A sign of this country's creeping Torification, with Britain's top two Blues boasting their two-wheels-better philosophy at any opportunity (never mind the traffic signals)? Or merely a sensible policy that could help get more people on their bikes? Kensington and Chelsea are to trial a scheme by which cyclists will be allowed to go the 'wrong way' down one-way streets. Natty new signs are to be introduced on six streets in the borough, advising......

Meet the fake suicide bomber who was actually a drunken civil servant. A commuter (get this…from Fingringhoe – gosh Londonist loves English place names) has been fined for standing in 1st Class. A smart Smart Car has been deployed outside a Harrow School to catch naughty parent parkers. Kensington and Chelsea Council are poised to join Porsche in its challenge to the C-Charge. Thames view from Fabbio's flickr stream.......

We hope you’re standing up for this: A KCL study finds that sitting on your arse all day contributes to the ageing process. Whereas regular exercise apparently makes you look like Elle MacPherson. In a wholly uncorroborated and unscientific study undertaken in the last 5 minutes, Londonist notes that the rockstar lifestyle isn’t so bad an antidote to ageing either. Our evidence: 56-year-old Sting and 62-year-old Eric Clapton, who will headline Hyde Park’s Hard......