The Lord Mayor’s balloon regatta will NOT fly on Sunday
After coming so close last week, and after several years where bad weather has stymied the attempt to fly hot air balloons over London, this Sunday was looking perfect.

Outernet film of London Zoo’s penguins had to have the poo removed
A huge video of London Zoo's penguins is being shown at the Outernet this week, but the film team has to remove penguin poo from their footage before it could be shown to the public.

Persistent fare evader fined nearly £6,000 for 378 cases of fare dodging
A persistent fare evader has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000, including repaying evaded fares and fines for boarding a train without a valid ticket on 378 occasions.

London Museum of Water & Steam launches urgent appeal to save their steam engines
The London Museum of Water & Steam has launched an urgent appeal to help save the two huge steam engines housed inside its Georgian pumping station.

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Tickets Alert: Sunset tickets for Horizon 22 viewing gallery
Every Friday through August, there will be champagne lates at London's highest viewing gallery, where you can take in the sunset over the city.

Ride the 1938 heritage tube train to Heathrow Airport
Next month, there will be another chance to take a trip on a 1938 era heritage tube train out to Heathrow and back again.

Southgate tube station’s historic clock has been restored
An art deco wall clock, part of Southgate tube station's iconic design, has been restored to its original 1930s appearance.

London’s Pocket Parks: At the sign of the Golden Bottle, EC4
A somewhat shabby sunken garden on the corner of Cheapside and St Pauls in the City of London has been radically redesigned.

Madame Tussauds new Doctor Who inspired display includes Ncuti Gatwa
Madame Tussauds has opened a new Whoniverse-inspired set has opened, including the latest actor to play the time traveller, Ncuti Gatwa.

The Museum of London has changed its name to the London Museum
The Museum of London has swapped the words around and has been renamed the London Museum as part of plans to reopen in their new Smithfield site late next year.

Derelict art-deco cinema to be restored as part of residential development
A derelict Art-deco cinema in north London is about to be restored as part of a redevelopment that will retain the 1930s frontage while adding residential flats above.

New TfL cycle hire docking station added in Camden
The Santander cycle hire scheme has expanded slightly with a new docking station being added in Camden.

A Victorian Gem: Wander through the extravagant Sambourne House Museum
A Kensington residential side street contains a house so amazingly Victorian that a TV costume drama would think it's a bit over the top. It's also open to the public to visit.

More delays for Euston’s HS2 station – NAO report
It may be several years before we know what the plans for Euson's HS2 station will be, a report by the National Audit Office has warned.

Southwark Council wins fight to restore Victorian-era China Hall Pub
A historic south London pub that had been converted into flats without permission has to be restored as a pub after the owners lost an appeal against the decision.

The man behind the tube map: New play at the LT Museum celebrates Harry Beck
Fifty years after he died, Harry Beck, the man who designed the classic tube map, will be on stage in September, as a play about his life, his work, and his wife comes to London.

HS2: Installation of future-proofed road bridge completed
The first of 24 new bridges and conduits needed to span the HS2 railway line just to the north of Aylesbury has been installed, with enough space for a second railway to be built alongside it.

Rediscovering The Hay Wain: Constable’s radical masterpiece headlines this National Gallery exhibition
One of the most famous paintings you've probably never seen in person will be the highlight of a John Constable exhibition later this year.

Day trips from London: Tonbridge Castle and Hadlow Tower
Not too far outside London is the ancient town of Tonbridge, which has the remains of a very large castle, and a short bus ride from it is one of the UK's tallest follies.

TfL warning of Piccadilly line closures as it upgrades the line for a fleet of new trains
There is going to be substantial closures of the Piccadilly line in July and August, as Transport for London (TfL) needs to carry out upgrades ahead of the arrival of the new fleet of trains.

Rare 17th-century paper cuttings unearthed at Hackney’s historic Sutton House
A pile of papers found under the floorboards of a Tudor manor house in Hackney back in the 1980s but never studied have revealed that some of them are very rare examples of 17th-century papercutting.

Work starting to add more ticket barriers at Liverpool Street station
Work will start later this month to prepare Liverpool Street station for the addition of more ticket barriers to the gateline, which will help reduce congestion.

London’s Alleys: Eagle Court, EC1
This is an odd alley in Farringdon lined on one side by rough office backs and the other by a listed Victorian school.