Boris’ fall out with Transys puts plans for a cashless 2012 in jeopardy. Thames Water’s going up. Arsenal’s having a little dabble on the property market. London’s Russians pray for peace in Ossetia. A fourteen year old has been stabbed in the leg in Kenton. Coal mining protestors glue themselves to the door of a mining company in London. Piccie from HowAboutNo!’s Londonist flickr stream.......

Credit crunch, you say? Bah, we're having none of it. Shops in the West End have punched above their weight so far this year: according to a new report from the British Retail Consortium, retail sales in London grew 10.5% in February, up from 3.8% in January, while footfall on the city's major shopping streets recorded a 4.3% year on year rise for March. All this in a climate where the national market is......