Freemen of the City of London will be exercising their (allegedly ancient) right to take sheep across London Bridge again this year - on Sunday 24th September as part of
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Vintage image of London - Regent Street - 1950s
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Just outside station, portholes in the pavement let you peer down into the tube station below.
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The original VR headset.
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Nearly stabbed by some pikes.
That would have been embarrassing, not to mention, painful.
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The King Charles I ceremony in central London will march down the Mall at 11am.
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A few years back, this part of Strand was clogged with road traffic. Much better now.
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Road resurfacing works this weekend outside Bank tube station's soon to open entrance on Cannon Street - preparing to add a new pedestrian crossing next to the station entrance.
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Vintage photo - Ye Old Burlington Arms on Church Street, Chiswick, circa 1920
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Flat for sale at the top of the St Pancras station building.
BRB - just buying some lottery tickets.
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Quand le radar routier est mal orienté (ça arrive souvent et on tape du score ^^)
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Vintage image of London - Putney Station
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On 28 January and 29 January,
customers who have had their flights cancelled, can travel on any LNER service to their destination for free, by presenting their cancelled airline ticket.
For further info, visit: LNER.co.uk
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From the archive - Soho’s Harry Potter emporium – the House of MinaLima
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From the archive - Unbuilt London: The Docklands Southern Relief Road
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Wanamaker's department store once had a monorail installed inside the building, for kids to ride in.
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Vintage photo - Brixton Road
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Tickets Alert: Hidden highlights tours of Westminster Abbey
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The free winter lights festival at Canary Wharf closes tomorrow - so you have just Fri and Sat left to visit
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Will HS2 be cut back from central London?
There are reports this morning that the High Speed 2 railway may be cut back and the central London terminus at Euston cancelled, or at best, seriously delayed.
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There is actually no facility to 'give up' honours like an OBE. If you return the insignia, they just keep it in a box and will send it back whenever you want.
Honours can only be removed by the monarch, on recommendation of the Prime Minister.
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Freemen of the City of London will be exercising their (allegedly ancient) right to take sheep across London Bridge again this year - on Sunday 24th September as part of
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Or as Foxtons would call it - luxury apartment with a view.
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Tickets Alert: Hidden highlights tours of Westminster Abbey
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The #Disney100 Disneyland Monorail is a highlight. And don’t miss those reflections. 
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Imagine getting on a train at Leeds and getting off at Brussels/Paris/Amsterdam.
Unfortunately, the lack of ambition from this country can be despairing at times.
But at least it's clear what the Party of growth, ambition, and investment.
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The free winter lights festival at Canary Wharf closes tomorrow - so you have just Fri and Sat left to visit
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Tickets for just £10 to see The Lehman Trilogy at the National Theatre will be released at 1pm today.
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I rant about website design -- but a doff of the cap to Waltham Forest council who very quickly added an RSS feed when I noticed one was missing from their website.
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It's been snowing INSIDE Kyoto Station recently.
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Will HS2 be cut back from central London?
There are reports this morning that the High Speed 2 railway may be cut back and the central London terminus at Euston cancelled, or at best, seriously delayed.
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I used to live above a Nandos so called the WiFi "Free Nandos WiFi". can only imagine how much the staff hated us
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Vintage photo - Kentish Town railway station
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London's weekly railway news
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Elizabeth line’s next upgrade set for 21st May 2023
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