The Time Out London blog team

You’ve trained for months, maybe years. You’ve carb-loaded. You’ve put together your motivational playlist. Now it’s time for runners in this year’s London Marathon to line up at the start line and tick a life experience off the bucket list. Or, of course, you may just be out in London cheering on the runners. In either case, you’ll want to know about the weather forecast. All week London has been pretty balmy – a bit blustery, sure, but with plenty of blue skies and temperatures reaching the late teens. Will the weather hold out for Sunday? Will it rain – or, worse still, be too hot? Find the full weather forecast for this year’s London marathon below. RECOMMENDED: 🤑 All the best freebies and perks runners can claim for completing this year’s London Marathon.🚇 London travel disruption this weekend – full list of tube and train closures for April 25-26 2026. When is the 2026 London Marathon? The race is on Sunday April 26, with non-elite runners starting from around 9.30am. The weather forecast for the 2026 London Marathon In short, the weather is looking shaping up pretty nicely on Sunday. It’s unlikely to rain, with the Met Office reckoning that there’s less than a five percent chance of precipitation. When the race kicks off at 9am, the temperature will be around 11C. Throughout the day temps will rise to around 17C – which borders on a bit too hot. Runners (and spectators, but mainly runners), make sure you stay hydrated. There is likely to be a bit of cloud cover...

Westminster locals, avid Time Out readers and racket sport enthusiasts may remember when, in 2024, we revealed the local council’s proposals for a £42 million glow up of Marylebone’s Seymour Centre. Plans to do up the 1930s leisure centre included an upgraded sports hall, a new café and a permanent home for the Marylebone Library.  Those of you with a sharp memory may also remember that the works were set to be completed by early 2026. But as we near the end of April, the leisure centre is still far from reopening. In fact, it turns out the renovations will take almost a year longer and cost quite a bit more than expected. Willmott Dixon, the construction company responsible for the renovations, has extended the project’s deadline four times since works began, which it has chalked up to unexpected issues at the site. Asbestos was found in the ceiling – yep, that stuff that used to be used for insulation, until someone realised it can cause some nasty diseases including lung cancer and aptly-named asbestosis. Yikes.  Issues with some of the Grade II-listed leisure centre’s heritage windows pushed construction back even further.  ‘Seymour Leisure Centre is a listed building, and the council’s priority is to restore the building while respecting its listed status and historic character,’ a Westminster City Council spokesperson said at a recent meeting about the delays.  ‘A number of unexpected issues came to light once works had started, which meant we had to carry out...

Late-night cravings keeping you up? A world-renowned cookie chain is here to deliver a promising new midnight snack ritual. A hyped American cookie company is set to open its first London outpost. Founded in a dorm room in 2003, Insomnia Cookies takes its scrappy student origin story and runs with it. It’s more than founder Seth Berkowitz’s side hustle, now a multi-million dollar business with hundreds of locations worldwide. Its UK locations range from Birmingham to Liverpool, but the bakery is yet to settle down in the capital. With Laura Todd coming to Gloucester Road this summer, Insomnia Cookies is here to pull on the capital’s sweet tooth a little more.  An application has reportedly been submitted to Camden Council to open up a new cookie shop at 177 Camden High Street between the hours of 11pm and 5am, seven days a week. If given the go-ahead, Insomnia Cookies will take over the site of Martin’s, an independent butcher which closed almost a decade ago. Photograph: ZikG / Shutterstock.com Insomnia Cookies is exactly what you want at 2am: fresh, warm cookies delivered straight to your door. The brand’s classic flavours include the usual white, milk and triple chocolate, while their deluxe stuffed cookie range boasts favourites like Biscoff and Reece’s Peanut Butter. Beyond the cookies, there’s plenty to sink your teeth into, too. With ice cream cookie sandwiches and cookie-flavoured milkshakes, sundaes and more at hand, Insomnia Cookies has pretty much anything and...