Will this save London's nightlife?
Plus, the Standard’s disappearing new columnist, the battle over Hampstead Heath’s ponds and why Tom Cruise is fleeing the capital
Monday briefing
The civil war over Hammersmith Bridge
Plus, Laila Cunningham to stand down as a councillor, how Google Maps affects the capital's restaurants and Piers Morgan's hospital treats
The end of the world for the World's End?
Plus, Lime under assault in Islington, south London’s wild swimming experience and the socialist councillor being courted by Reform
London is officially one of the safest cities in the Western world
Plus, pigeon feeding fines, Iran protests and the embarrassing misprint on Heineken’s new tube ads
The fight over Asif Aziz’s new south London developments
Plus: 'polygamous working' in Barnet, the bots driving a London crime wave narrative and the corporate partnership behind this year’s new year fireworks
It's a bunfight: City of London Corporation hands over beloved community cafes to a chain
Plus, cold water Christmas Day swims, an alleged spat between the mayor and chancellor and an office party, 1970s style
Beloved bowling alley Rowans is under threat from a 190-home development
Plus: Dalston's best hidden pub, a war between a Farringdon kebab shop and its neighbours, and more in our Monday briefing
Mice at the viral panto, new coats of arms and a £451m facelift for the Barbican
Plus: a Chiang Mai classic comes to London, our pick of Tower Hamlets' best pubs and more in our Monday briefing
Bankruptcies, fraud investigations and servants of the devil on the Loughborough Estate
Plus: Ealing council's new social media campaign, the Langoustine Lifter and the best pub in Fulham
The government comes for We R Blighty
Plus, a Christmas tree thief, a queer pub rebrands as straight and a major victory for The Londoner
Does London have a slum landlord problem?
Plus: the best pub near Brick Lane, bike theft hot-spots and a historic restaurant back from the dead
Inside the Met’s West End crime crackdown
Plus, bagpipe parades, George Lucas’ new pad and the truth behind reports of a 'war on motorists'
Another council gets embroiled with London’s 'cult-like' church
Plus: the best pub in Angel, TfL fines for rollerskaters and the woman known as Mother Thames, all in today's Monday briefing
Outrage over Asif Aziz’s newest London hotel
Plus, the late night parties at Comic-Con, a ghostly murder and fighting between the capital’s vampire hunters
The campaign to free London Aquarium's penguins heats up
Plus: rumours of a new overground line, a history of celebrity séances and whether the British Museum Ball was a flop
The capital's buses have a cockroach problem
Plus: an update on Meze Mangal, the new operators of the Midland Grand and County Kilburn rides again