It's been a less than stellar year for London as far as knife crime is concerned and yesterday was particularly upsetting as four fatal stabbings took place in different parts of the city. A 19-year-old was stabbed in Edmonton, becoming the 20th teenager to die as a result of stabbing this year. Two arrests have been made in connection with the murder. In Leyton, a man who crashed his car had first been stabbed.......

Like a rock band without the rock, the Top Gear Three are going on an international tour. Sorry, let me just re-read that…. Whole swathes of the East End are being rather cleverly recycled into pretty and useful areas for 2012. Yup: this is a positive Olympics story. Yahoo says Yah Boo to London: they’re moving to Switzerland. Something to do with tax, we hear. Two rather dim youths have been arrested for trying......

Ever controversial, the Stop and Search policy looks set to be reintroduced. Mugged cyclist says yah-boo-sucks to her attackers. Beadle’s not about any more. Say what you will, he made this Londonist smile. Hungry hoodies' Hawaiian heist. (Actually, it may have been a Napoli with extra chillies for all we know – what price alliteration?) Police raids in Edmonton and Peckham round up people smugglers. And people. We-really-shouldn’t-blog-when-we’re-hungry piccie courtesy of mmmmichie’s flickr photo......

Book-lovers will be checking out a unique new venue on Saturday [2 Feb]: St James Street Open-Air Library in Walthamstow. No payment, no tickets – just bring as many books as you like, and swap them. Fab, but Brrrrrr. Its hours are brief; from 1-3pm the first Saturday of the month. And its book stock is the few hundred its organisers have rounded up from supporters – plus whatever anyone brings. But it’s handily......

Every month, the folks at Fancyapint? get together to vote for their top ten favourite pubs. These are recently visited pubs that for one reason or another (the ambience, the booze, the company) stuck in their collective memory. Kindly, these booze-savvy Fancyapinters have decided to share their latest picks with Londonist and all our readers. Cheers! Here’s the current list from Fancyapint? in no particular order of merit. They assure us that all ten......

Primark opened on Oxford Street yesterday in a spectacular graduation from scummy high street obscurity to the mainstream tourist trap . Opening time was always going to be popular but in scenes reminiscent of the Ikea Edmonton crush chaos of ’05, Primark security were forced to call for police reinforcements when pressure from hundreds of overexcited bargain hunters queuing at the store broke one of the doors. Two hours later, security adopted the West......

And with a C-list celebrity to boot: Big Brother star Jade Goody was involved in a brawl at a cinema, it emerged today. A popcorn fight between two groups of movie-goers descended into a punch-up and police were called. Grandmother Brenda Sparks, 51, said Goody belted her in the face and split open her nose during the fracas at the cinema in Edmonton, north London. It gets better: "I used to like her from......

Enfield proves it's not just famous for its Ikea riots, as The 2nd Edmonton African Film Festival kicks off next Monday 23rd October, as part of Black History Month. This week-long event will showcase a wide variety of films focusing both on issues in contemporary African society and on events that have shaped the history of this continent in the last decade or so. "From Tsotsi to Kirikou and the Sorceres’ there’s something for......

Jesus Anibal Ruiz-Henao, and his brother-in-law Mario Tascon, the London 'cocaine kings' who smuggled £100 million worth of the stuff into the country every year have been jailed for 19 and 17 years respectively. The talking buses we mentioned earlier this year are currently being trialled on the 149 route which runs between London Bridge and Edmonton Green. Is London really bad at recycling, or is it just a case of unfair comparison with those......

Londonist deeply regrets not attending the opening of H&M at Oxford Circus yesterday, when Stella McCartney's cheap one-off collection first went on sale, just to gawk at the punters. In the words of the Vogue Daily News, the scene resembled "feeding time in the hyena cage." The Guardian describes a "well-heeled scrum", with women trying things on in the middle of the shop floor. The Independent likens the scene to "a train station at......

- Six people have been arrested after the fatal stabbing outside Edmonton police station last night. - Survey finds that there are more people living alone in the boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea than anywhere else... couldn't be because they can afford to could it? - 'Undesirable elements' in Kano's entourage means police won't let him play sold out Scala gig tonight. - But, weirdly enough, Frank Sinatra will stage his London-based 'comeback' in......

What would you say we need more of in society? What would make our lives run smoother, cut down on daily frustration, and get things done more thoroughly with less mistakes? That's right: computers! Everyone knows computers are foolproof and are the answer to all life's problems. We know this because scientists tell us so. That's why Edmonton police station have decided to install a 'self-reporting crime kiosk' which allows people to bypass that......

What should have be a great event, full of promise for the future, hinting at a better life for us all, was marred by tragedy last night when a man was stabbed at the opening of a new Ikea superstore. Swedish mega-company Ikea opened it's new store in Edmonton North London at midnight last night but instead of people marvelling at the functional design and sensible pricing, it quickly turned to chaos as over 4000......

Mido. Sounds like a continental supermarket chain. Or maybe Sweden's entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. But no, Mido is neither of things. In fact, Mido is Spurs' new Egyptian striker (The Sun headline writers must be rubbing their hands with glee...), a player who has just arrived in Edmonton on loan from Roma and who crash-landed in the Premiership on Saturday with a brace of goals and some nice touches of skill. Welcome......