The Southbank’s Hayward Gallery is opening later than usual in the final weeks of its Anish Kapoor exhibition to give more people a chance to see it.

Overseas visitors will continue to enter England’s national museums for free after the government decided against introducing a separate admission charge for tourists.

This truly ancient church is one of the oldest in London, and although it is only open for services, it is still worth a wander around the outside.

Today’s London news round-up:

Burnt Oak tube station on the Northern line will be closed for a couple of weeks from late October for engineering works to add step-free access.

A week-long exhibition at Sotheby’s offers the chance to see Rome, from Mount Aventine before it changes hands again.

Chiltern Railways is to face strike action later this month after the RMT union said its members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.

A tiny forest at a TfL control centre has won the top prize in TfL’s annual gardening competition that turns stations, depots and offices across London into patches of green.

The Southbank’s Hayward Gallery is opening later than usual in the final weeks of its Anish Kapoor exhibition to give more people a chance to see it.

Overseas visitors will continue to enter England’s national museums for free after the government decided against introducing a separate admission charge for tourists.

This truly ancient church is one of the oldest in London, and although it is only open for services, it is still worth a wander around the outside.

Chiltern Railways is to face strike action later this month after the RMT union said its members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.

Eleven floors beneath Clapham Common, a wartime shelter is preparing to tell a few ghost stories.

With HS2 set to terminate at the station, the prospect of using boarding ramps for large numbers of changing passengers prompted a new design.

Nine twisting works by Rachel Kneebone have appeared among the museum’s Old Masters, gilded furniture and decorative arts.

Although Peckham Rye station’s main upgrade is on hold, Network Rail has carried out some modest improvements to the station, including a wider ticket gateline.

Today’s London news round-up:

The Barbican is hoping for concrete evidence of the supernatural this autumn as it launches its first Ghost Tours of the arts centre. 

Eleven floors beneath Clapham Common, a wartime shelter is preparing to tell a few ghost stories.

The RIBA paid £150,000 to settle a legal dispute with former president Alan Jones over leaked information, the AJ can reveal

With HS2 set to terminate at the station, the prospect of using boarding ramps for large numbers of changing passengers prompted a new design.

Nine twisting works by Rachel Kneebone have appeared among the museum’s Old Masters, gilded furniture and decorative arts.

This week’s sale and discount theatre ticket offers from London Theatre Direct. 

Although Peckham Rye station’s main upgrade is on hold, Network Rail has carried out some modest improvements to the station, including a wider ticket gateline.

Great British Railways will weigh public ownership against leasing for future orders, although existing contracts will continue.

If you had been in Berlin, Germany last week, you could have seen one of the Piccadilly line’s new trains on display.

The date that road traffic will be banned from a large section of Oxford Street has been announced – as Monday 26th October 2026.

People walking out of the Bond Street station’s Hanover Square exit might find themselves facing a huge mass of coiled wool and horsehair.

TfL completed the station’s feasibility design in July, while Arada has now applied to build the first phase of homes it would serve.

The train company, Avanti West Coast, will be taken into public ownership on 7th March 2027, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander will announce later today.

This is a 200-year-old, pastel-rich passageway with an award-winning pocket park that can be found a few minutes' walk from the Design Museum in Kensington.

Today’s London news round-up:

If you fancy lunch in one of the City of London’s livery halls, it’s possible.

Great British Railways will weigh public ownership against leasing for future orders, although existing contracts will continue.

People walking out of the Bond Street station’s Hanover Square exit might find themselves facing a huge mass of coiled wool and horsehair.

TfL completed the station’s feasibility design in July, while Arada has now applied to build the first phase of homes it would serve.

If you had been in Berlin, Germany last week, you could have seen one of the Piccadilly line’s new trains on display.