This was the queue outside a tiny corner store in Aldgate at 8:30pm last night, when punters found out they might be selling eclipse glasses. We looked into how a shortage of these glasses has driven the city mad, featuring tears, bribery attempts and black market networks

London saw its population fall for the first time in decades. It's the only UK region that's losing people. We dug into the data to find out which boroughs are worst hit, why all of this is happening and what it has to do with Clapham.

Nominally, Heygate residents were promised a “right of return” to the redeveloped estate. Yet not one person moved back to the new Elephant Park. Many had to leave London altogether.

Will Sadiq Khan soon be more powerful than ever? One of the paradox's of Burnham's devolution agenda is that London's mayor stands to gain more than anywhere else. Full story below ⬇️

We spent the last week speaking to insiders, experts and local leaders about what Burnham's devolution agenda could mean for London. A lot is still up in the air right now. But one theme was clear: London's mayor could benefit more than anywhere else. Story ⬇️

What's going on at Guacamoles, the trio of Mexican restaurants the FT say have the best tacos in London? Former staff have been accusing the owner, Manolo, of bullying online. But Manolo says it's all a set up.

Why has it fallen to one woman to investigate London's synthetic opioid crisis? As the director of KCL's national programme on substance use mortality, Caroline Copeland investigates drug deaths all over the UK - yet London's coroners refuse to work with her.

London's isn't ready for extreme heat. But a crop of entrepreneurial air con salesman are, making millions off portable air con units. "When the weather's like this, there is no competition." Full story below.

Chelsea and Westminster is the poster child for Palantir – the first NHS hospital to use its tech. Publicly it claims to have reduced waiting lists there by a whopping 183,000. But we found out its actual waiting list has skyrocketed by one of the highest rates in the country. So what's going on?

Not sure what you think, but this new open water swim spot looks nice *without* thousands of litres of sewage pumped in. Thames Water apparently disagree! Story below.

Somehow, Oliver Anthony's paean to Chevys and semi-automatics wasn't a huge hit with the audience at west London's Olympia exhibition hall.

“A house is a building,” Antonio says, “but when you live in it, it becomes your nest. You decorate it however you want; it reflects your personality, your way of life. And those who allowed Grenfell to burn down destroyed mine.”

Bizarre, disturbing things are happening at Canary Wharf: people appear to be going there of their own free will. With new restaurants, bars, and a seemingly limitless number of open water swimming spots, some are even proclaiming the area to be "cool". We went down to report on what's going on.

It's hard to get across how catastrophic London's collapse in housebuilding has been. But for all the political bluster, there's very little analysis on the real reasons why things have gone so badly wrong.

At the beginning of the 20th century, 125,000 Jews were living in cramped conditions in the East End. By the close of the century hardly any were left, and a solid arc of Jewish communities had spread out across NW London. But how did it form? And why there, vs any other area of London?

How do we know this? Well we checked two different sources where Canoville has talked about the episode. One is an interview with a local paper, one is his 2007 autobiography, Black and Blue. In both chats, he's clearly speaking about racism he endured from Chelsea fans.

The booklet is about Paul Canoville, Chelsea's first black player, and the racism he faced. The KKK cartoon is based on a real event. Three fans turned up to a reserve match Canoville played in the 1980s against Millwall. But here's the thing: they were *Chelsea* supporters.

🧵 You might have read the news about Millwall FC's legal threat against Westminster city council, after they published a school booklet featuring a KKK member wearing a Millwall badge. Well this is the misunderstanding behind it.

How did a padel court become so controversial? In Bethnal Green, the glass-panelled court has been placed bang in the middle of a beloved roller skating park. Where once you could freely skate, padel sessions will soon cost £24. And now the skaters are starting to mobilise.

London's tube strikes have seen record hire numbers for private e-bike and scooter companies like Voi. Lime have done pretty well too, although not as much of an increase as during last Sept's strikes (perhaps because they already dominate). But TfL lags behind.

This is footage of an e-bike exploding at a home in Catford. It's just one of 556 e-bike fires in the last three years in London. The infernos are toxic, spread within seconds and are almost impossible to put out. And they've killed half a dozen Londoners since 2023.

EXCL: Pride’s ousted boss, Christopher Joell-Deshields, is linked to a bizarre AI-generated Pride event accused of “scamming” people into making donations. He has denied being behind Capital Pride London. But we've proved it’s being run from his address. Link below.

From there, chaotic viral meet-ups became more common. There was last year's clothing pop-up in Soho, where one child stole a police jacket and others threw pizza boxes at officers.

The next year they were back at Oxford Street, arranging over Snapchat and TikTok to loot JD Sports. But what really differentiated 2023 was the presence of viral content creators like Mizzy, there to broadcast the chaos.

The first major event was in August 2022, the first summer in which there were no COVID restrictions. Kids stole sweets, jumped on a passing Ferrari, and - crucially - clipped up the chaos on TikTok.

Are London's kids out of control? We spent the past week tracing the origins of the viral teen meet ups seen in Clapham last week.