Here's what we've learned whilst you've been writing your Christmas cards:
- Seems London honour attacks are on the rise.
- Oxford Street has been closed to traffic for much of the weekend owing to 'crush fears'.
- Teenager stabbed to death in Canning Town.
- Veteran Bollywood superstar Dev Anand has died whilst in London for a check-up.
- Police seeking a prolific burglar have released a CCTV image.
- David Bowie doppelganger - now on show at the Wetland Centre.
- Now the strange entity that is Julian Assange has been made into a play.
Oxford Street, by Neil M. Paterson via the Londonist Flickr pool.