- London Fashion Week begins.
- "Audacious" plot to steal millions from a Surrey Quays Santander foiled.
- Regulator queries big rise to Thames Water bills.
- Coffee produced via cruelly-kept civet cats on sale in London.
- Colin Firth is the new voice of Paddington Bear.
- Planning inquiry into Thames super sewer begins.
- Two companies kicked out of Docklands arms fair for promoting illegal weapons.
- Another tower over 200m planned for Canary Wharf area.
- London's lost turnpikes, a history.
- After the Walkie Talkie fiasco, Hammersmith has its own death-ray building.
Photo: giraffes, newly installed outside City Hall. Photo by Mike T in the Londonist Flickr pool.