- Three people jailed for life over Brixton shooting that paralysed a five-year-old girl.
- Catch the three main mayoral candidates debating on Sky News tonight (8pm).
- Will the Olympic torch be extinguished by weather like today's? No.
- The children's heart unit at Royal Brompton Hospital will close.
- Lord Sugar (a Labour peer) won't be voting for Ken, and urges his Twitter fans to follow his contrarian ways.
- The Queen will decide whether to rename the Westminster Clock Tower as the Elizabeth Tower. Let's just officially call it Big Ben and avoid all the silliness.
- And her new boat, Gloriana, took to the Thames for the first time today.
- It's 1,000 years to the day (caveats apply) since St Alphege was martyred in Greenwich by the unusual expedient of being pelted with animal bones.
- 10 things you need to know about the London Marathon, including several you don't.
- Seen these shell huts near Victoria station?
- The Olympic Athletes Hub is launched, to connect competitors with their fans through social media. Looks quite good, actually...if you're into following athletes. Top dog at the moment is US basketball star LeBron Jones, with 14.3 million fans.
- How to get tickets for Last Night of the Proms.
- Can you recommend any places for pigeons to stay during the Olympics?
Image of the Royal Barge Gloriana by Mike Paterson of London Historians.
