LifestyleThis week in London: the largest cash theft in British historyAmy Ashenden|Toby Earle2 April 2016It was the week that saw the largest cash theft in British history to date, when £6 million in used notes was stolen.The heist on the Security Express depot in Shoreditch in 1983 saw the equivalent of £18 million today stolen by an armed gang that held hostages on the Easter Monday.Before the invention of Uber, black cab drivers were protesting the rise of minicabs in 1967 and, in 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister due to ill health and returned to the backbenches.Read MoreMoment bag thief who prowled St Pancras arrested by undercover policeCult Hackney restaurant Whyte's returns to London after 30-city global tourOdessa A’zion: the nepo baby Hollywood has fallen in love with SponsoredThe best destinations and activities to book this winterThis week in London trawls the archives to bring you the key events that have taken place in the capital during the past century.London Live's Toby Earle takes a look back at some of the highlights from the end of March and beginning of April.He finishes with the theatre adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse.MORE ABOUTThis week in LondonShoreditchtheftUber
