Archive - London Centric

"My kidney burst in a Lime bike accident"

We had suggested it was effectively impossible for e-bike riders to claim on Lime's insurance policy. This reader got in touch to argue otherwise.

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Addison Lee could provide your next ambulance

Plus: Phone retailer warns people not to use their phone outside their Oxford Street shop — and a £5.5m flat in Mayfair.

Aug 7 •

July 2025

What a French lunch discount card tells us about London fare dodging

Plus: When are we getting al fresco summer dining in the centre of the capital — and the bale of hay dangling from a London bridge.

Jul 31 •

The man who sat on top of a lamppost for six hours

Plus: A £700,000 home in a converted garage in Hackney, how to quickly stop illegal fundraisers in London, steak price increases, and more shenanigans…

Jul 24 •

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The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish…

Jul 22 •

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Why can't anyone stop the fundraisers outside London stations?

Inside Success and WeRBlighty have broken the law with their fundraising activities. So why are they are allowed to continue operating outside the…

Jul 17 •

Why London homes don't have air con

Plus: Lego asks the London Conservatives to stop using yellow bricks to mock Sadiq Khan — and do you want to live in a former aircraft factory in Zone…

Jul 13 •

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How London's bus drivers got the city home on 7/7

Plus: The capital misses out on transport funding again — and how to beat the queue for the Bayeux Tapestry.

Jul 9 •

"A swamp of muck and crap": Martin Lewis on how clickbait broke journalism

Plus: Is London getting new Bakerloo line trains after all and the property billionaire's £3m scaffolding bill.

Jul 5 •

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London Tory leader joins mass deportation campaign

Plus: Scroll to the end for a story about the mysterious arsonist of north London — and why parliament is talking about the capital's dubious Harry…

Jul 2 •

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June 2025

London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline

“Fuck off, this is my patch": A niche hobby exploded in popularity due to social media. Now the police are involved, as the people searching the Thames…

Jun 28 •

Does London heat really feel different?

Plus: Labour politicians defect to the Greens, a big legal bill for defending festivals in parks, and does the Standard actually like London?

Jun 25 •

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