Archive - London Centric

November 2024

Exclusive: Sadiq admits some TfL passengers may never be refunded after cyberattack

Plus: London's private schools told to stop suggesting it's easy to attend for free; the editor of the Standard quits to spend more time in…

Nov 29 •

"I was covered in human poo": One family's shocking story of London's housing crisis

Plus: Otters are getting closer to the centre of London.

Nov 27 •

Ice cream wars and illegal gambling: How Westminster Bridge became lawless

Plus: Have you visited the capital's least used railway station?

Nov 22 •

The London Overground rebrand is finally happening

Plus: Scroll to the end for a preposterous penthouse flat, as well as an exclusive story about Forest e-bikes.

Nov 15 •

Exclusive: The secret plan to charge London's drivers by the mile

Sadiq Khan and Transport for London were on the cusp of transforming the capital's roads. London Centric has all the details.

Nov 12 •

How a post on Reddit accidentally kickstarted the revival of Angus Steakhouse

Plus: What Kemi Badenoch said about Zac Goldsmith's "disgusting" mayoral campaign.

Nov 10 •

How to catch a London bike thief

Plus: Sadiq Khan's winter homelessness conundrum and a £5m cottage in Dulwich.

Nov 5 •

October 2024

“A disappointing budget for London”: When will the capital control its own money?

Plus: Is the sudden closure of a Catford cinema all that it seems — and who owns an abandoned mansion in Hampstead?

Oct 30 •

"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 •

"Just not acceptable": The council boss and the free Brit Awards tickets

Plus: The Banksy artwork in a TfL cupboard; a £15m property mystery; deploying Soho's bin lorries to fix your mobile phone signal.

Oct 22 •

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