- Team GB remain in second place in the Paralympic medal table.
- An inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney in 2005 hears that he was shot six times by an armed officer.
- The woman killed by a falling window in Mayfair is named as Amanda Telfer.
- Police report a fall in youth violence in London.
- London’s museums report a drop in visitor numbers over the London 2012 period.
- London wins the bid to hold Worldcon 2014, the Universe’s biggest sci-fi and fantasy convention, in its 75th year.
- And finally…Hendon Way is blocked by a pile of smashed arcade games.
Image: A famous landmark obscured by feathers, at the Piccadilly Circus Circus. Photo by InspiringCity in the Londonist Flickr pool.
