London food

London food

First bar I'm hitting up is Happiness Forgets. That little basement bar is my favourite bar in the whole world and in the 15 years I've been drinking it's just consistently great drinks, great people and a real sense of comfort and true hospitality.

To reduce conflict between vehicles and pedestrians, a minimum footpath width of 1.8 metres will be retained. Abbeygate Street, Cross Street and Middle Street would operate as pedestrian-priority streets, with restrictions on delivery times and vehicle access. Businesses will also be permitted to extend outdoor seating into designated loading and parking bays.

Check-in is on the third floor and the lift opens onto Tracey Emin's I Longed for You, a neon work running across one wall of Bottega di Carna, the hotel's Italian restaurant. It's the first piece of art you see. The building has plenty more.

The usually private royal garden at Windsor Castle's east facade will open to visitors for the summer. It opened for the first time in decades in 2020 and 2021, but only for a month of weekends in August. It was also a fairly plain garden, but it's been given a substantial makeover and will now be open daily during the summer months.

The Ludlow somehow manages to feel both deeply downtown and quietly cocooned from it. The 175-room boutique hotel leans into a moody Lower East Side aesthetic-dark woods, brass accents, oversized windows, and marble bathrooms-with select rooms offering soaking tubs and skyline views. Guests have access to amenities like 24-hour in-room dining and a 24-hour fitness center, which make it easy to settle in and stay put, should the mood strike, or cope with jet lag.

Gardaí have arrested a man, aged in his 20s following two incidents of theft at Tesco in Ramstown, Gorey, with approximately €435 worth of goods stolen from the supermarket.

The tiny bakery is serving up a range of goods, like traditional twisted donuts (kkwabaegi) topped with cinnamon sugar or pistachio, for 1.50 that you don't see many other places around town. The salad sandwiches fillings like egg & potato and fried chicken served in a sweet doughnut-like roll are not to be missed, and you'll also want to pick up some of the bulgogi croquettes if they have them too.

June Fest 2026 Running from Friday, May 29 until Saturday, June 7 in Newbridge in Co Kildare is June Fest 2026. The festival has a staggering 40 community events on offer, including music, dance, exhibitions, history, crafts, talks, workshops and much more. Festival highlights include the Newbridge Festival of Dance in Newbridge Town Hall on Saturday, May 30; Picnic in the Park at the Liffey Linear Park and a night of live music at Market Square on Sunday, May 31 and a family fun day on bank holiday Monday, June 1, on the Main Street in Newbridge with Comic Con in the Town Hall.

Gardaí from Sligo/Leitrim will host a recruitment open evening on Friday next, May 29th at the Landmark Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon from 6- 9pm. Gardaí are extending an invitation to the public, to attend the open evening in relation to their current recruitment campaign.

There is only one rail route in Britain offering views of both the west and east coasts from a regular local train, and that's the line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. For the east coast, look out for Cromarty Firth away to the right as the train approaches Dingwall, about half an hour after leaving Inverness. Later, you have good views of west coast sea lochs as the train runs down to the Atlantic coast at Kyle.

Following this, the area was cordoned off to the public for a period of time by Gardaí to conduct a technical examination and investigation of the area. The area has since been re-opened by gardaí and has been cleared for public access. As investigations are ongoing, Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the altercation, or who may have dashcam footage or other recordings from the area around the time of the incident.

Tim Martin, the founder and chair of the Wetherspoons pub chain, does now plan to cut the cost of the kids' menu throughout summer. The chain serves children's food including chicken nuggets and sausage and mash from 4.99 to 5.75. We will reduce prices for children's meals during this time and it will be appreciated by parents and families, he said. The hospitality sector has long called for VAT rates on food and drink to be cut in line with other European countries.