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We've spent August working on something very fun, which we should be able to unveil next week. If all goes to plan (and it's still a massive if, we're a tiny team, things can and do go very wrong) follow London Centric on Instagram and keep an eye on our

London stays busy all summer long. Credit: helloiamtugce"It would be a culture shock if you lived in Paris and moved here," said Jasmine Gray, a French PR worker now living in London. "All of my friends working in Paris would definitely be like 'what do y

This week Andy Burnham will be talking about the plague of dodgy shops on high streets. London Centric has spent almost two years reporting on this trend across the capital. We've repeatedly set out how they operate, taken MPs on walking tours of the capi

Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew. That's backed up by readings at the Environm

Britannia Point tower in south London this week. Photo: Jennifer Forward-Hayter for London CentricWhen this month's sweltering heat brought much of London to a standstill, Magdalene was unable to turn on the air conditioning unit in her flat. The 45-year-

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If the skies stay dry for the next week, London will see the first July without a drop of rain at Kew Gardens since the site began collecting records in 1871. From wet winters to extreme heat, the climate of the city is changing, and the city's Victorian

It's a big week in British politics and London has provided the backdrop for Andy Burnham's entry into the most famous address in Westminster. But today we want to bring you something a little different. It's a personal, fascinating reflection by a former

The heatwave is breaking, briefly, this weekend, meaning it's possible to function again as temperatures dip towards what used to pass for a summer in London. Today we've got a report from the courtroom where Thalha Jubair, the teenage Transport for Londo

If you've stood at the bar while ordering a pint of beer, or ordered a coffee at the counter of a cafe in London, you might have been hit by the trend sweeping the capital: "optional" service charges automatically applied to purchases.In the past, default