How budget cuts are affecting these emergency services.
And the top two police advisers abruptly resign.
Public report into Olympic finances finds some inconsistencies.
Stories, beasts, pilgrimage, steampunk, wassailing, bees and vintage
Chancellor's £90m policing grant completes the Mayor's budget.
Panto time at City Hall.
The Bloomsbury Group, Tao Yoga, creativity, film, meditation, Gaga Method and monster puppets
A winter grotto, music, comedy, karaoke, jumble, lindy hop and food
According to the National Audit Office.
The Blog, carols, beer, chemistry, lost rivers, re-gifting, ice-skating, Gamelan chimes and more
Including First Thursday, Festive Friday, Santa Saturday and Tree Sunday
Plants, pianos, shorts, lates, Battleship Potemkin and graf
Unexpected borrowing of £110m this year means City Hall has reached its credit limit: and London's in for £10m a year repayments.
Moonlight madness, apples, talks, music, science, art and Bloomsbury Festival
Mervyn Peake, Fingers on Buzzards, Indie Bingo, Aleister Crowley, Sunday Art Fair, Home Movie Day and Native Spirit Film Festival
Free and cheap things to do next week including apples, Knights Templar, Middle-Eastern song, poetry, art, film and dance
And that was without any of those damn riots.
Shoreditch Bark, Horseball, Rise of the Non-Conformists, 2012 Open Weekend, summer skating, drama on a night bus, pop-up crafts and serious debate on a shoe-string
Around 2,000 officers and 1,000 PCSOs are expected to go in the wake of budget cuts.
Festivals and fun days, al fresco meditation, stitching science, walking tours and a triathlon
Celebrate Queensday and Vaisakhi, try beekeeping, learn about Che Guevara, support the London Marathon runners and much more.
Get outdoors for all sorts of cheap and free things to do this week.
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