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London council deploys speed cameras to catch cyclists
Plus: Rowans bowling alley is a profit-making machine, the most cursed Tesco Express in London, and the real impact of the tube fare rises.
 • Jim Waterson and Polly Smythe
London's other sewage scandal
London Centric chases illegal sewage from a single polluting pipe on its toxic journey across the capital.
 • Rachel Rees
Reform UK's leaked plan to win in London
Plus: Is this Google Map the way to unlock London's real hidden gem restaurants, are you the driver who owes Hackney council £250,000, and is the…
 • Jim Waterson, Polly Smythe, and Cormac Kehoe
No more Lambeth Country Show: Battle for Brockwell Park returns
Plus: Why are London's buses getting slower, the 81-year-old running to be the YIMBY mayor of London, We R Blighty turn to body cams, and would you buy…
 • Jim Waterson and Polly Smythe
Why Zipcar gave up on London
The car-sharing scheme was hit by rapidly increased costs, a new congestion charge, and a lack of support from councils.
 • Jim Waterson and Polly Smythe

November 2025

Rachel Reeves vs The Snails
Tax, landlords, and London transport theories: A weekend edition featuring updates on some of London Centric's ongoing stories.
 • Jim Waterson
Less WFH, more Lime, slower buses
What's really going on in London transport?
 • Jim Waterson
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and…
 • Jim Waterson and Riya Sharma
“Don’t want no Samsung”: London’s phone thieves get picky
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
 • Jim Waterson, Polly Smythe, Cormac Kehoe, and Sophie Wilkinson
The inside story of Winter Wonderland
It's one of the biggest events in the capital — but what goes on away from the public's eyes?
 • Jim Waterson
London's tube drivers are divided
Plus: A £20m home in Mayfair, the growth of "water charges" in London restaurants, another cinema collapse for London's cursed cinema chain, and more…
 • Jim Waterson, Polly Smythe, and Riya Sharma
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the…
 • Jim Waterson
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