Britain’s longest serving railway employee retires from Waterloo station
After 68 years of service, the man thought to be Britain’s longest-serving railway employee has done his last shift at Waterloo station.

London Zoo to open in the summer evenings through July
Next month, London Zoo will be having regular late-evening openings for adults only to enjoy the summer air surrounded by tigers and penguins, but not children.

London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

Air conditioning in the home
Jumping onto a bit of a hobby horse of mine as summer is coming, and that's the vexed issue of air conditioning in the domestic home.

A glowing earth fills the Painted Hall in Greenwich
Luke Jerram’s huge glowing earth has returned to Greenwich’s Painted Hall, filling the baroque space with a slowly rotating orb.

Three more “British Railways” totems for south London
Street artist Lionel Stanhope has completed three more of his distinctive railway station signs for Network Rail, at Malden Manor, Chessington North and Tolworth.

Over 12,000 people blocked from TfL services due to lack of face covering
Over 12,000 people have been stopped from using a TfL transport service for refusing to wear a face mask since the regulations came into effect, according to the latest figures from TfL.

London’s Pocket Parks: Salters’ Gardens, EC2
This is a sunken garden not far from the Barbican that until recently was a little known space hidden from view by 1970s office blocks.

South Kensington tube station development decison delayed until the autumn
The meeting due to be held tomorrow evening to decide on approving a redevelopment of the land around South Kensington tube station has been deferred until the autumn.

Islamaphobia and the Opium Wars – at the Brunei Gallery
Two seemingly very different exhibitions have reopened, but both tell their own story about Western oppression of cultures they don't understand.

Ealing Broadway station gets step-free access with enlarged ticket hall
The upgrade of Ealing Broadway station has, after a delay, been completed, and is now offering step-free access to all its platforms and has opened an enlarged ticket hall.

From Tudors to Windsors – a history in portraits
Kings, Queens, mistresses and loverboys - some 500 years of monarchy is on display as part art and part history lesson at the National Maritime Museum.

London Zoo’s NHS sign is to be preserved by the Museum of London
A large NHS sign installed in London Zoo's Giraffe House during the pandemic has been acquired by the Museum of London as part of its ongoing Collecting COVID initiative.

London exhibitions to visit in June 2021
As we crawl out of the lockdown, the museum and galleries are opening up and putting on their big summer exhibitions at last. Here's a selection of what's open in June to waken up the slumbering cultural brain.

TfL secures funding to keep running, at a high cost
Transport for London (TfL) has secured another short-term funding agreement worth £1.08 billion from the government to keep the Capital's public transport services running, but will have to pay a high cost for it.

Could the pantograph make a return to London’s buses?
A trial of a new electric bus in South London could see the pantograph return to London's buses, some 60 years after the last Trolleybus ran in London.

London’s newest museum opens its cells – the Bow Street Police Museum
London has gained a new museum, and it tells the story of the Bow Street Police -- probably the most famous police station in the city.

60th anniversary of Wembley Stadium’s ski jump
It's May 1961 and there's a huge ski jump being built inside Wembley Stadium, on the football pitch.

London’s Alleys: Fairthorne Road, SE7
This is an alley in southeast London that has a unique feature in the middle, but is soon to be closed to the public.