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Image by Simon Crubellier Were you one of the thousands who composed the perfect 17 syllables to sum up summer in London? Between 18 and 20 May, commuters saw their Twittered haikus projected onto a huge screen at Kings Cross Station as part of a …

Photo by kenchie It’s a hard life for single-homed taxpaying London commuters. They get up at the crack of dawn in far-flung parts of the country, hastily down a cup of tea and hop on the train to work. They battle bravely against late trains, …

Of 15p to £7.60. Though the mayor has no authority to impose the London living wage on employers, he’s keen to impress upon them that it’s ‘morally right’ to provide workers with enough dosh to live on. Hurrah for Boris! Unless you’re a Metronet cleaner …

Boris Johnson has leapt into the fray over BNP leader Nick Griffin’s controversial guest invite to the Queen’s garden party. ‘Can’t quite believe that the BNP are trying to turn the Queen’s annual garden party into a political stunt,’ the mayor Twittered. ‘Am going to …

The mayor’s plans for an airport in the Thames estuary were sunk by the Shadow Transport Secretary today. Boris’s opposition to a third runway at Heathrow is fairly well documented, but simply moving it to another location doesn’t necessarily make it more environmentally friendly, not …

Photo by Matthew Piper Queens Market in east London has been saved from the wrecking ball. The 110 year old market in Upton Park was under threat of being demolished and replaced with yet another tower block until yesterday, when planning permission was vetoed by …

Not content with extortionate fares, rubbish services and Byzantine ticketing rules, train companies are looking for new ways to twist yet more money out of their long-suffering passengers with a £2.50 charge to guarantee a seat. Surely a fare increase by any other name? Not …

Photo by Greything We’d love to have been a fly on the wall during this negotiation. Though hardly a snip at £18m, it’s a pretty big discount for ex-City bond dealer Raffaele Mincione who managed to knock a cool £22m off the asking price of …

A Petts Wood man has eschewed traditional bricks and mortar in favour of straw to build a garage for his cars. This traditional building method is gaining popularity among the eco crowd with a straw art gallery opening in Essex last year, a Somerset man …

Photo by nic0 In a city the size of London, it comes as something of a surprise that police officers are now escorting people home from ATMs. Even more of a surprise is that the initiative, which includes a hotline set up by the Safer …