The Time Out London blog team

All jetsetters will know the hassle of only being able to bring tiny toiletries in your hand luggage (and having to fit all of them in a tiny plastic pouch) every time you fly. But from today (January 23), anyone planning to travel through London Heathrow can breathe a sigh of relief, as London’s biggest aviation hub has joined the ranks of airports which have scrapped the 100ml liquids rule. The rollout of swanky new CT scanners at airports up and down the UK over the last few years has eliminated a load of faff at security. Not only can passengers pass through with bigger toiletries, but they can leave laptops stored snugly in their luggage.  Bottles and containers of up to two litres are now permitted at LHR security, meaning that the extra-large bottle of sun cream or shampoo can make it into your luggage without fear that it will be binned.  Heathrow is one of the last major UK airports to make the changes to its security machines, more than seven years after the ‘next generation’ tech was first announced. The airport’s upgrades cost a whopping £1 billion.  So, what will you still need to faff about with at security? Refillable metal or ‘double walled’ or vacuum containers still need to be emptied, but can be refilled once you’re airside. Coins, keys, phones and other small items will need to pass through security in a tray, as well as coats and cabin baggage. Photograph: Shutterstock The changes, which see the 19-year-long limit on liquids come to an end, mean it...

Yard Sale, one of Time Out’s best pizza places in London, is opening its 16th pizza spot in the capital. And it’s joyous news for residents of East Finchley, who’ll be able to indulge in a brand-new outpost from the hyped pizza place from next month. Northwest Londoners will no longer have to travel all the way to Dartmouth Park to grab a slice of their favourite pie, as Yard Sale’s latest branch will serve all of East Finchley, Muswell Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb as well as parts of Highgate, Finchley Central and North Finchley. After opening in Clapton in 2014, Yard Sale quickly became one of the city’s best-loved for a Neapolitan-style pie. The chain is known for its quirky collabs, which have seen pizzas made with everyone from Ottolenghi Test Kitchen and Loyle Carner to Tabasco. East Finchley’s Yard Sale will offer both delivery and collection, but won’t provide tables for eating in like some of the pizza chain’s other shops. It will, however, have plenty of pub partners so hungry residents can grab a slice from the comfort of their local. Exactly which local boozers will partner with the pizzeria is yet to be confirmed. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yard Sale Pizza (@yardsalepizza) As part of its opening celebrations, Yard Sale is running a competition through its mailing list to win free pizza for your entire street and discounts will be on offer through its opening two weeks. The new Yard Sale will join existing venues in...

If you’re a regular in Covent Garden, this month you’ll have noticed the absence of one of the area’s most legendary venues.  As previously reported by Time Out, storied piazza wine bar The Crusting Pipe shut its doors for good on December 21. The bar was one of the first tenants of Covent Garden’s market hall after its redevelopment in 1980 – which transformed it from a fruit and veg market into a hub for entertainment and hospitality – but closed its doors after 45 years in operation. Davy’s, the bar’s former operator, chalked the closure up to a change in trading environments and consumer habits. But all isn’t lost for the lower ground floor space in the Market Building – in fact, it already has a new occupier lined up. None other than Mr Fogg’s Tavern is set to open in The Crusting Pipe’s former site. When the new bar opens this summer it will be the 11th Mr Fogg’s venue in London. So, what has Fogg’s got planned for the place? Alongside a 65-seat courtyard, the interior boasts 4,500 square feet of space with room for 130 guests.  It will become Mr Fogg’s flagship venue. Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of Mr Fogg’s, said the new venue would bring something ‘historically interesting’ and ‘unapologetically British’ to the heart of Covent Garden. Co-founder Duncan Stirling added: ‘Covent Garden is such an incredible destination for tourists, both domestic and international, as well as Londoners alike. There is so much fun we can have around the world famous market, opera...