Hot air balloons will fly over London on Sunday morning
If you wake up very early tomorrow (Sunday) and can get to (or see) central London, you will be able to watch up to 50 hot air balloons drifting overhead.

London Metropolitan Archives changes its name to The London Archives
The UK's second largest archive service, the principal local government archive repository for the Greater London area, is dropping the Metropolitan part of its name and becoming simply The London Archives.

Halfway there: HS2’s Northolt Tunnel reaches 8.4 miles under west London
The four railway tunnels that make up HS2's Northolt Tunnel under west London have reached the halfway mark, with the four tunnel boring machines completing 8.4 miles of tunnels.

Brunel Museum closing at the end of September for rebuilding work
The Brunel Museum, which tells the story of the world's first underwater tunnel, will close at the end of September for nearly a year of rebuilding work.

London’s weekly railway news
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Big changes for Canary Wharf’s HSBC Tower includes a new public roof terrace
One of Canary Wharf's big three skyscrapers is about to have large holes knocked out of it, and the roof will be opened to the public for the first time.

Tim Dunn unveils the inspiration behind the London Overground’s new names
Ahead of the forthcoming London Overground renaming later this autumn, a podcast series hosted by TV presenter Tim Dunn is exploring the inspiration behind those new names.

Open House offers a sneak peek at September’s free architecture visits
It's just over a month until bookings open for the annual Open House Festival, the annual chance to see inside normally private buildings, and the organisers have released a preview of some of the buildings that will be open to visit for free in September.

Havering Council revives Beam Park station plans with new consultation
Havering Council has launched a consultation to support plans to build the long-delayed Beam Park station in east London.

Nostalgic treasures filling a disused pub in Croydon: A joyful dive into collectables
A disused pub in Croydon has been filled with ephemera that have become collectables, from Star Wars toys to small stones, costumes and play to cigarette packs and old plastic bags.

Gunnersbury Station may get step-free access as part of a housing development
Gunnersbury station in west London could get step-free access as part of a refurbishment of a local office block, according to a consultation about the plans.

One month until ImberBus – a bus route that runs just once a year
If you fancy spending an exceptionally surreal day taking trips through a military firing range in some old buses, start the countdown as it's one month to ImberBus.

London boroughs boosting cargo bikes for last-mile deliveries
Five London boroughs have been awarded £180,000 by the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund to help more businesses switch to cargo bikes for their local deliveries.

Stratford station redevelopment on track with design contract award
An ambition for a major redevelopment of Stratford station in East London has taken a step forward after a contract was awarded to develop potential options for the station and oversite development.

From Rockets to Rowing – The UK’s largest private space memorabilia collection
The genteel surroundings of Henley-on-Thames are more famous for rowing than for space flight, but it's also the place to go if you want to see a piece of the Space Shuttle, spacesuits, and documents used to plan the moon landings.

London’s Pocket Parks: Natural History Museum, SW7
A brand new pocket park has opened in central London, and it's unlike any you might have seen before -- it has a dinosaur in the middle.

Savoy Hotel is selling its classic Afternoon Tea plate racks
Lots of people fancy a bit of posh nosh with an English Afternoon Tea in a restaurant, so how about taking a bit of the Savoy at home as well?

New London Spirit cricket shirt blends TfL moquette with crisps logo
A brand new London Underground-inspired playing shirt has been released for a cricket tournament and is also being sold to collectors, but for a hefty price.

Grayson Perry’s modern tale of social mobility reimagines a Rakes Progress
Six large-scale tapestries by Grayson Perry telling a tale of a modern Rake’s Progress have gone on display at Pitzhanger Gallery in West London, where the original engravings were once displayed.

Engineering Marvel: How HS2 is using giant metal cans to overcome groundwater hurdles
Two massive metal cans are currently being assembled deep under west London to allow HS2's tunnel boring machines to drill through water-saturated ground.

TfL’s debt ratings upgraded by Moody’s citing tight cost controls and increased income
Tight cost control and improving passenger revenues have seen Transport for London (TfL) receive a vote of confidence from Moody's debt ratings agency.

Frameless relaunches one of its galleries with new animated paintings
Frameless, the Marble Arch venue that fills large rooms with animated interpretations of masterpiece paintings has revamped one of its four main galleries.

Hammersmith’s flyover could be buried in a tunnel
The Hammersmith flyover could be buried in a tunnel if plans by Hammersmith and Fulham council come to fruition.

TfL adds 900 e-bikes to the cycle hire network
The TfL cycle hire scheme has increased the number of e-bikes available, adding 900 new bikes to the network.

London’s Alleys: Midford Place, W1
This small slip of a side passage off busy Tottenham Court Road is one of the few surviving passages from when this area was first built.

Video shows people risking their lives at railway crossings
Network Rail has released a video of dangerously close near misses on the railway when people brazenly ignore the stop signs at level crossings.