Day: May 31, 2025

London station where ‘fights broke out over lift’ closing this weekend for a year

Could London be the next city to introduce a tourist tax?

In many European cities, paying a tourist tax is nothing new. If anything, it’s expected. From Paris to Barcelona to Amsterdam, the majority of our favourite hotspots come with an extra fee, whether we pay it at our accommodation or the airport. Its purpose is simple: to provide the city with money for things like […]

Man unleashes smoke grenades and sledgehammer in raid on Mayfair hotel

TfL blocks ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion

Transport for London has blocked adverts that urge people to lobby their MPs to vote to decriminalise abortion from running on its network because it claims they could bring the police and City Hall into disrepute. Parliament is expected to vote on whether to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in the coming weeks, with […]

Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

The last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the […]