New Royal London Hospital Opens
The blue iceberg of the East End is up and running.
Royal London Hospital
In Pictures: London Air Ambulance Gets New Helipad
17 storeys above Whitechapel Road.
Win A Helicopter Ride With London’s Air Ambulance Charity Fun-Run
Get your fancy dress costume right, and you could be flying over London.
London’s Air Ambulance Completes 25,000th Mission
An amazing emergency service and charity — its staff walk on fire to keep it flying.
Key London Hospitals To Lose Over 600 Jobs
Over 250 nursing staff excised by financial scalpel.
Fox Enters House, Attacks Children
Twin sisters are recovering in hospital after a suspected fox attack in the East End. The nine-month-old siblings were reportedly bitten by the animal while sleeping in an upstairs bedroom in Homerton on Saturday night. Both girls sustained injuries to their arms, with one suffering …
In Pictures: On The Helipad Of The London Air Ambulance
The London Air Ambulance perches high above Whitechapel Road, gazing out on the City like a crimson hawk. We’re up on the helipad of the Royal London Hospital. To the West, the Heron Tower is beginning to make its presence felt on the City skyline …
Architectural Dessert Trolley visits Royal London Hospital
A dessert trolly complete with a giant-sized gingerbread Gherkin, that is, 30 St Mary Axe and a massive tower of jellies, dare we say it, wobbled into The Royal London Hospital to bring some early Christmas cheer to the patients. There were huge smiles in …
London On The Cheap
It’s getting to that time of year. The city’s shutting itself in for a nice quiet winter beside the radiator, and can’t be bothered with laying out quite as much entertainment as in the past months. Unfortunately, our budgets are only growing tighter, and we …
Cannibal To Stand Trial For Murder Of London Woman
A British fugitive who claims to be a cannibal is to stand trial for murder. Paul Durant, who escaped from the Royal London Hospital in 2003 whilst charged with armed robbery, made a chilling confession to the Mirror last October. He claimed to have murdered …
Mid Week Music News
Time once again to take a gander at a couple of shows coming up over the next seven days that have shone out from within the Londonist Music inbox. Most of the action this week is taking place in sold out venues across the capital …
