How London's boroughs were named 60 years ago
Ahead of the 60th birthday of Brent, Bexley, Barking, Barnet and all the boroughs that don't begin with the letter B, we look ...
Is Bengaluru still worth the hype? Reddit user warns NRIs to stop buying flats as 'outer limits of IT hub' now cost as much as New York
Bengaluru's real estate market is under scrutiny as property prices surge. With the growing demand, increasing construction ...
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The Best April Fool's Day 2025 Jokes And Pranks In London
Trust nobody. It's 1 April, meaning people and companies everywhere are out to fool you. In an age of fake news and hyperbole ...
Bexley and Bromley became part of London 60 years ago today - but do residents still consider themselves Kentish?
Sixty years ago today, a chunk of Kent was officially lost to London. But do people there consider themselves part of the ...
TfL launches consultation on new Superloop express bus route through north-east London
The route would link several Tube and railway stations with two local hospitals and an industrial estate on the banks of the ...
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An A-Z Of (Recently) Lost London
The residents were 'decanted', often miles away to Outer London. The Heygate has now been replaced by Elephant Park, an "exciting new London urban story" of apartment blocks, restaurants and a ...
Traffic lights to be reset and utility firms charged to dig up roads in bid to speed-up London buses
Councils will also be encouraged to charge utility firms to dig up roads to limit the amount of disruption caused by ...
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What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?
How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...
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Stamp duty hangover hits London as 80 per cent of first-time buyers face higher tax from April
The second most affordable borough, Bexley, in Outer London, was also down 1.1 per cent to an average of £399,400. “The London housing market posted a sustained recovery in house prices over 2024 as ...
Birmingham developer turns to London with trio of residential schemes worth total of £1 billion
Birmingham property developer SevenCapital has revealed plans for a £1 billion push into the London residential market with ...
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Plans have been revealed for the next Superloop bus route in east London
Right now, there are nine Superloop routes dutifully serving the outer-boroughs of London, and there a loads more on the way – SL4 (which will be free for the first year ), SL11, the Bakerloop and a ...