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An armed raid on a bank in Ashford, on the western edge of London has reportedly ended peacefully. A man ‘in his 30s’ has been arrested at the local branch of Barclays after taking a number of hostages. Eleven people were released about an hour …

Our final post about our March museum of the month looks at a few of the documents, paper artifacts and banknotes lodged in the Bank of England Museum’s collection. We couldn’t get you a shot of the million pound note, unfortunately, but go and gaze …

The “windowless walls” of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street, punctuated only by monumental doors and one less than modest statue of its architect (posing in the style of a greek god, no less) are all that’s left standing of the original Sir John …

Optimism at One Southampton Row by JudyGR Moving your banking is a tedious faff, even though your destination depository tends to do all the donkey work for you these days. It seems most stick with what they know or wherever their parents first told them …

By essexdiver It’s been drummed into our commuting subconscious not to change at Bank for ages. Today’s message however is, no, seriously, avoid changing at Bank as escalator replacement and upgrade work continues in March and – um – escalates from May. If you’re a …

Map with Bank – Charing Cross line by Gareth Edwards The transport obsessives at London Reconnections have been poring through the history of once-mooted transport initiatives. Using the Freedom of Information Act, they’ve got their hands on the DLR Horizon 2020 document, which was commissioned …

It looks like there’ll be no DLR at Bank for a big chunk of December, as TfL close the terminus to upgrade track and signals for the new three-car trains. Bank trains will apparently terminate at Shadwell, with travellers expected to shunt onto Tower Hill …

Boris Johnson Chews The Cud At Davos With The Mayor Of Buenos Aires And A Long Tie Boris Johnson used a radio interview broadcast from Davos to call for bankers to give up their bonuses (or part of their salary) to charitable causes. Seems fair …

If yesterday was a Terrible Tuesday in Canada Square, then today the Lord of music has tried to make it all better. In a completely bizarre turn of events, Andrew Lloyd Webber has pledged a pair of free tickets to see The Sound of Music …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 17th March 1984: The Boat Race is postponed after the Cambridge boat crashes into a moored barge less than an hour before the race’s scheduled start. Tuesday – 18th March 1496: Mary Tudor is born at Richmond Palace. …