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In semi-bloom - the Chelsea Flower Show's sponsorship has wilted a bit.

More Crossrail hype: it is to deliver £1.2bn in annual benefits to London.

Prime Minister's question time was suspended today as a mark of respect for Ivan Cameron, son of David, who died this morning aged 6.

The Evening Standard is new best friends with Ken Livingstone: curious that.

Even curiouser: in an interview with the Mail, Livingstone suggests "shooting a banker a week".

Meet Grace, the Brixton foundling: police are trying to trace her mother.

It seems firemen really do rescue cats: this one was stuck in Thames mud.

Picture by Short Sharp Shot via the Londonist flickr pool.