Year: 2023

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Volunteers are needed to test the new Luton DART airport shuttle

Calling all trainspotters, locomotive aficionados and out-of-work actors! There’s going to be a new airport shuttle running between Luton Airport Parkway station and London Luton Airport, and they need volunteers to test it.  The Luton DART will whizz you from […]

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All the best new London restaurant openings in March

Spring is in the air and so are a bunch of impressive-sounding new food and drink openings in our fair city.  There are pubs with fancy food, pubs with no booze, and more seasonal plates than you can shake a stick […]

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A London street is being renamed ‘Kyiv Road’ for the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A year ago today, Russian armed forces began an invasion of Ukraine that has since wreaked devastation upon the country. The numbers are staggering. Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced by the war, with tens of thousands of civilians killed or injured […]

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A knife arch has been controversially installed in a Croydon McDonald’s

A controversial metal detector has been installed in a McDonald’s in Croydon in south London. The Metropolitan Police say it’s part of a strategy to crack down on knife crime in the area, and that diners won’t be forced to walk […]

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West Ham’s stadium is being covered with a ‘solar membrane’

West Ham is going green. The football club’s home at the London Stadium is getting its roof covered with solar panels so it can generate its own energy. Plans have been revealed to wrap the former Olympic Stadium in a […]

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A massive David Bowie archive has been donated to the V&A

It’s a big day for David Bowie fans: an enormous archive of the star’s work, life and legacy has been donated to the V&A. Containing more than 80,000 items, the collection spans six decades of the life and career of one […]