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Much-loved chicken shop Morley’s and Malaysian restaurant Roti King are coming together for a very special food event. The two brands are uniting under the name Bossman Mamak for a pop-up in Brixton Village which will run from Thursday April 9 until Sunday April 12. They will be selling four dishes (as well as a limited edition tote bag and cap): Wings & Nasi Lah, which sees Nasi Goreng served with three wings, sambal and a fried egg. Boss, Ayam Dua!, which will include two-piece fried chicken and crispy fries in a spice mix with peanut sauce dip. Sedap Wrap of chicken tenders wrapped roti canai with achar salad. KL Dirty Fries, a vegan dish with crispy fries and shiitake mushroom rendang. Photograph: Morley’s x Roti King Speaking about the collaboration, Roti King’s founder Sugen Gopal has commented: ‘Mamak stalls in Malaysia are where everything comes together - after work, after football, where the night ends or carries on. When I look at Morley’s in London, I see that same energy and sense of community, which makes this feel bigger than just a collaboration. It’s about two food cultures meeting and finding common ground, built on the same community and just told through different flavours.’ Shan Selvendran, Morley's CEO, added: ‘We’re always looking to push the boundaries of what Morley’s can do while celebrating our South London roots. Seeing our signature chicken paired with Roti King’s legendary flavours is something special, it's bold, it's iconic, and it’s...

Ever since lockdown in 2020, the number of Londoners taking the city’s buses has been dropping. Part of that has been put down to the fact that the buses have been getting slower, now running at an average of 9.17mph – much of the time, you’re better off walking.  In response to the falling number of passengers, TfL has been making adjustments to its bus network. At the start of the year, it unveiled proposals to either axe or reduce a bunch of London’s busiest bus routes. And over the next two weeks, it’ll implement changes to around a dozen routes across the city, designed to ‘better reflect current traffic levels’.  From Saturday March 28 the number 13 between North Finchley and Victoria will be reduced to one bus every 10 minutes while the 32 between Kilburn and Edgware will temporarily be cut to one every 11 minutes.  There will be revisions to the timetables of routes 60 (between Old Coulsdon and Streatham Station), 278 (Ruislip Station to Heathrow Central) and 372 (Hornchurch Town Centre and Lakeside Bus Station). The 320 (Biggin Hill Valley and Catford Bridge Station) is being temporarily reduced to run once every 14 minutes during weekday peak times.  Photograph: Ko Aun Lee / Shutterstock.com   People who normally rely on the 493 between Richmond Bus Station and St George’s Hospital in Tooting, the E6, E7 or E10 will notice that services have been reduced to just four an hour. The D3 between Leamouth and Bonner Road in Bethnal Green will only run every 17...

Anyone who’s attempted to do so will know that getting a space on the London Marathon is tricky business again, not that much unlike attempting to buy a ticket to Glastonbury.  More than 1.1m people entered the public ballot to run in 2026, but with just over 56,000 spaces in the race, the vast majority were disappointed. Between 15,000 and 20,000 spots were available through the ballot, with the rest of the places taken by charity runners, ‘good for age’ entries and club runners. That means your likelihood of securing a public ticket was between roughly 1.5 percent to 2 percent. But all the energy gel-loving, hydration vest-wearing joggers out there shouldn’t despair. We come with good news about next year’s 26.2 mile race. The London Marathon is in talks to extend the 2027 event across two days. That means tens of thousands more runners will have the chance to race past London’s iconic landmarks, as double the days also means double the number of places. According to a report in the Guardian, the marathon would be open to 100,000 competitors for 2027 – a record-breaking figure – with 50,000 running the course on each day. The plans are yet to get formal approval, but a series of meetings between the organisers and various stakeholders have apparently already taken place to get the ball rolling on the two-day race. The plans, which are for a one-off event, are rumoured to have backing from the mayor’s office.  Hopeful competitors should clear their diary for the weekend...