Having closed its doors in 2004, and playing host to squatters in recent months, there's finally some good news to report about the Commonwealth Institute in west London. The disused building is to be the welcome recipient of £20 million development plan, with hopes to turn it into an art gallery (yay!), museum (double-yay!) or "centre for a corporate foundation" (erm, possibly yay - we're not sure what that means). This should hopefully mean......

Due to the crazy rain today, there have been mass closures around throughout London Underground. As of 14:15, the following stations have been closed due to flooding: Shepherd's Bush (Central Line) Turnpike Lane Victoria (Circle & District Lines only) Paddington (Circle Line only) Gants Hill South Kensington Kilburn Tooting Broadway Vauxhall Turnham Green Tooting Bec Clapham Common Colliers Wood North Ealing (Westbound services only) Hammersmith - Dist & Pic lines (Eastbound services only) The following......

If you were wondering what was going on with the closure of the Circle and District lines this morning, the answer isn't pretty: A woman has been found dead near Paddington Tube station. The body was discovered just before 0800 GMT and has caused the closure of two lines. British Transport Police (BTP) are investigating the incident and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward. Supt Ellie Bird from the BTP said......

On Friday, while on our way to see DJ Shadow over in West London (see above), we found ourselves seated opposite one of the Tube Challengers who were racing around Zone 1 (we could tell because he was wearing a sticker that said 'Tube Challenge.com' on it). The guy looked pretty frantic, scouring his Tube map, trying to calculate the shortest route, before jumping off at High Street Kensington and running off into the......

For those who haven't left work yet, here's the latest from TFL: 4.55pm Services are currently operating as follows and include service suspensions that were already in effect following incidents on 7 July 2005. Bakerloo - suspended between Paddington to Piccadilly Circus Central - normal service Circle - suspended District - suspended between Edgware Road and High Street Kensington East London - normal service Hammersmith & City - suspended Jubilee - normal service Metropolitan -......