London's estate agents are not happy bunnies, shifting one property a fortnight. Abu Qatada has been re-arrested on suspicion of breaching his bail conditions. He may be out, but he's not down: Blair's pay-off package is raising eye-brows. This week sees the launch of some shiny new 'hybridive' eco-buses. Jon Gaunt has been suspended after he called a Redbridge councillor a 'nazi' whilst live on air. Piccie from mojkorafa's Londonist flickr stream.......

25: the number of pounds it takes to buy an opinion: Waltham Forest are paying residents to discuss how to improve the NHS. 28: the number of fire service jobs under threat. The GMB are less than impressed and threatening action. 85: the percentage of schools now using CCTV: this one in Redbridge has gone a bit further and has it in the classroom. 20: the number of Durga Puja celebrations which are expected......

We are all familiar with the overwhelming sense of disappointment when you disembark at Belsize Park for the first time and realise there is no lush green space as the name suggests; that White City is not complete with its eponymous promise is a source of frequent consternation; let's not even discuss Elephant and Castle. Hainault Forest, however, verdant location of this weekend's Offset Festival, lives up to its name, and the fact that......

Swimmers in Redbridge have stroked their collective chins and yelled "Reckon?" at plans to offer free access to swimming baths under the 2012 legacy plan. Front-crawlers in the Redbridge Swimmers Association don't quite believe the government's claim that, in four years time, pools won't cost a penny. Their skeptism is given weight by the planned closure this December of Ilford Swimming Baths, which dates from 1931 and has been deemed "too expensive to repair".......

Londonist isn’t always very good about our extremities. You know, the north and south and west and east of our great conurbation. Which is a shame ‘cos there’s a lot happening out there. Take Redbridge. Redbridge is one of those places that this Londonista travels through a lot, but has never had recourse to explore. It is lodged in Londonist’s collective psyche as ‘somewhere on the North Circular’, which is rather unfortunate, and for......

In the shy sunshine of the new tax year, just as we're adjusting to those increased Council Tax bills and telling ourselves it's OK because at least we get doorstep recycling collections these days, even if our bins are rationed, it's revealed that London Councils collectively wrote off nearly £50 million of unpaid Council Tax in 2007. Councillor Adje, cabinet member for resources of the most owed borough, Haringey, sagely pointed out recently that......