Council considers £100 fine for feeding pigeons outside tube stations
Echoes of Ken Livingstone in Kensington as the local council is considering a ban on feeding pigeons outside some tube stations to reduce the mess they leave behind.

A £2 coin will be minted to mark 200 years of passenger railways
As 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the world's first passenger railway, the Royal Mint will issue a special collectable coin to commemorate the event.

New private bike hire scheme trialled in Southall for local residents
Outside Southall station in West London is what looks like one of TfL's cycle hire docking stations a long way from where there should be one, but you might notice that it's the wrong colour.

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Elizabeth line passenger ran along platform after getting hand stuck in doors
An investigation is underway after a passenger's hand got stuck in the doors of an Elizabeth line train as it was departing a station, causing the passenger to have to run along the platform until they were released.

First look at the reopened Colindale and Kentish Town tube stations
Over the past few days, the London Underground regained two of its tube stations as Colindale and Kentish Town stations reopened following rebuilding works.

Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets may survive with new market buildings
The future of the Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish markets look brighter after it was confirmed that they are close to securing alternative sites when their existing markets close.

Mobile phone coverage expanded southwards on the Northern line
Following the latest expansion of coverage on the Underground, more of the bottom of the Northern line is getting mobile phone coverage in the tunnels.

Royal rhinos, knitted wombs and anal surgery — Versailles comes to the Science Museum
The Science Museum has brought together some of the glittering and the grim to tell the little-told tale of French science in the dying centuries of the French monarchy.

A dinosaur’s head has appeared inside Crystal Palace railway station
The head of an Iguanodon dinosaur has appeared inside Crystal Palace station, mounted on the wall as if it were a hunter's trophy.

London’s Alleys: Grotto Passage, W1
In the heart of Marylebone, a narrow gap between rows of upmarket shops leads to an alley that was once a notorious slum.