There are worried mutterings coming from cab-land tonight. A pretender to the black cab throne has emerged – a new vehicle, with a new shape. Mercedes is going for black with the development of a specially adapted Vito Taxi, and their proposals are not enjoying a smooth ride. Now let it straight away be known that this...

Fears for Heathrow radar systems cause planners to scale back the design of a proposed wind farm. Boris has abandoned plans to make Parliament Square a piazza. There is apparently more to Tooting Bec than the lido: residents call for the reinstatement of a recently disbanded vice squad. Metropolitan Line tube workers...

Last night was another in a series of fatal instances of being in the wrong place at the wrong time as London struggles with its youth crime. 18-year old Ryan Bravo was shopping in Costcutter with two family members last night when several men on mopeds opened fire from the street outside. Bravo entered the store on...

got a bit of a booster jab today with the launch of a super-duper double deluxe health trust-type thingy. As of September, UCL Partners will see five of London’s top medical organisations (UCL, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Moorfields, and the Royal Free Hampstead) squeezing into one...

If your kids haven't gotten jabbed yet, now might be the time. The Department of Health has renewed its concerns about children who haven't received the MMR vaccine. Reported cases of measles have been on the rise, and as a result the number of MMR vaccines orders has been increased. Additionally, trusts in London...

Luscious and ludicrous he may look in a body-hugging catsuit, but get George Galloway in front of officialdom and he's the one calling the shots - just ask Capitol Hill. He's notched up another success, winning £15,000 in libel damages after a Jewish radio station implied he was anti-Semitic. Well, we say implied, but...

Londonist can't keep up with all these weather changes. First it's too hot and then it's too cold and then it's too wet and sigh....we give up. No matter the weather, we always find space in our tummies for gelato. Londonist is a regular at Oddono's in South Kensington; they also have a concession in Selfridges and a...

The music of Cole Porter may not be something you would expect to be discussed on Londonist, but every since we sobbed our way through 'De-Lovely' in Whiteley's cinema we've been a big fan. So we were excited to see Chelsea's gorgeous Cadogen Hall promising 4 nights Cole Porter kind of biopic 'A Swell Party'. Original...

Do your taste buds a favour. Take ‘em on an expedition to La Cave à Fromage at Cromwell Place near the South Ken Tube and treat ‘em to a seasonal selection of the best cheeses (not to mention a gorgeous selection of meats and wines) that you’re apt to find in London. A good time to go might be on a selected Thursday,...

Brilliant news just in, the western end of Smithfield Market has been saved from demolition and redevelopment. Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears, put paid to the planning application from Thornfield to redevelop the site into blah offices and shops today, following a public inquiry. Hooray! So, now that this fascinatin...