The flag police of Finchley
'People will publicly denounce you if you don’t have the imperial flag up'
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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
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'
How to design a tube line
Plague pits, secret teams at TfL and a massive Bedfordshire warehouse: Making a new underground line is about a lot more than digging a big tunnel
The big bus bust: How TfL lost a quarter of its passengers
London's once world-beating bus network has been in decline for a decade. Can a new plan turn things around?
Hampstead's cafe wars are heating up
The City of London is pitted against cannabis experts and Benedict Cumberbatch. Who will win?
Abuse at a north London nursery: The disturbing, perplexing case of Vincent Chan
There are questions for the police and one of London’s biggest nursery chains after today’s shocking news
They claim to save London pubs. So why have they shut so many down?
Linea Homes has been called the “grim reaper” of pubs. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.
He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?
Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.
Exclusive: The billionaire developer closing London's pubs
Companies linked to Asif Aziz have been buying up and shutting down some of the capital’s most beloved boozers. Now, we’ve mapped them.
The London councils where Labour could lose control
Plus, fake kidnappings, open-street boozers and Thames Water fined to the point of bankruptcy
Exclusive: The shelved plan to ban non-electric cars from Central London
We’ve obtained a 25-slide document that suggests a very different future for the capital — so why was it quietly filed away?
Notting Hill Carnival has been framed as a disaster waiting to happen. Is it?
Plus: the art world embraces Croydon and we reveal the best pre-train tacos
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?