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Each year the whispered chant of “holidays are coming” starts the firing gun on the festive season. For many who grew up with the original TV advert, Christmas hasn’t begun until the Coca-Cola trucks have rolled onto our screens.more

Green Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. Just down the road from Piccadilly Circus, the park is known for being a green haven in the centre of London and for its popular Tube stop that serves both the Victoria and Jubilee lines. The park is part of a green belt in London being a chain connected to St James's Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens, but long ago, it wasn't a park at all.more

On average 20 customers were using the cable car during its first hour - a drop in the ocean compared to the 2,500 passengers it can hold each hour.more

New research has revealed which London boroughs are the cheapest to rent in. Trust for London, a funder of hundreds of organisations 'fighting for economic and social justice across the city', has crunched the numbers.more

A cold spell is set to grip London and the rest of the country within days as temperatures plunge towards zero. The Met Office has predicted a shift to cooler, more unsettled weather in London from the weekend into next week.more

New statistics reveal that 45 per cent of Londoners have ended a night out before midnight in the last year despite wanting to stay out later, according to YouGov. The figures reflect the growing concern over London’s nightlife industries, with many Londoners cutting nights out short simply because there was nowhere else to go.more

Improvements to Oxford Street may not happen for a number of years because of the way Sadiq Khan is attempting to seize control of the nation’s most famous high street, according to local campaigners. A total of 22 residents’ groups and amenity societies in Westminster have written to the mayor asking him to think again about his intervention on Oxford Street.more

The capital’s top officer said he was ‘deeply troubled’ by the situation the force was facing, writes Standard.co.uk.more

Narrower flight paths for Heathrow airport could create “noise sewers” blighting London’s skies and communities below, a council is warning.more

A 1% fall in house prices in London could yield a £7.3bn boost to the economy over a decade, mayor Sadiq Khan has said.more

A central London pub has increased the price of drinks in the late evening — saying that customers need to pay for their security. O’Neill’s on Wardour Street, Soho, has added a £2 surcharge on all drinks served after 10pm, meaning that a pint costing £7.40 goes up to £9.40 later in the evening.more

Whole cucumbers, white wine and kimchi. Here’s what your London borough orders the most via Deliveroo groceries.more

Despite being relatively unknown, the quiet 'village' in North London is very well linked by the Underground...more

Yesterday, the annual general meeting of members of this Polish institution was held at the Polish Social and Cultural Centre in London. During the many hours of the meeting, a new president was elected, a representative of the "new Polonia" - Marcin Kalinowski, who for two years held the position of director of building management at POSK.more

A new weather map shows a blob of snow getting closer and closer to London. The forecast from WX Charts shows snow on parts of South and West London, while the bulk of it is on Berkshire and Hampshire. Meanwhile, more snow can be spotted on the weather map towards parts of the North, mostly Yorkshire. The forecast is for Tuesday, November 19, meaning it is still quite uncertain. more

Time Out is in talks about opening a huge new food market on Piccadilly Circus 18 months after it scrapped plans to launch in the capital.more

The remaining Tube strike action due to happen this month has been suspended. The ASLEF union, which represents London Underground drivers, has suspended walkouts which would have 'brought the capital to a halt' on Thursday, November 7, and on Tuesday, November 12.more

Joy & Devotion, the annual festival of Polish sacred music in London, will have its fourth edition. Thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the festival invites you from 7 to 10 November to listen to centuries-old music performed by the best British choirs.more

Drivers' union ASLEF is going ahead with their strikes despite the RMT union dropping out on their plans last minute this Friday.more

Thousands of people gathered in central London on Sunday to call for tougher action on keeping the UK's rivers and seas clean. The March for Clean Water was advertised as a "one-off" event to petition the government to enforce laws that tackle water pollution and ensure "all polluting industries" upgrade infrastructure and reduce water wastage.more

Londoners are being warned to remain extra-vigilant as pickpocketing in some areas of the capital surges by 700%. Between March 2023 and 2024, the Metropolitan Police received more than 79,000 reports of pickpockets.more

The number of live births in London has dropped to its lowest level in 15 years, new figures show. Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS( shows that 104,252 babies were born in the capital last year, a drop of 2,444 on the previous year and the lowest figure since 2008. more

While the atmosphere around the Polish Social and Cultural Centre is still thickening ahead of the upcoming general meeting, our editorial office has received a statement from the POSK Management Board today, which we publish in its entirety below.more

More than 400 alleged victims have so far contacted the legal team working on the case against the late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed al-Fayed, who was accused of sexual harassment and rape, the lawyer handling the case, Dean Armstrong, reported yesterday.more

A new Transport for London (TfL) map details which London Underground stations anyone can now use to go to the loo should they be caught short. Officials say it’s part of a push to be more accessible, fair, and inclusive. more