Notting Hill Carnival has been framed as a disaster waiting to happen. Is it?
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Why is Islington council taking a foodbank to court?
Plus: Fortnum's expands and Dominic Cummings makes his return, all in our Monday briefing
City Hall gave a £1.6mn grant to a university after it employed the mayor’s wife
The record subsidy was supposed to create hundreds of green jobs across East London. But 18 months later, has it had any impact?
From Uber senior manager to London’s youngest mayor
Plus, why the Bakerloo line has so much graffiti, an update on Notting Hill Genesis and the future of the Elgin Marbles
Should London legalise cannabis?
Plus: canal boat wars, more planes and one of the city's best mews pubs
Do those ‘We R Blighty’ fundraisers outside stations really deserve your cash?
The group says it raises money for homeless veterans. But we found it was pretending to be a charity and is accused of letting volunteers steal funds
The shaman who killed Brockwell Park’s festivals
Plus: James Corden considers a run for Mayor and Czech beer in Finsbury Park
The great chicken shop war
Inside Morley's secret campaign to crush its competitors and build a city-wide monopoly
Goodbye, green belt?
Plus: the end of one of London's oldest Vietnamese restaurants, LTN legal wrangling and Prince Harry's knock-a-door run
Cleaners strike at the heart of London
Plus: noise complaints at an Oasis gig, strikes at Heathrow and the best croque monsieur money can buy
Is the King shutting down London’s oldest Indian restaurant?
Plus, a bad week for Peter Hendy and the Met’s Inspector Batman
Should London start taxing tourists?
It could raise tens of millions of pounds a year. But no-one can agree on how to do it.
Soho's AI-led noise crackdown
All quiet in the West End? Plus, bakery gentrification wars and the extinction of London's black cabs
Who's behind the anti-Musk tube ads?
Plus: discontent on Eel Pie Island and where to get the perfect £7 martini