Extra, Extra

General News

• Serial conman sentenced to life for murdering Carole Waugh.
• Lecturer in Newham suspended after homophobic remarks.
• The Department of Health has spent at least £200k on legal costs over Lewisham Hospital.
• Hampstead residents and businesses offer to pay for a police 'contact point'.
• London authorities have no idea where 159 sex offenders are.
• On The Beat Records hasn't found a buyer and will close in January.
• Southbank Centre unveils design of new skateable space under Hungerford Bridge (see pictures).

Boris Johnson

• The Mayor's speech to the Centre for Policy Studies sparked so much comment it needs its own section.
• Boris used the third Margaret Thatcher lecture to either position himself as the ex-PM's heir or embark on a spot of epic trolling, depending on your point of view.
• Nick Clegg called Johnson's comments on inequality and IQs "unpleasant, careless elitism".
• And if anyone has any idea what the 'cornflakes' bit was about, let us know in the comments.

Housing

• Our own Jonn points out how very few telly Londoners could afford to buy their houses in real life. In the New Statesman. Pff.
• Assembly Member Darren Johnson calls for more retirement housing for London's ageing population.
• Faced with long waiting lists, one group of tenants are building their own homes.
• First residents moving into the Olympic village.

Transport

• There's a strike planned on 4 December for the Piccadilly Line.
• "All-seeing" speed cameras to be trialled across four sites in London.
• Video footage catches cyclists jumping red lights; but we also counted four vehicles over the Advanced Stop Line.
• A lovely eulogy to the A-Z.

And Finally

• Twenty beautiful aerial photos of London at night.