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Why Omaze is giving away London's most expensive council house in a raffle
Shakespeare, social housing, and influencers: What does a prize draw for a Georgian town house near Borough Market say about the state of the capital's…
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Jim Waterson
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The £30,000 legal challenge to Mighty Hoopla and Field Day festivals
Plus: The strange alliance of motorists using an ancient ferry to avoid the new tolls for crossing the Thames.
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Jim Waterson
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Is this "dishonest" property developer building on your roof?
James Gold was found to pose a "significant risk to the public". So how is he privatising council housing blocks across London and putting new flats on…
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Jim Waterson
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Why did Sadiq Khan build a giant road tunnel?
Plus: The continuing battle between London's councils and the mayor over who should run London — and more red paint attacks.
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Jim Waterson
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The plan to make Sadiq Khan share power in London
Exclusive: London's councils want a "radical" change that could curtail the mayor's power — by following the lead of Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester.
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Jim Waterson
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"The police are scared": Is a triad gang war underway in London?
Plus: The end of the Friday night post-work drink in central London, and your chance to live in a church tower near London Bridge.
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Jim Waterson
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March 2025

First video: The mysterious gang attacking Londoners' homes with red paint
Exclusive: Is a Chinese organised crime group carrying out an intimidation campaign across the capital?
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Jim Waterson
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The rejected London Overground line names
Exclusive: Want to catch the Saffron down to Croydon, then hop on the Galtymore up to Willesden via the Polari?
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Jim Waterson
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Revealed: The London flats pushing raw sewage into the Thames
London Centric shows you the apartment blocks sending untreated human waste into the capital's waterways, causing "a quiet, steady, background…
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Jim Waterson
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Will tube drivers get a four-day week?
Plus: The mysterious east London "morality police" wreaking havoc with red paint and Sadiq Khan's plan to rescue London Underground libraries.
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Jim Waterson
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River swimming and dead dogs: Who actually owns the Thames?
Plus: Book libraries banned from London Underground stations and are the capital's rats multiplying?
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Jim Waterson
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Kitchen foil and Algerian markets: What happens when your phone is stolen in London?
Plus: Fake Forrest Gump-themed shrimp restaurant payout — and pub survives licence review after drinkers disrupt a child's music practice.
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Jim Waterson
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