Seems we jumped for joy too soon, back in June. We rejoiced that the Heritage Lottery Fund were ploughing £1.25 million into the restoration of this historic house where former PM Gladstone used to go to recuperate but now Boris has gone and diverted GLA funds to Training for Life, the partner organisation for the Dollis Hill House Trust, which means that a £2 million hole has opened up in the renovation plans which......

According to reports, storms on Monday caused a 40ft long crack to appear through four floors at Wembley Stadium. "Panicked workers" described the floor shaking as the building creaked and groaned. Yet officials say Wembley remains fully operational, and that the structure is fine, the crack merely a symptom of the year-old stadium's natural settling. Is this a case of excitable hacks conjuring a shock story out of nothing? Or are Wembley bosses trying to......

Existential crises seems to be a common theme for various London spots at the moment. With Tower Hamlets calling for Shoreditch station to be renamed Banglatown, Brent Council has decided to get in on the act: they're considering rebranding themselves as Wembley Council. With the council set to relocate to new offices next to the much praised stadium by 2012, Brent are contemplating a name change that reflects what they consider the area's most......

Someone was having a very bad Monday morning: a Czech man managed to cause a whole series of accidents on his way up the M11 today. Brent and Harrow councils aren’t gonna win any popularity awards this year. How’s this for a daft policy – bricking up the cars of those residents who park in their own front gardens. Beggars belief. Ali G: coming to a dreary town centre near you. This Londonista isn’t......