Previously, taxis and buses were still able to use Oxford Street, relieving pressure on smaller roads and allowing taxis to skip queues

I think we all want another term for Lord Sadiq 🙏🏽 if there's anyone else after the 4th, (that isnt a Tory or Reform nutter) then I say fair game and lets see who's good enough.

That is if Sadiq even wants to run again.

Guys pls help a sis out! Anyone know where I can find pickled okra in London?
Very specific request but would appreciate any help!
Cheerssss

Wanted to show some appreciation for City Lit and all the other places where you can take a course in something niche or random or just plain useful with world class instructors for pretty cheap. I just moved back from somewhere where that wasn’t really possible and I will never take it for granted again. It’s so easy to learn things here or indulge a curiosity. Literally dozens of free or low-cost talks most days as well. It’s one of the best things about London.

Just wanted to express my gratitude to those passengers who were on the train into Waterloo via Staines this morning and who helped me when I decided to take a seat on the floor by fainting just before Vauxhall.

It was incredibly heart warming to see that people were offering to help me and jumped into action. I'll likely never see you again, and I can't really recall your faces, but wanted to say thanks.

I'm fine by the way. Got myself some water and some Lucozade Sport and I'm now in the office. I hope you all have a great day.

More people in that gaff? Hmmm, makes sense they want to use it for big events like boxing more though.

Just did my daily walk from Cannon Street to Moorgate and suddenly realised there wasn’t a single litter bin along the entire route. Why?

(I had litter… I needed a bin… now I have a pocket full of litter!!!)

Wonder if you can pay with your oyster card.

Not an original observation, but I thought it was cool to be there for both.

But according to Sir Mark Rowley there is nothing institutionally wrong with the Met..

Hi Everyone,

Wondering if anyone else had had the same experience:

Last week I travelled from Westferry to Haggerston, as I do most days. A ticket inspector asked me for my ticket on the DLR so showed her my contactless card. She scanned it and said 'All good, thanks'.

The next day I saw I had been fined £16 for failing a ticket check!!! She said absolutely nothing about this. If she had, I would have asked her to check again as I definitely touched in (my journey history shows I touch in at Westferry everyday). If it had still come up as an issue then there's a very slim chance I touched my work oyster card in by mistake, I would have given it to her to check. But as she said everything was fine I didn't.

Also, I have to change at Shadwell and my journey history I touched in at Shadwell 5 minutes after receiving the fine, so clearly the same journey. I then touched out at Haggerston and paid 3.10, which is the same fare I always pay when travelling Westferry to Haggerston. I paid the correct fare and got fined at the same time!

I have just emailed to appeal it but I am so shocked they can issue fines like this without saying anything and take the money straight from my bank account.

Has anyone had anything similar?

Today on the evening tube (it wasn't rush hour, but was relatively full), a man offered and insisted on giving his seat to me.

I don't really know why, because I'm not old (17) and don't have any disabilities, but that was a nice gesture! I love London

Are those oud sellers legal? Why are they there?
Is it just me who gets irrationally angry that they’re in the way during rush hour?

Hi! I have a ticket for Royal Ballet's Manon today,730pm that I cant make

Really last minute but its an excellent standing ticket on the first floor (really close to the stage)

At the royal opera house - covent garden

Blood delivery driver Mark Okotie - 44, ran over the cyclist in March 2024 in evening rush hour and has been given a 3 year, 6 month sentence after being found guilty of committing GBH with intent at a trial earlier this month. His victim has since needed "numerous plates and screws" in his pelvis and femur.

Full disclosure it seems they had an altercation, Mark drove close to the cyclist who spat at the van at the next set of traffic lights, then Mark drove into him. One set of actions doesn't excuse the other though.

Such a cruel and mindless act, I'd give him 5-8 years tbh.

Might not be quite the right sub, but I live in London and I'm looking for this in London.

Reached that point where I feel like I need help, but unsure where to start.

As I imagine is a common situation, I'm yet to shift to a new GP in the borough I've moved to (moved from Ealing to mile end). And I also can't imagine the waiting lists, etc, that I'd have to get through.

I'm happy to go private, but I haven't a clue where to start. There seems to be tens of platforms for it, but I've no idea which ones are any good, ones to avoid, etc

I know I want someone in real life rather than virtually. As I need the accountability of showing up somewhere.

Any thoughts appreciated. TIA.

This is not a post about "look what a decent person I am who cares", but truly a concern about our culture and where we're heading.

I understand that we all should pay a bus fare and nobody is entitled for a free ride etc etc. BUT my mood was entirely ruined when a bus driver didn't take a 70+ yo man in today who asked him for a ride for couple of stops and, apparently, forgot his free pass.

I didn't have a chance to go and press my card against the reader as the driver just said "No!", let him out and moved.

Do bus drivers get any directions on who to help out and take in such situations and who to ignore? Is it entirely on their own discretion or there're some rules? I often see very kind drivers who take people in without much explanation needed but some are just nasty.

If it was a young person who could walk 2-3 stops, I understand, it'd a different situation, but this older man was wearing a thick scarf and kept his mouth closed - obviously, a bit struggling and, possibly, cold!

Also, can't we just, sometimes, leave the rules and capitalism's restrictions aside and simply help and push the culture of kindness and care over greed and strict corporate handbook?

I come from a culture where older people are treated very, very kindly, we give them a sit, we never say rude things to them and we never argue with them and we are just patient with elderly back home. Here, I'm just culturally lost, sometimes. I'm not saying that my culture is better, I know that older people can exploit it and go too far, but I think, we can definitely give them a bigger discount.

I just wanted to share it here. Maybe, if you see the situation like this, just push your own card against the reader and let the older or very young person take that free ride, get that free coffee or bread or whatever they couldn't pay for that day. Let's push kindness against handbook rules which are, sometimes, totally unnecessary.

Sorry for an emotional post. My heart still aches and I feel very helpless, isolated and cold after seeing anything like this day to day.