🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Storm Goretti hits trains, 15 frozen pond rescues this week, flu on the rise again, Islington artists ordered to leave studio + Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Bus routes face axe, park cafe contracts 'conflict of interest’ claim + London's newest pool: Sea Lanes Canary Wharf ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

“Spring into Easter” at Sainsbury’s in Waterloo station … with a box of mince pies reduced to 9p

London in 2026... as imagined in 1926. This transport poster was created by London Underground 100 years and predicts tall buildings and crowded skies. We've rounded up more predictions of 2026 here -> agohttps://londonist.substack.com/p/how-1926-imagined-2026

❄️  Good morning London. Wednesday's headlines: Hundreds object to Brockwell Park events, Battersea skyscraper appeal, help spend £1.7m for Haringey + new Chelsea manager gets 3 points (for speeding) ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london #brockwellpark

🌤️  Good morning London. Tuesday’s headlines: Dog rescuers pulled from frozen pond, park cafes takeover faces legal fight, new Hampstead Heath bookshop + the public toilet ‘revolution’ ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️ Good morning London. Monday headlines: Fire engines crash, triple stabbing, AI bots blamed for 'London is dangerous’ narrative, end of the line for diesel fumes at St Pancras + new cold water swim race at Brockwell Lido ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/the-london...

❄️  Wake up London, it's snowing! (in parts of north London anyway). Here are Friday's headlines: Snow and ice warning before a sunny weekend, Metropolitan Line knife gang caught on camera, thousands line streets for parade ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Happy new year London. Thursday’s headlines: Watch the fireworks, hunt for Deptford killer, appeal to Romford mum, Eurostar slowly resumes, bus driver forever blowing bubbles + things to look forward to this year ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Bakerloo Line suspended this morning, second day of Eurostar delays, DLR cleaning staff strike + where to watch fireworks for free ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

We've made it to the end of another year - thank you for your support of The Greenwich Wire in 2025. Here's a look back at the highlights and lowlights of the past 12 months, and some thoughts about the future.

🌤️  Good morning London. Tuesday’s headlines: Primrose Hill fenced off, comedian’s Marylebone bag theft caught on camera, shoplifting 'crimewave' costs £17m per month + plans for a busy year of sport ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london #primrosehill

🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Snow forecast, four house fires blamed on candles, stations closed, London's 'best new house' + 2025 trend predictions including pop-ups going permanent ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning good folks of London. Here are Wednesday’s headlines: Last-minute bid to save Zipcar, station closures, Peckham house fire tragedy, Northern Line platform knife fight + thousands call for cafes to be saved ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Tuesday’s headlines: ‘New vision' for Great Ormond Street, £30m timber-roofed station, two new Banksy artworks, Holland Park carol service for pets + hand-delivered local journalism subscriptions ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Thousands demand U-turn on park cafes' Christmas eviction notice, Rowans Tenpin Bowling ‘ain’t going anywhere’, self-driving taxi roll-out plan + cash for river Lea rewilding project ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Green light for 4,000 new homes in Earl’s Court, Elephant and Castle traders return, festive flu jab events + why 'shutting women out will never work' ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/the-london... #london #earlscourt

🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Tower Hamlets Council fraud probe, Hampstead Heath ponds hearing, Chelsea ground move update, Newham school closing + meet Meatball: London's internet-viral fox ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Fog warning for flights, District Line attack, M&S gas panic, Hampstead Heath trans swimming debate goes to court + Attenborough's 'Wild London' ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Tuesday’s headlines: Emergency meeting on car clubs after Zipcar collapse, cyclists fined for speeding, support for DLR extension plan, Ally Pally roof climbing + Vittles ‘99 best restaurants in London’ ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Police step-up synagogue patrols, 7,000 new homes at Royal Docks, fears for Finsbury Park bowling ally & pub, MOTH Club update + hundreds of dachshunds descend on Hyde Park ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: More bus strikes planned, survey on the future Brixton, surviving London's 'superflu' wave + the city's top-10 happiest places to live ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Overground upgrade plans after £3bn deal, Brockwell Park facing 32 days of partial closure, new public square near St Paul’s Cathedral + Ray Winstone gets the Freedom of the City ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...

🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: 15-year-old boy murdered in Islington, Heath cafes decision delayed, flying taxi in Canary Wharf today + new ‘floating ecosystems’ added to Regent’s Canal ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

☔️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: 'Major crackdown’ on phone snatchers, last minute bid to save London College of Fashion building, celebs' carol concert in Marylebone + Ricky Gervais gifts £100k to local dog charity ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Heathrow pepper spray attack, Lambeth Country Show axed (for now), Crown Jewels custard protest, inside the Barbican revamp + Spotify Wrapped but for TfL ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london #barbican #heathrow

🌤️  Good morning London. Friday’s headlines: Lewisham's New Cross estate facing demolition, Thames 'chemical spill', new Eurostar train to Germany, Trafalgar tree lights up + meet the high street heroes of Hayes ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/the-london...

🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Bin strikes called off, Newham chosen for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets, DLR trains still sidelined + Ritz lobby jobby protest ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Bike firm bid’s for Zipcar’s parking spaces, Piccadilly Circus shop caught selling cannabis cookies, Kew tree axed by accident + Squeeze singer joins grassroots bid to save pub ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/the-london...

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Tower Hamlets LTN court challenge, drink spiking map, Lewisham’s Model Market to return, Peckham ice rink with no ice + Carnaby Street makeover plan ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

Lewisham’s Model Market will be reopening in the spring, five years after the street food area last traded, promising “a hub for independent kitchens, local makers and creative spaces”.

☔️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Residents told to be 'extra vigilant' after cyber attack, Tate staff strike, zoo boss quits amid workplace probe + pedestrianisation plan around British Museum ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Oxford Street's new traffic plan, Finsbury Park festival tree fears, Brixton mural unveiled + Design Museum’s new Wes Anderson exhibition opens ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london #brixton #tfl

Government to give go-ahead for Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead: www.onlondon.co.uk/government-t... It had to happen. And it has. #london

Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site. The scheme includes the demolition of the old Bull pub, branded a "dump" by one councillor.

🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Rough-sleepers get emergency cold weather shelter, DLR extension update, Kingston AI art facing axe + two Clapham tunnel revamps ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Councils hand out cash, West Ham relegation could cost taxpayers £2.5m, York Way revamp + hedgehog superhighway for Highgate and Hampstead Heath habitats ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london #westham

A bizarre 10-metre mural in Kingston that *might* be AI art. One passerby, when asked for their opinion, responded: “fuck sake”. Another cracking @londoncentric.media read:

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Tourist tax plan, Camden and Hackney child poverty concerns, penguin happiness debate + readers re-stock robbed foodbank ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Bus strikes today, Brockwell Lido update, a look inside Holland Park's 'postmodernist masterpiece' + ignore the snow clickbait ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Doctors strike, weather warning, Putney's £1m junction 'disaster' + jump into a great big pile of leaves in Newham ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min... #london #agreatbigpileofleaves

☔️  Good morning London. Thursday's headlines: New £100 Lime bike fines, DLR safety probe, Hampstead Heath cafe update + Oval residents win their bin battle ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

The Waterfront Leisure Centre will be knocked down and sold for housing, Greenwich Council has confirmed. The centre, a local landmark since 1988, is due to close after the new Woolwich Waves facility opens next month. greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/w...

🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Multibillion-pound Bitcoin fraud, Peckham festival plans to grow, more festival headliners announced, 'duck' bus-boats returning + London Football Book Market ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Shepherd’s Bush Market gentrification fears, Jenrick confronted at Hounslow Heath car boot sale, Lily Allen to headline Mighty Hoopla + why London’s jazz scene is thriving ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/london-min...

Rail travellers from Woolwich and Abbey Wood will face disruption this weekend as the Elizabeth Line closes for engineering works. Woolwich station will also be opening later on two mornings in the coming weeks.

⛈️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Thunder forecast, West End arrests, bin strike threat, Borough Market denies influencer crackdown + how can London become more child-friendly? ⏰ London’s ad-free local news: londonminute.substack.com/p/the-london...

Cake on Tower Bridge. Exactly as I encountered it; photo not staged at all.