- Eight engines were needed to fight a fire at the old Catford Bridge Tavern on Sunday night.
- An Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund is eyeing up three Mayfair hotels.
- Lambeth council has decided against refurbishing Cressingham Gardens homes, instead going with 'regeneration' (i.e. demolition/rebuilding).
- 1,500 homes at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be ready six years earlier than planned (though less affordable housing than planned, too).
- Rents take up to two-thirds of tenants' salaries in some boroughs.
- Maybe we should move Parliament to Hull and convert the Palace of Westminster to flats?
- Chelsea fans are accused of another train racism incident.
- Scaffolding toppled onto a bus in Peckham this morning, but nobody was injured.
- There's an RMT tube strike on Saturday night, but it's more designed to keep the strike mandate going than cause disruption.
- Lewisham council pushes for the Overground to be extended south from New Cross.
- Why Centre Point doesn't stand in the middle of a roundabout.
- 10 south east London pubs you can booze in with your kids.
- The Gentle Author bids goodbye to The Gun in Spitalfields.
- Locals talk about Hackney hipsters: "they need an injection of humour".
