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'Studio flat' is apparently the new euphemism for a posh shed. Presume it has an indoor loo.

Seems 1 in 10 police officers in some parts of London is off sick.

The police are conducting their annual pre-Carnival clean-up.

As a man is killed when his BMW smashes into a shop in Peckham, the BBC remind us that the UK's first ever RTA fatality was not so far away in Crystal Palace.

Thames Valley Uni is to treat students like kiddies with commercially styled contracts.

Another list topped for London: we have more brothels than anywhere else in the country.

Hymn to London Bridge: on how one muso is turning footfall into music.

Public loos, cloudy image via the Londonist pool.