Boxes of snails have been found in central London offices by council officers investigating tax avoidance schemes. Crates of gastropods have been discovered in the past in what Westminster City Council described as "unscrupulous traders" trying to claim agricultural business tax exemptions by saying they were running snail farms. Council leader Adam Hug says the recent discovery, at two buildings in Old Marylebone Road, "vividly illustrates an issue of business rates avoidance based on a ludicro

What happened when we pedestrianised Oxford Street for one day? Footfall was up nearly 50% and over 75% of people surveyed said the event improved their experience of visiting Oxford Street. That’s why I am moving forward with the next stage of my proposals to pedestrianise our iconic high street. | Mayor of London

Did you know the Crown Jewels were once nicked from the Tower of London?! While the world obsesses over the Louvre jewel theft, we looked back on the time London's own crown jewel theft Look Up London took us through the real story of how Thomas Blood once attempted a daring robbery of his own, with a twist the Paris thieves should not expect to emulate | Metro

Gordon Ramsay's new Lucky Cat restaurant in Bishopsgate, central London, features Japanese beckoning cats—that keep disappearing. | The Jonathan Ross Show