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December is maybe one of my favourit montsh. Why is that? It is easy to guess - because I love Christmas. Actually, who doesn't? But what is Christmas without the colourful strings of angels, bells, holly and other yuletide symbols
sparkling charmingly over our heads. Each Christmas London’s streets are festooned with a glittering assortment
of lights to illuminate our path during the festive period.

A woolly mammoth has been placed in Trafalgar Square to highlight the effects of climate change.

The 11.5ft (3.5m) replica was unveiled by the Natural History Museum to warn how life in Britain could undergo radical change in the next 50 years.

The museum's researchers believe we may have to adapt to "baking summers" as well as "mortally freezing winters".

"The British way of life and Homo Britanicus could go the same way as the woolly mammoth," the museum warned.

Families and tourists in a London park were left shocked when a pelican picked up and swallowed a pigeon.

The unusual wildlife spectacle in St James's Park was caught on camera by photographer Cathal McNaughton.

He said the Eastern White pelican had the unfortunate pigeon in its beak for more than 20 minutes before swallowing it whole.

An RSPB spokesman said: "It is almost unheard of for a pelican to eat a bird. Their diet should be strictly fish."

Every year in London take place massive celebrations to commemorate the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Catholic Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and the King, James I, along with it. He was executed for treason, but he’s remembered by children the length and breadth of the country as they burn effigies of the infamous traitor on large bonfires, as fireworks are fired off into the night’s sky. These celebrations are a great chance for you to go out, stare London's sky and see thousands of pyrotechnics go up in smoke. Also there are some good musical events to see such as the London Jazz Festival which will go from 10th to 19th November.

Which wil be the greatest events in London in April, 2006? Well, personally, I think that the main event this month will be the Notting Hill Carnival. This is Europe's greatest party that started as a small local party by a homesick Carribean community in West London. Today over a million people come to the party. Here are the other important events that will take place in London this month:

Event: Notting Hill Carnival

The world famous botanical gardens, which actually host the biggest botanical collection in the world, were established in 1759 by Princess Augusta. She had a green finger and her passion developed into serious matter. Kew Gardens now spreads over 300 acres. There are the stunning number of 300,000 plant species.
The most important and renown attractions are the greenhouses (we all know what the climate in London is, and some of the plants are tropical and equatorial). In the complex you can see also architectural masterpieces like a Japanese Pagoda, Queen Charlotte's Cottage and the so-called Palm House.

On 19.06.2006 there was an auction of Italian painters in London. The highest sold picture was a portrait by Amedeo Modigliani. He painted his partner in 1919 "Jeanne Hebuterne (with hat)"
There is a tragic story behind this painting - it was made just a year before the suicide of Hebuterne, who was pregnant at the time with Modigliani's child. The painter died shortly after.
Yet what happened in Sotheby is not a record for a Modigliani. In November 2004 another Modigliani was sold for 30.3 mln dollars.

Mayor Ken Livingstone has announced that London is going to get its 100th night bus.

Bus line 281 will run a 24-hour service from Hounslow to Tolworth in West London from Saturday. There were 57 night bus routes with about 15 million passengers in 2000. They are now much safer with the new service of a dedicated police unit which patrols buses and taxis. All of the buses also have CCTV. Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, noted how much the bus service is overhauled in the last six years and the 100th night bus proves it.

A mystery letter posted to a Cambridge University college 56 years ago has finally been delivered.

Trinity College porters were surprised when the faded letter, posted in London on 3 March 1950, turned up.

The faded handwritten letter, addressed to George Green, reads: "George, will meet at Monty's next weekend. Is 2pm acceptable? Love Gwen."

Trinity College said staff were checking their records to find out whether Mr Green was a student.

The timetable for London to be ready for the 2012 Olympics is "extremely tight", an inquiry has heard.

Olympic chief David Higgins said no building work could begin on the East London Olympic Park until all the land needed is in public control.

He was speaking at a public inquiry into compulsory purchase orders on 306 hectares (756 acres) in Stratford.

About 90% is in public ownership, but many firms and residents are fighting eviction from the Lower Lea Valley.

Hundreds of Christians have marched through London in a procession led by a man dressed to resemble Christ.

Marcel Croome wore a long white tunic and sandals, and carried a wooden cross from the Methodist Central Hall in Victoria Street to Westminster Abbey.

En route, it stopped off at Catholic Westminster Cathedral, signifying the unity between the different churches.

Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor asked people to remember innocent victims of our times.

Millions of British holidaymakers have taken to the roads, rail and air at the start of the great Easter getaway.

Airports are expecting record numbers to pass through terminals, with 2.3 million heading to destinations such as Spain, New York, Dubai and Dublin.

On the roads, long queues were reported on major routes across the UK from Thursday afternoon.

In England, the Highways Agency has lifted road works at 27 major locations on motorways and major A-roads.

Developers of the Millennium Dome are confidant its legacy will be a help and not a hindrance to its future.

The venue in Greenwich, south-east London, is undergoing a £600m revamp to become an entertainment complex.

Renamed The O2, it is due to open in July 2007 and will house 11 cinema screens and a 23,000-seater arena.

David Campbell, AEG Europe president, said: "The fact that people start with such low expectations means there's only one way to go.. and that's up".

Pigeon-proofing is one of the measures under way as restorers begin a £420,000 facelift on Nelson's Column in London.

It is the first major restoration on the Trafalgar Square Grade 1 listed monument in 20 years.

Repairs will include stonework, removing pigeon droppings, and pigeon-proofing some minor areas.

It is due to finish in July ahead of the square's annual summer events. The column stands more than 185ft high, and was completed in 1843.

Animal activists are using a legal loophole to flout a ban on feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square.
The Pigeon Action Group discovered the mayor of London's 2003 by-law only applied to land within the Greater London Authority's boundaries.

They have begun daily feeds from the north terrace - recently pedestrianised at a cost of £25m - which is under Westminster Council's control.

The council has asked for powers to ban feeding in its part of the square.

Homeless charity Crisis is launching a new centre aimed at getting people off the streets and into education.
The new Crisis Learning Zone, at its offices in Shoreditch, east London, offers homeless people free courses.
Crisis says there is an appalling lack of services for homeless people, who can find mainstream education services inflexible and difficult to use.
Courses offered range from "life skills" to IT skills in hi-tech and interactive "learning labs".

Hi everybody! My name is Emil Netzov and I live, work and study in Sofia, Bulgaria. I will write about the interesting things happening in London, trying to satisfy anyone who needs current information.