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Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
 • Katherine Denkinson, Jim Waterson, and Polly Smythe
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him…
 • Jim Waterson
Lime bikes keep breaking Londoners' legs
They've become one of the fastest-growing ways of getting around the capital. But do the popular hire e-bikes have a design flaw? London Centric…
 • Jim Waterson
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…
 • Jim Waterson, Cormac Kehoe, and Rachel Rees
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…
 • Jim Waterson
London’s Pedicabs: Sex, loathing, and highway robbery
The inside story of how the capital's most chaotic and least understood form of transport actually works.
 • Jim Waterson
What actually happened in Clapham last week?
Teenagers running riot in an M&S food hall, disorder as a form of content creation, and a global focus on 'petty' crime in London just when the mayor…
 • Polly Smythe and 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
Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation
Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved …
 • Jim Waterson, Polly Smythe, and Cormac Kehoe
The billionaire philanthropist making hundreds of Londoners homeless
He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of…
 • Polly Smythe and Jim Waterson
How to catch a London bike thief
Plus: Sadiq Khan's winter homelessness conundrum and a £5m cottage in Dulwich.
 • Jim Waterson
"An utter shitshow": Inside the Transport for London cyberattack
A special edition of London Centric looking at what's gone wrong at Transport for London — and whether the disaster recovery is as positive as they say.
 • Jim Waterson
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