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Chaos in the city: Brown and bank chiefs hold crisis talks, while sandwich board men get "End Is Nigh" placards out of mothballs

2012 Games to be "cosier", says the Mayor: cosier presumably being a euphemism for "cheaper"

In other Olympic news: row rumbles on over anti-doping agency funding, while the main stadium won't be converted to a football ground post-2012. Can anybody spell 'white elephant'?

Oyster hack unveiled.

Rough sleepers in Westminster at lowest level recorded.

Much maligned Staples Corner section of the North Circular to get a multi-million pound spruce-up

Concerns about swimming accessibility as map reveals 3 million Londoners live a mile or more from their nearest pool: can't they just walk?

Image courtesy of violinconcertono3 via the Londonist flickr group.