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This year's event has raised £87.5m for charities so far, compared to last year's record of £87.3m.
Good transport links also help. Trains that shuttle City workers from all corners of Greater London in the week offer easy access at weekends. Our analysis finds that Saturday travel into the City on the Underground has risen by 22% since June 2023, whereas it is flatlining in the congested West End (see chart).
A woman who drove a Land Rover into a tea party at a London primary school, killing two 8-year-old girls, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
As the ZSL London Zoo celebrates 200 years, BBC London is highlighting the people behind the scenes. Adrian Taylor, who is the zoo's longest-serving staff member, now works alongside his daughter Eve.
Disney’s High School Musical will move to London this autumn. The production, presented by Hope Mill Theatre and Chris Harper Productions, marks the first UK non-replica staging of the musical and follows a summer run at the Lowry in Salford from 22 August to 19 September.
SXSW set up camp in London’s East End last year with its first-ever edition in the UK. Deadline has been covering the announcements and news for this year’s lineup. We also managed to pull the Director of Programming,
Sabastian Sawe’s record-breaking run at the London Marathon made him the first man with an official world record below 2 hours. This chart shows how the sport got there.
Sadiq Khan will launch a probe into spiralling service charges as part of an investigation into London’s housing crisis.