Lime is making big money from e-bikes
Plus: Who is going to be the Conservatives' mayoral candidate? One potential runner rules themselves out for being "too fat".| London Centric
Plus: Who is going to be the Conservatives' mayoral candidate? One potential runner rules themselves out for being "too fat".| London Centric
One topic has really dominated the London Centric inbox this week: The eviction of a group of Caribbean, South American, and African restaurants in south London’s Elephant and Castle by developers in a dispute over unpaid bills .| www.londoncentric.media
Who are the names in the running to replace the mayor as Labour's candidate — and what did they say when approached by London Centric?| www.londoncentric.media
Preston Benson received millions of pounds in public funds to help revive London's high streets with a chain of cinemas stretching from Ealing to Catford, and Sidcup to Sutton. What keeps going wrong?| www.londoncentric.media
Exclusive: Lime and Voi win the battle for control of the £93m Hackney rental e-bike market, amid a fierce London-wide battle between deep-pocketed companies vying for control of a booming industry| London Centric
Plus: Transport for London's cycle bus that costs £40 a passenger, a curious oligarch dream mansion in north London, and the Sadiq Khan Trump fightback.| London Centric
A selection of our favourite stories that you might have missed — and a quick note from Jim.| London Centric
Plus: A London politics news round-up.| London Centric
Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.| London Centric
Strike special: We find the Lime parking bay with 411 bikes, explain why some tube lines are still running during a tube strike, and have the data on the Elizabeth line surge.| London Centric
Strikes are set to disrupt the Underground network until Friday, with the RMT telling London Centric further action could be on the cards. But is the impact being blunted by new forms of transport?| London Centric
Plus: A chat with the Transport for London boss running the tube strike negotiations — and how the "hardworking businessman" putting up flags in south London tried to scam an insurer.| London Centric
Plus: Prince Charles Cinema building to be redeveloped but cinema safe for now, King's Cross canine protester, and Preposterous Property of the week.| London Centric
Plus: Did Reform nominate a dead woman for mayor, which big TV series is pretending to be called "Dark Train", and will the Central Line ever get the upgrades it deserves?| London Centric
Plus: Facial recognition arrests at Notting Hill Carnival, TfL tries to convince people to use headphones, and the London cricket team bought by a family with 900 crocodiles.| London Centric
Plus: Preposterous London property of the week, Lime insists its e-bikes don't pose a threat to your legs, and Transport for London pays for 24/7 security to keep the homeless away from Park Lane.| London Centric
To undermine one central London cinema may be regarded as a misfortune; to do it twice two looks like carelessness.| London Centric
We had suggested it was effectively impossible for e-bike riders to claim on Lime's insurance policy. This reader got in touch to argue otherwise.| London Centric
Plus: Phone retailer warns people not to use their phone outside their Oxford Street shop — and a £5.5m flat in Mayfair.| London Centric
Plus: When are we getting al fresco summer dining in the centre of the capital — and the bale of hay dangling from a London bridge.| London Centric
Plus: Lego asks the London Conservatives to stop using yellow bricks to mock Sadiq Khan — and do you want to live in a former aircraft factory in Zone 3?| www.londoncentric.media
Proper local journalism about who really runs London - and what's actually going on in the city. Click to read London Centric, by Jim Waterson, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| www.londoncentric.media
They've become one of the fastest-growing ways of getting around the capital. But do the popular hire e-bikes have a design flaw? London Centric investigates.| www.londoncentric.media
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?| www.londoncentric.media
