- Some beautiful photos of London at night. OK, so they're pointing out how much energy we use, but still...
- Martine Wright, who lost both legs in the Aldgate bomb in 2005, has qualified for the Paralympics
- Islington and Lewisham are the first Living Wage councils in the UK
- Just before it introduces a hosepipe ban, Thames Water has backtracked on its claim of repairing leaks in an average of five days
- A £15 charge to climb up the Big Ben clock tower has been pushed back to at least 2015
- Air pollution hit record levels today
Photo by worldoflard from the Londonist Flickr pool
