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Work has begun on the Olympic Park Orbit tower.

London Underground says that Jubilee line upgrades will be complete in the spring...

... but the Northern line upgrade isn't likely to finish before 2014, a year later than planned, after bosses ruled out continuous weekend and early evening closures.

Man "touting for sex" in London Fields gets caught after leaving his phone number in a toilet cubicle.

Boris bikes have themselves proved mostly safe thus far, but one unfortunate cyclist has been knocked over by one of the trailers used to transport them around town.