GP surgeries in north west London could be receiving payments for hundreds of thousands of patients who may not exist, new figures suggest. File photo dated 10/09/14 of a registration form and... Read more »
New York has the High Line – that stylish walkway along almost one-and-a-half miles of what was until the 1980s an elevated freight line. Well, that’s nothing! North London has the Parkland... Read more »
The UK is facing a record-breaking wave of infections. The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back fully from last... Read more »
Traders have called for a controversial new tunnel to be built to help a “ghost town” in East London. The Silvertown Tunnel will connect North Greenwich to the Royal Docks in Newham... Read more »
It’s Halloween weekend, so doesn’t everyone want to know where the ghosts are living nearby?!… A new study of the Paranormal Database’s huge record of sightings has revealed that London is the second... Read more »
In the heart of Tottenham is a grand building called Bruce Castle which was once owned by the King of Scotland. Bruce Castle, however, is a misnomer, as it is actually a... Read more »
Figures from Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime centre, also revealed that from January to August 2021, it received 351 reports of “ghost broking.” Although the number of reports decreased by... Read more »
Some London street names seem designed to make pedestrians snigger, while others are so cheeky they simply defy belief. East London has its fair share of silly street names, including Balls Pond... Read more »
Covered Central Reservoir, Middlesex Filter Beds Nature Reserve. Photograph: Claire Ward / CC BY-SA 2.0 April is a nice time to discover the wealthy industrial archaeology heritage that London has to provide. The Lea... Read more »