- A murder investigation is under way after a woman was shot near Holloway Road.
- And the death of a woman in Ilford is being treated as murder. A man was found dying in the street some 90 minutes later.
- A teenage boy has died after being hit by a bus in Abbey Wood.
- Another death: an 18 year old was stabbed in Southwark on Friday.
- The Met is reinstating Commander Richard Walton, despite him still being under investigation over allegations that the police spied on the family of Stephen Lawrence.
- Visitors flocked to see the poppies at the Tower, despite worries about overcrowding.
- Reddit joke about using Oxo cube wrappers to claim a cocktail at the Oxo Tower prompts someone to actually try it. (No, it doesn't work.)
- Green Party leader Natalie Bennett is standing in Holborn and St Pancras at the general election. A Green MP for London?
- Ian Visits on what he believes is the shortest-lived tube station name on the network.
- While blogger Diamond Geezer offers a subtle parody of fellow blogger The Gentle Author, of Spitalfields Life.
- Brick Lane's Vibe Bar is closing down after 20 years.
- The BBC goes beneath the streets of London.
- The turbulent history of Spa Fields in Clerkenwell.
