- A man has died at Heathrow Terminal 2, after being hit by a truck.
- The impact of the Hong Kong protests has reached central London.
- Immigrants have built a 'shanty town' in Lee Valley Park, and some people aren't happy about it.
- Wandsworth's traffic wardens are on strike today and tomorrow. Don't think you'll get away with parking on double yellows, mind.
- Yesterday Ed Miliband had strange notions of what constitutes a mansion. Today, Boris Johnson's concept of 'affordable housing' seems to be skew-whiff.
- Heading to Midtown London tonight? Yes, exactly — what the heck IS 'Midtown'? Diamond Geezer reckons the Evening Standard is guilty of a "cringeworthy" attempt at advertorial.
- The phone box has found a way to avoid extinction: as a solar-powered mobile phone charging facility. Which reminds us — check out our recent article on strange uses for phone boxes.
- And in other solar news, London's uptake on powering from panels is the most lackadaisical in mainland Britain.
- Here's what some French people arriving in St Pancras have to say about our cherished metropolis.
- Images of London in the 1860s are going under the hammer next month. They're rather lovely.
- More pretty piccies — this time of the Tower's poppy moat, courtesy of these overhead shots.