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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…
Jan 23
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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…
Oct 18
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Jim Waterson
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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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Jim Waterson
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Cormac Kehoe
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Rachel Rees
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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
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Jim Waterson
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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.
May 14
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Jim Waterson
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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…
Nov 20
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Jim Waterson
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Riya Sharma
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How to catch a London bike thief
Plus: Sadiq Khan's winter homelessness conundrum and a £5m cottage in Dulwich.
Nov 5, 2024
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Jim Waterson
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"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.
Oct 27, 2024
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Jim Waterson
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The man who can't stop opening disastrous London cinemas
Preston Benson received millions of pounds in public funds to help revive London's high streets with a chain of cinemas stretching from Ealing to…
Sep 28
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Jim Waterson
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David Jesudason
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Cormac Kehoe
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Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers…
Dec 6, 2024
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Jim Waterson
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The real 5G conspiracy: How Londoners are being lied to about their phone signal
Plus: We reveal how much the capital's councils actually make from festivals in their parks.
Jun 1
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Jim Waterson
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Who’s paying for fake five-star reviews of The Ritz?
Plus: Scroll down for your chance to live in Boris Johnson's campaign headquarters.
Jan 12
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Jim Waterson
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