6 Aug 2026, 13:30 UTC6 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🎾 London's only full-size indoor skatepark to close for padel
📍 Barking's Better Extreme – London's last full-size indoor skatepark – closes 2 August to make way for padel courts. Operator GLL says the park has run at a loss every year of its 13-year existence, and visitor numbers dropped 25% in the last year alone.
🪧 Locals aren't convinced: a petition to save the space has passed 2,800 signatures, and campaigners…
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5 Aug 2026, 13:20 UTC4 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🚣🏻 London's River Marathon returns this September
📰 The Great River Race is back in September 2026, turning the Thames into one of London's most spectacular sporting events.
📍Hundreds of crews race from Ham in Richmond to Greenwich, passing under 28 bridges in traditional rowing boats – from Chinese dragon boats to Irish currachs. No engines, just oars, teamwork, and the river's current.
🆓 Watching is free.
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4 Aug 2026, 13:15 UTC7 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🏰 Water is returning to the Tower of London's moat for the first time in almost 200 years
📰 London has approved a major restoration project that will bring water back to the Tower's moat, dry since the 1840s. Tower Hamlets Council greenlit the plan by Historic Royal Palaces, aiming to revive the fortress's historic look while creating a new green space for nature.
ℹ️ Currently an open grassy area, the moat will be …
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2 Aug 2026, 11:53 UTC11 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🌘 Sky Show: Britain gears up for a deep partial solar eclipse
☀️🌑 Mark your calendars — this is a once-in-a-generation view from British skies.
📰 On 12 August, the UK will witness its deepest partial solar eclipse in almost three decades. Across most of the country, the Moon will cover around 90% of the Sun, with the effect even more dramatic in Cornwall and Pembrokeshire, where coverage will reach roughly 95–96.5%…
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1 Aug 2026, 16:58 UTC9 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🇬🇧 London Sunday – Aug 2
🎶 Camden's Jazz Cafe festival hits Burgess Park with Ari Lennox, Smino & Durand Bernarr, noon–10pm.
🎭 Top pick: The Comedy About Spies at the Adelphi. Also on: Hadestown, ABBA Voyage, Now You See Me Live.
🆓 Free today: evensong at St Paul's, Speakers' Corner, Horse Guards Dismounting Ceremony. Open museums: Royal Academy, Saatchi Gallery, Natural History Museum.
🚇 Piccadilly line still cl…
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24 Jul 2026, 11:11 UTC22 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
📚 J.K. Rowling could get a payout from the largest AI copyright settlement ever
📰 Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit over using pirated books to train its Claude AI – now finally approved by a U.S. court.
🔹 The deal covers ~482,000 works, including 14,087 titles from Bloomsbury (Rowling's publisher, also home to Sarah J. Maas and Susanna Clarke). Each title gets ~$3,000, split between auth…
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20 Jul 2026, 14:10 UTC23 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🎵 London's getting a free jazz jestival
📰 Ronnie Scott's – London's legendary jazz club – is throwing a free street festival in Soho on August 1st. Two open-air stages on Frith Street, five hours of live music, DJ sets and jazz for everyone. On the lineup: Blue Lab Beats, Daniel Casimir Big Band, Shae Universe, Guvna B, Summer Pearl, Marlon the Pannist and the club's own Gospel Choir. Plus outdoor bars and family-fr…
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14 Jul 2026, 13:38 UTC30 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🆕 A once-in-a-lifetime collection of ancient Egyptian treasures has arrived in London for the first time
📍 NEON at Battersea Power Station
📰 After a five-year world tour taking in Paris, San Francisco, Sydney and Tokyo, "Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold" has arrived at a brand-new venue at the historic Battersea Power Station. More than 180 original treasures, each over 3,000 years old, are on loan directly from the …
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13 Jul 2026, 09:00 UTC22 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Video
📜 Oldest surviving fragment of Homer's "Odyssey" was on display during the London leg of Nolan's new film promo tour
It's over 1,700 years old!
More @MovieNews ⬅️ here.
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12 Jul 2026, 10:10 UTC21 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🏇Cart Marking: London's Ancient Vehicle-Branding Ceremony
📆 Saturday, 18 July – Guildhall Yard in the City of London hosts one of the capital's quirkiest traditions.
Up to fifty vehicles will be branded with a red-hot iron, the ancient origin of vehicle licensing. The tradition dates back roughly 500 years, when a mark was burnt onto a cart's wood once its owner had paid for a licence. It's the second biggest event …
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9 Jul 2026, 14:38 UTC24 views3 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
🦆 3,000 rubber ducks are about to take over Paddington Basin
📍 Merchant Square, Paddington Basin
🎫 Free to watch
📰 On 30 July, up to 3,000 rubber ducks will be released into Regent's Canal at Merchant Square for the annual Cosmic Rubber Duck Race – raising money for the children's and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary's and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals.
💷 Sponsor a duck for just £3 (no limit on how many), an…
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6 Jul 2026, 13:40 UTC28 views4 reactionsread 10 August 2026 Photo
✈️ Stansted launches its first-ever night trains to London
📰 From July 3 to September 25, extra Stansted Express trains will run every Friday night until 5am Saturday, roughly every 30 minutes, linking the airport with Tottenham Hale (connecting to the Victoria line night tube). Some early-morning services will continue to Liverpool Street.
📆 After September 25, operator Greater Anglia will review demand before dec…
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