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Fortnum & Mason Supports Injured Veterans Charity

24th April 2008

Luxury retailer Fortnum & Mason is hosting 'The Festival for Heroes' - a one day event to raise funds for the Help for Heroes charity which works to provide direct support for wounded servicemen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Organisers have described the event as "a very British fundraising day with picnics, music and a f… full story

London Celebrates Vaisakhi On Trafalgar Square

24th April 2008

Trafalgar Square will host London's official celebration of Vaisakhi, the Sikh New Year festival, next Sunday (4th May).

London's celebrations will begin at 11.30am with prayers, hymns and messages for peace performed by groups from London Gurdwaras. Later in the day there will be performances of traditional and modern Asian music and d… full story

ITV Drama to Flood London

24th April 2008

London is set to be submerged in a new drama coming to ITV next month.

Flood starts with a storm of hurricane proportions crashes into the Scotttish coast, devastating the sleepy town of Wick. Mountainous tides barrel mercilessly along the North Coast of Britain, heading for London. However the authorities remain sceptical that nature… full story

Museum in Docklands to Explore Jack the Ripper

22nd April 2008

London's most notorious bad boy Jack the Ripper is the subject of a major new exhibition which opens at the Museum in Docklands next month.

Running from 15th May until 2nd November 2008 Jack the Ripper and the East End will include police files and photographs as well as letters from the public and… full story

Iron Man Trailer

19th April 2008

Paramount Pictures and Marvel studios' big screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary Super Hero Iron Man opens at cinemas across London on May 2, 2008.

Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the story of a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. InsteadTony builds … full story

Attractions See Rise in Visitor Numbers

17th April 2008

Figures from Visit London show visits to museums, galleries and other attractions in the capital grew by more than 7% in February compared to the same month last year.

For paid attractions visitor numbers grew at twice that rate at 14.5% - the second month in a row of strong growth while admissions to free attractions increased by 4.7%.<… full story

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