Jim Waterson

Some news: I've quit my job at the Guardian to launch London Centric, a modern news outlet for the capital doing journalism in the old-fashioned way. I saw the response on here to the Evening Standard's print closure and it felt like time to step up: londoncentric.media

He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-lon…

Bookswap libraries are returning to the London Underground after six weeks of negotiations between Sadiq Khan, TfL and the London Fire Brigade and following the purchase of fire safe cabinets.... but only at above ground stations for now (so not the inner London tube stations).

News: Transport for London bans non-folding e-bikes from next week. Unions were unhappy following fires. TfL says the issue is mainly dodgy conversion kits rather than purpose-built e-bikes but hard to tell difference. Folding e-bikes allowed ("The Brompton exemption").

Tfw you’re listening to your terrible non-league football team’s commentary and @JamesCleverly pops up.