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City Hall urged to help boroughs turn London wasteland into food gardens

City Hall must implement a London-wide ‘Right to Grow’ framework to allow communities to turn unused public land into food gardens, campaigners have...

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How ultra-wealthy foreign investors are hollowing out London

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Major changes to TfL bus routes to go ahead despite passenger backlash

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Mayor failed to hit revised affordable housing targets, new report reveals

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TfL failed to expand protected cycle network on red routes last year, new data reveals

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Unveiling date announced for London’s Fourth Plinth

9 July 2026

A new sculpture by New York based artist Tschabalala Self will be unveiled on London's Fourth Plinth on 10 September 2026.

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Any Questions? Comes to Clerkenwell

3 July 2026

Any Questions? – one of BBC Radio 4’s flagship programmes, will be broadcast from St. Mark’s Church, Myddelton Square in EC1 on Friday 31 July 2026.

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Council comes out against Mayor’s housing quota cuts

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Lime is now a public company. Will London finally see the data?

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London Assembly back Bus Driver Bill of Rights

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Islington Council faces High Court challenge over nursery closure

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St John Ambulance pilots Casual Responder workforce to help meet growing event demand

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Climate change to cost capital £15billionn a year by 2050 without ‘drastic action’

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Congratulations London, you just enriched a bunch of Silicon Valley VCs!

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Mayor admits developers must use ‘every tool’ as calls grow for air conditioning in new London homes

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The latest on Golden Lane Leisure Centre

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Islington win Brilliant Bronze in London Youth Games 2026 U13 Girls Football Champions

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Record temperatures force Islington ‘cool space’ to close after overheating

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