Archive - London Centric

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?

Mar 27 •

2:41

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?

Mar 25 •

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…

Mar 20 •

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.

Mar 16 •

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?

Mar 12 •

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.

Mar 7 •

We tested 50 Lime bikes for safety. This is what we found.

"The main issue for me is somebody jumping on a bike that for all intents and purposes looks fine to ride," said our mechanic. Plus: Paying subscribers…

Mar 3 •

7:45

February 2025

Did the Telegraph deliberately get it wrong about London immigration?

Thames Water asked a team of researchers to estimate the number of people living in the capital. They explain their bafflement when it ended up on the…

Feb 27 •

"Maximising value": The secret plan to make money from Hampstead Heath

Exclusive: Leaked documents reveal the City of London's plan to reduce public funding for some of the capital's most famous open spaces.

Feb 21 •

The Prince Charles Cinema landlord and his cockroach-infested "worst place to live in Croydon"

Asif Aziz is feted for philanthropy and owns much of the capital's West End. Residents of the businessman's south London housing complex are more…

Feb 19 •

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