The flag police of Finchley
'People will publicly denounce you if you don’t have the imperial flag up'
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The real winner of the London Marathon? Adidas
Plus: ousted Pride boss has his day in court and beautiful wisteria causes ugly scenes in Kensington and Chelsea
In too deep: Inside the messy, lucrative collapse of a lido empire
One man was entrusted with some of London’s most beloved leisure centres. How did he burn through so much public money and end up with a £200,000 payout?
Roller-skaters vs QR codes: the battle for Bethnal Green
A padel court landed in the middle of east London's beloved roller-skating park. People aren't having it.
London has a frostbite plague. What's behind it?
How a government crackdown created a spate of mysterious injuries in the capital's A&Es
Attempted murder rocks Mayfair’s glamour set
Plus: Uber drivers launch rival app and a Pride ‘scam’ update
E-bike fires are killing Londoners. Nothing can put them out
556 fires in three years, six dead and a call-out every other day. We speak to the firefighters and doctors struggling to cope with a deadly new epidemic.
Fare-dodging in London is going down. So why do people think otherwise?
The psychology behind an 'epidemic'
Three court dates in three months — and how you can help
Today, we’re calling on the government to change the law
Exclusive: Is Pride’s ousted boss running an AI-generated ‘scam’ Pride event?
He was accused of siphoning off £7k to spend on luxury cologne and AirPods — now things have got weirder
Exclusive: Goldsmiths faces mass layoffs (again)
Plus: celebrated graffiti tagger 10Foot brings chaos to local barber’s, Chelsea FC consider an unlikely new suitor and we lift the lid on the anti-London bot spamming
The borough-by-borough data that shows Labour in trouble
The 7 May council elections are looming. Could this be the end of London politics as we know it?
Do London's plays need more... celebs?
'Hopefully seats are close enough to the stage that I can catch a bit of his flying sweat in a test tube'
Are London's teens out of control?
The scenes from Clapham are only the latest in a series of escalating 'link-ups' driven by unregulated social media and sheer boredom
50,000 Londoners will die this year. Where are we going to bury them?
Londoners are choosing burial at a higher rate than the rest of the UK. But finding plots means returning to a controversial old practice.
Mail-order monkeys and frozen pangolins: Inside London's bushmeat dealing rings
Exotic animal meat dealers are thriving on TikTok. Why?