- London's teen pregnancy rate hits a record low, thanks to free condoms
- Be doubly environmentally friendly with a bamboo bike
- The London Fire Brigade attends a false call-out an average of once every ten minutes
- After his performance at last night's concert, Paul McCartney has confirmed he'll close the Olympics opening ceremony
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- Controversy over unpaid jobseekers, and 50 apprentices on less than £3 an hour, who stewarded the river pageant after being dumped by London Bridge at 3am. The Greater London Authority, Home Office and Department for Culture, Media and Sport paid £500k each for crowd management
- The Queen has been to a thanksgiving service at St Paul's and taken part in a carriage procession back to Buckingham Palace. (The expression she's wearing in that link is priceless)
- The Duke of Edinburgh is still in hospital with a bladder infection
Photo of Comptons of Soho by M G Green from the Londonist Flickr pool