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"Penny Black" - one of the oldest surviving postage stamps from 1840 will go to auction in London. It is expected to be sold for as much as 6 million pounds (around 33 million zlotys), the British Sky News channel reported yesterday after the Sotheby's auction house.more

New posters have appeared across the London Underground network to make passengers aware of sexual harassment while traveling. The information campaign specifies, inter alia, conduct that is punishable by law.more

Continuing its efforts to bring the richness of Polish culture to an international audience, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (IAM) has announced the creation of "Joy & Devotion" - a new annual festival of Polish sacred music. The festival will begin on 2 November," wrote the IAM on FB.more

Average London pay dropped 1.3 per cent to £42,001 this year, official figures have revealed.more

Hackney had the highest knife crime rate of all London boroughs, a report this month found. more

Climate change activists have asked drivers not to use the M25 tomorrow as they prepare for another sit-down protest.more

After a 10-day hiatus, environmental activists from Insulate Britain, which are demanding that all leaky homes in Britain be insulated, have resumed their blocking protests. This is the 15th such action in the last few weeks.more

Only 43 per cent of motorists living in and around the capital are aware London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is set to expand on Monday, according to a new study.more

The husband of the detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is beginning a hunger strike in Whitehall, demanding the government do more to secure her release.more

The most talented young footballers of Polish origin from the British Isles met on Saturday at the Polish embassy in London with scouts and coaches of the Polish Football Association, headed by the national team manager Paulo Sousa. Matty Cash, who was applying for Polish citizenship, was also present.more

There are nearly twice as many statues and statues dedicated to animals in London as there are specific women known by name, according to an audit by the charity Art UK.more

One in five Londoners were unable to access essential food items in the past fortnight due to shortages caused by Britain’s supply chain crisis, according to new research.more

The famous Oxford and Cambridge university rowing eights regatta is to return to London's Thames in 2022, after a two-year hiatus. The competition is scheduled for 3 April, British media reported.more

The Met Office has predicted that rain throughout the day will batter much of the nation while temperatures will remain cool, barely moving into the low teens for many areas more

A spike in Covid cases has been detected in south-west London, latest figures reveal. Richmond has the highest rate in the capital, at 418.9 cases per 100,000 people over the most recent seven days.more

Crumbling stones, cracking ceilings and warping windows in the Houses of Parliament were the subject of several thousand hours of recent investigations by teams of experts from across the UK, as part of work to plan the essential restoration of the Palace of Westminster.more

Night Tube services in London will resume at the end of November - after a 20-month hiatus caused by a coronavirus pandemic - the British capital's mayor Sadiq Khan announced yesterday.more

A Sussex spokesman responded to rumors of their possible arrival in connection with a party at Kensington Palace for Princess Diana next week. "No, Meghan and Harry will not be flying to London next week," the Daily Telegraph reported.more

Climate protest group Insulate Britain, which has caused disruption to major roads during the last five weeks, is to suspend its campaigning for 11 days. The activists have blocked motorways and roads in the London area, including the M1 and M25, and Thames crossings.more

A teenager stabbed to death on a southwest London playing field has been named as Hazrat Wali, 18. Police said he died in hospital on Tuesday after being attacked in Craneford Way, close to Twickenham train station.more

Motorists in London should be charged based on how many miles they drive to tackle poor air quality and plug the gap in TfL’s finances, according to a leading thinktank.more

In many areas of northern England over the past decade - and even before the coronavirus pandemic - life expectancy has fallen, and the gap between the richest and poorest areas is as high as 27 years, according to the research presented.more

Devastating floods that hit London this year show authorities face “significant” challenges and must prepare for more extreme weather in the future, a Thames Water boss has said.more

Shortages at petrol stations remain “serious” with a tenth of petrol stations in London and the southeast still without fuel, retailers have warned.more

A married couple have apologised after ‘cheating’ at this year’s London Marathon. They were seen running the iconic 26.2 mile course together while wearing the same number (11250).more