Extra, Extra

  • Four men arrested in connection with a frankly shocking murder/carjack in Ilford.
  • Out with the old… Ian MacPherson is to retire.
  • RIBA reckons our houses are too small.
  • Carry on rioting: on how jailed looters are giving wardens the run around.
  • London Metropolitan University comes bottom in the capital’s uni league.
  • You can now see quite of lot of London’s old film archive online.

In other news…it’s a great year for conkers, no? Image by Laura Nolte via the Londonist pool.