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The City of London is planning to convert empty offices into housing in a bid to revive the area after the Covid crisis.more

Big Ben will ring again from early next year as the restoration of Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower nears completion. The refurbishment of the Westminster landmark, which has already spiralled to at least £80 million, was originally expected to be finished this year but was delayed as the Covid-19 crisis held up work.more

Sadiq Khan has announced plans to abandon the £15 congestion charge and scale it back to a weekday levy. The charge was “temporarily” hiked from £11.50 to £15 last June, and its hours were extended until 10pm, including at weekends.more

Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party's candidate for mayor of London, visited the Polish church in Balham yesterday, which saw an incident on Good Friday when police interrupted the service.more

A man has died after jumping in the River Thames to rescue a woman who had fallen in. The hero attempted to rescue the woman after seeing her fall from London Bridge in the early hours of Saturday morning. more

London's leafiest boroughs have been revealed in a new study, which shows how much of the capital is covered in trees. Five boroughs have more than 25 per cent tree coverage, with Barnet, Richmond and Camden being the greenest.more

A theme park being built in Kent has revealed what one of their ‘zones’ will look like, as well as teasing their star attraction.more

Climate activists shattered at least 19 windows at HSBC's (HSBA.L) headquarters in London's Canary Wharf as part of a protest against the financing of what the group says is devastating climate change that threatens the planet.more

Two-thirds of London workers would be happy to return to their offices in time for the Government’s June target for ending social distancing, an exclusive survey reveals today.more

London Bridge station in central London was evacuated on Wednesday after police were called to investigate reports of a suspicious item on board a train, British Transport Police said.more

Rents have plummeted buy up to a quarter in some London postcodes as tenants flee the capital in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns.more

Local lockdown restrictions may be imposed in London if surge testing fails to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant, a Government scientific adviser has suggested. more

Transport for London has permanently halted its heritage service of 10 iconic Routemaster buses on the number 15 route.more

Metropolitan police say man was spotted walking down the Mall by officers on patrol.more

Surge testing for the South African Covid variant has been thrown into chaos, with testing slots in some south London centres booked up until next Friday.more

Cocaine sellers report in the British press of record demand for stimulants in the first week of milder UK restrictions. Many of them estimate that the next few days will be groundbreaking in terms of sales and introduce restrictions on availability.more

The London Metropolitan Police today regretted the interruption of the Good Friday service at the Polish Church of Christ the King in Balham, south London.more

The paying public can picnic at the palace this summer as the Queen throws open her private 39-acre London garden for visitors to explore by themselves for the first time. With pandemic restrictions forcing the cancellation of Buckingham Palace’s traditional summer opening for a second year, self-guided tours of the landscaped grounds will be on offer from July to September.more

Sadiq Khan is to launch a review examining the feasibility of decriminalising cannabis as part of a new approach to tackling drug-related crime in London. more

Myanmar’s London embassy was stormed last night and seized by allies of the military, who locked out the ambassador to the UK.more

Warm weather is set to grace London next week as beer gardens open for the first time in four months.more

The sitting Labour mayor is ahead of his Conservative rival by 47 per cent to 26 per cent with a month to go, the YouGov research revealed.more

The Polish University Abroad in London (PUNO) is a Polish university in London, founded in 1949 (de jure 1952). The Polish government-in-exile established a new university as PUNO in 1949, when the university received a temporary statute and on December 15, 1952 full academic rights.more

On April 13-15, 2021, the tenth, jubilee edition of the LSE Polish Economic Forum conference organized by Polish students of the London School of Economics and Political Science will take place. Participation in the conference, which will be held online this year due to the pandemic, has already been confirmed by distinguished guests.more

Londoners were today urged to spend the huge savings built up during a year of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions to help rescue battered local businesses.more