Being born on February 29 means you only get one birthday every four years, but thankfully it does have at least one perk. Anyone born on the date - which only comes around every leap year - is being offered a free ride on the London Eye on their birthday. more

The American-British biographical film Oppenheimer was - as expected - the biggest winner of this year's BAFTA British Film Awards ceremony. At the gala held last night in London, the film, nominated in 13 categories, won in seven.more

A Soho restaurant has been ordered to pay £9,800 after pleading guilty to breaching food hygiene laws following the discovery of cockroaches running across the floor near food chillers.more

Twelve people were arrested on Saturday in London during another demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians, the London Metropolitan Police reported. Six of these people were arrested for assaulting officers while they were detaining a person with an anti-Semitic banner.more

The new names of London's six Overground lines have been revealed, significantly changing the look of the famous Tube map. Last August, Transport for London (TfL) announced it wanted to give the routes distinct identities to make it easier for passengers to navigate the network.more

Tube insiders on Wednesday raised alarming new concerns about the state of the Central line — and warned that passengers faced years of chaos due to “inexcusable” delays in upgrading the clapped-out trains. Whistle-blowers contacted the Evening Standard to reveal a multitude of “foreseeable” problems on the line caused by years of under-investment.more

Kinoteka 2024 has just announced a full program of feature films and special events. The festival will start on March 6 and last until March 28.more