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Here's how much treasure was found in London last year as discoveries hit record high
London History
The number of treasure finds in England and Wales has hit a record high as more people take up metal detecting
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The East London street where it feels like you've gone back in time
Days out
There's even a pub owned by Sir Ian McKellen on the street
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The forgotten London skyscraper than was torn down 1 year after it was built
BBC
The Skylon was built in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain under the post war Labour government and was the tallest structure in London at the time
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Test your VE Day knowledge with our quiz as 79th anniversary arrives
Second World War
It was one of London's biggest ever parties
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Abandoned London Underground station has been closed for nearly 100 years but you can still go in
London Underground
Apart from its brief stint as a war bunker, the Tube station in Mayfair has sat empty and idle for almost a century
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Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 does exist but you can't fly from there - here's what it's used for
Heathrow Airport
Most people won't know that it's essential to the smooth running of the airport
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Map shows incredible plan to make London more like New York after Great Fire
London History
London very nearly resembled New York
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The man who first proposed the London Underground’s original plan that everyone thought was stupid
London History
Believe it or not, congestion was a massive problem in the 1800s, as it remains today, with the caveat that it became a core inspiration to the invention of the Tube network
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Henry VIII's forgotten palace right next to what is now a London Underground station
London History
You're now more likely to find a brand meeting about soap taking place there
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The East London Victorian slum that is now a peaceful garden built from the rubble
London's hidden secrets
Arnold Circus was also one of London's first council estates
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The secret ‘party den’ bar and games room built in a former London Underground air raid shelter
London Underground
It had claim to be the UK's deepest licenced bar and games room
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The Tube station with something unique not found anywhere else on the London Underground
London Underground
It's not often a Tube station manages to break the mould
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Croydon's haunted pub where customers 'went in and never came back' and 'witch boiled bones'
London Stories
The ghost was said to have murdered travellers who visited the inn and boiled their bones in a pot
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The London Underground's first ever escalators that turned out to be a 'total disaster'
London Underground
In 1988, the crumpled rusty remains of this lost engineering experiment were found buried at the bottom of a lift shaft
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What happened to the lost orange, white and stripy lines that disappeared from the Tube map
London Underground
It's amazing to see how much our beloved map has changed in 30 years
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The 'lost' London Underground station that took commuters directly onto a golf course
London Underground
Have you ever heard of a station built so people could play golf?
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The tiny little ledge near Shakespeare's Globe that holds hundreds of years of history - and you'd probably miss it if you weren't looking
London History
It's the last remaining object of its kind in London
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The 'cursed' River Thames island that makes everything go wrong
London History
It has been plagued by disaster for decades (contains an affiliate link)
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The abandoned tunnels below Shepherds Bush where you can spy on unsuspecting commuters
London History
The tunnels were closed a century ago and are an incredible piece of London history
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A day in the life of Tower of London's Ravenmaster who's as West Ham as they come
London's hidden secrets
Michael 'Barney' Chandler runs a team of five people tasked with taking care of Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, Edgar, Branwen and Rex - the tower's famous ravens
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The disaster that befell the original Lambeth Bridge meaning it had to be torn down
London History
The crossing has been used for nearly 700 years but the original bridge did not end well
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The history of London's 250-year-old green huts that you need to pass an exam to enter
London History
The huts, dotted across London, have now all been listed as protected buildings
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Inside beautiful hidden Victorian masterpiece of engineering that stopped London smelling like poo
London's hidden secrets
Crossness Pumping Station first opened in response to ‘The Great Stink’ of 1858
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Beautiful red London Waterloo building has a morbid past as 'gateway to the afterlife'
London's hidden secrets
It's a hidden and very human part of London's history
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Tom Cruise's daughter Bella Kidman Cruise has been living in Croydon, South London, in recent years with her British husband Max Parker and their pet reptile
Man stabbed in Croydon with Centrale Shopping Centre and street near train station taped off by police
Croydon
The attacker has not yet been arresed
Ant McPartlin and wife Anne-Marie Corbett announce birth of baby and reveal unique name
Ant & Dec
Congratulations are in order for the Saturday Night Takeaway star and his wife of three years
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EastEnders
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Junior Knight has only been in the show for two episodes and is already causing a stir among fans
Live: Roads shut after Stamford Hill 'shooting' near Morrisons
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Police and ambulance crews were seen as onlookers gathered around
Elizabeth line 'sees huge increase in journeys' despite issues
Elizabeth Line
More trains may be introduced to cope with demand
King Charles portrait artist's life & work including making collage of George Bush out of porn mags
King Charles III
The contemporary portraitist from London revealed his artwork of King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday
Sadiq Khan to meet the Pope and hail ULEZ after 'drastic reduction of emissions'
Sadiq Khan
The Mayor of London says 'co-operation between different faiths can be a catalyst for unity'
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Experts reveal Northern Lights could be visible in UK again after 'final blast' from sunspot
The Aurora Borealis may not be quite gone yet
Live: Roads shut after Stamford Hill 'shooting' near Morrisons
Crime
Police and ambulance crews were seen as onlookers gathered around
Tom Cruise's daughter Bella's life in Croydon after 'turning down his £342k-a-month penthouse'
Croydon
Tom Cruise's daughter Bella Kidman Cruise has been living in Croydon, South London, in recent years with her British husband Max Parker and their pet reptile
Man stabbed in Croydon with Centrale Shopping Centre and street near train station taped off by police
Croydon
The attacker has not yet been arresed
Ant McPartlin and wife Anne-Marie Corbett announce birth of baby and reveal unique name
Ant & Dec
Congratulations are in order for the Saturday Night Takeaway star and his wife of three years
EastEnders
EastEnders fans 'let down' by Junior Knight as they 'work out' his true intention
Junior Knight has only been in the show for two episodes and is already causing a stir among fans
Live: Roads shut after Stamford Hill 'shooting' near Morrisons
Crime
Police and ambulance crews were seen as onlookers gathered around
Elizabeth line 'sees huge increase in journeys' despite issues
Elizabeth Line
More trains may be introduced to cope with demand
King Charles portrait artist's life & work including making collage of George Bush out of porn mags
King Charles III
The contemporary portraitist from London revealed his artwork of King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday
Sadiq Khan to meet the Pope and hail ULEZ after 'drastic reduction of emissions'
Sadiq Khan
The Mayor of London says 'co-operation between different faiths can be a catalyst for unity'