- Margaret Hodge MP rules herself out of race to be Mayor and advocates Labour chooses a minority candidate to represent the city.
- London City airport gets planning permission for a £200m extension.
- ...While TfL gives the final green light to the east-west cycle superhighway.
- A redevelopment of Brixton is mooted which may see evictions under the railway arches.
- A man took his own life after Newham Council pursued him for an £800 debt, an inquest heard.
- A student who visited Syria and had disturbing videos on his phone has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
- A teenager who murdered a man over a cigarette is jailed for 18 years.
- A manhunt is under way for a suspect who shot dead a man in Uxbridge...
- ...And four men are wanted for questioning over a shooting in Islington.
- Police are searching the Thames near Putney for a rowing coach who may have drowned.
- A man has been jailed for driving the wrong way round the M25 for nine miles (before crashing).
- The Marylebone building which houses Madame Tussaud's waxworks has gone on the market.
- Rock-folk singer Frank Turner played for squatters in Denmark Street's 12Bar...
- ...And others reminisce about legendary Camden Town pubs.
- Here are some impressive 'then and now' comparisons of London landmarks.
- A deliciously sardonic take-down of Valentine's date night on the cable car.
- Why is London's snow so paltry compared to other parts of the UK? — and can we please organise a snow dance?
