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Pollution pulverised—well, not exactly, but Ken announces hefty £25 C-Charge for heaviest polluting vehicles. Fresh criticism of the “angular mass”—no, not the razor-sharp hip bones on London Fashion Week models. Rather, English Heritage have some sharp words for Doon Street Tower plan. We’re absurdly wealthy. …

The Financial Times has reported that Wagamama founder Alan Yau has sold Hakkasan and Yauatcha, his two Michelin-starred Chinese restaurants, to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority for £30 million! According to the FT, Yau will retain a minority stake in the two restaurants, which seem …

BA are to withdraw sponsorship of the London Eye from next month. The airline says its ‘sponsorship priorities have changed’, and it no longer wishes to support the attraction, which it has sponsored since the wheel’s inception. So who’s going to take over? Well, it …

Seems some naughty police officers have been so busy catching criminals and patrolling the beat lately that they’ve forgotten to keep track of their credit card receipts. Apparently, more than £1m in “unreconciled expenses”needs to be matched to receipts sending the Metropolitan Police Authority into …

When this small bit of Londonist launched its IPO this summer, we had no inkling that the economy would soon be in very choppy waters. Since then we’ve seen a bank run, huge corporate losses, and grim warnings across the board. And yet somehow, bankers …

Fed up of the froth, mirth and sentimentality of the Yuletide muzak yet? To bring you an antidote and alternative soundtrack for your Christmas holidays we caught up with the utterly charming Roi Robertson of Mechanical Cabaret over a sorbet and peppermint tea and ruminated …

First it’s our music venues, now it seems even our police stations are up for grabs. With a potential value of £1.5 billion, the Metropolitan Police property protfolio is quite a cash-cow. No wonder then, that they’re going to be reviewing the number of nicks. …

It’s been a bad few weeks for the Spice Girls: they released the worst selling Children In Need single ever (to put this into perspective, let’s remember that Martine McCutcheon once had a Children In Need single. Martine McCutcheon), appeared in terrible Tesco adverts, played …

The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on annoying car alarms, a murder suspect used a fake Asian accent on …

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 28. Corporate People I watched the documentary ‘The Corporation’ the other day. It’s something that a friend told me to watch, after I had drunkenly ranted …