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Five river crossings are to close. All access points will be jammed. Have the natives been getting uppity? It's war
Read full article...At a time of savage cuts, £600 million on Olympic consultants alone may make Croesus seem stingy. But dropping the Olympiad has left £40 million in the bank. It needs to be spent on the capital, and wisely
There’s nothing a London bobby likes as much as a new bit of kit to keep him inside a warm office. I imagine that only a stingy Treasury stands between PC Plod and a tactical nuclear missile
It began as a low rumble somewhere east of Aldgate. By the time it thundered over Piccadilly it had become a shout of joy. The Mayor had announced that 9,000 bankers would leave the capital to seek fiscal asylum in Switzerland - but he, unlike many, wasn't cheering
London has done well in the big freeze, no thanks to the Government and its initiative-itis over salt and grit
The greenest people in Europe are not in Copenhagen. They are in London
You are warned. Never agree to a police caution for doing something wrong unless you are guilty as sin. You will have a criminal record
Sacking David Nutt is hardly the 'brave' move the Home Secretary claims: the real target has to be the law itself
So is it victory? Sensational weekend reports that the British Airports Authority has abandoned its bid for a third runway at Heathrow remain unconfirmed, and indeed denied by the company
Memo to Rio from London: enjoy it while it lasts. Brazil's winning of the Olympics last Friday was greeted by Pele in tears, President Lula da Silva weeping with joy and an entire nation ecstatic
Students may cry foul at calls for higher fees but higher education and London’s economy will be better for it
Tory low-cost easyCouncils could be a dummy run for Whitehall – as long as Mr Cameron sticks to his guns
At last, a London row that really matters and where only one side can be right. London's police chiefs are demanding that politicians stop interfering in how they police the streets
The new battle of London is to be fought on the playing fields of Harrods. The hellcats of Hans Town will mix it with the bullies of Basil Street
I am a privileged citizen. I have a law officer on almost permanent duty outside my door
Give me a break. At least a freak show has freaks and mime has meaning. In the past 24 hours I have visited Trafalgar Square three times
A funny thing happened on my way back from Springsteen at Glastonbury. I was driving across Hyde Park and distinctly heard Springsteen again. And I mean the man, not a recording
So tell us about the play, Mrs Lincoln. For all the sound and fury over the prince, the architectural lord and the Qatari royal family, the Chelsea Barracks site is still there, languishing and wretched
Bob Crow is an easy scapegoat for London’s transport woes but weak management has played a major part...
The defeat of plans to sell off part of Regent’s Park is an overdue kick in the teeth for the planning mafia
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