An independent Tapas restaurant in south east London has announced the closure of its second restaurant in Deptford after the Peckham restaurant closed days before. The Tapas Room announced the closure of its... Read more »
The iconic Bayswater bookstore’s story is one that was intertwined with Britain’s Arab diaspora over four decades. The oldest Arabic bookstore in London, and the largest Middle Eastern specialist bookshop in Europe,... Read more »
In a huge victory for pub culture, one of the UK’s most beloved boozers has just been saved from closure after a successful campaign to save it from a licence review. The... Read more »
Fury as George Orwell’s ‘perfect pub’ faces closure after four neighbours complained about revellers
A 200-year-old iconic pub that inspired an Orwellian essay on the perfect boozer could face closure after four neighbours who moved in during lockdown complained about noisy revellers and ‘piles of rubbish’.... Read more »
It is a tale of two schools. In north London, Clerkenwell Parochial School — a 300-year-old primary where Charles Dickens once read his work to children for a penny — was forced... Read more »
Almost 4km of rail tracks and ballast will be replaced in Penge Tunnel by contractor Colas during a nine day route closure which starts tomorrow (Saturday 23 July). The £5M of work... Read more »
A road in Southwark is closed in both directions due to an “emergency services incident”. The incident has reportedly been ongoing since just before 1pm today (Saturday, June 4). According to traffic... Read more »
A fire that tore through a London, Ont. Pizza Hut on Tuesday afternoon has been deemed suspicious, and damage is estimated at $1.5 million, according to London police. According to a social... Read more »
Protesters wearing Richard Branson masks forced a Walthamstow shop to temporarily close ten years ago this week. Health campaigners forced the temporary closure of a Virgin Media Store during a protest at... Read more »
The NHS’s biggest mental health trust has been accused of undermining its own workforce’s wellbeing by shutting its staff nursery, despite it being a “lifeline” for them. Dozens of doctors, nurses and... Read more »
