So the Thames Gateway really is a a portal to somewhere rather than a hiding to nowhere. Today saw the signing of a really serious contract to build a new deep water container port on the north bank. £400,000 worth of building work has been commissioned, and so it looks like the project’s a goer. The £1.5 billion site...

Those in line to win the South Central Rail franchise have been announced. The party’s in Poplar this weekend as the regeneration of the area is celebrated. As if Battersea power station wasn’t surreal enough, it is to host an international snow-boarding competition this autumn. Going for gold: 2012 needs sponsors. Boris...

A 140 metre tower for a plot behind the National Theatre has received the stamp of approval from Hazel Blears, the less-than-lofty Secretary of State for Communities and Local Development. Doon Street Tower raised the hackles of English Heritage and others, who prefer their views from Somerset House and St James Park...

We've told you about Westminster's recent shifts in attitude towards parking enforcement, and now it looks like they're attempting to change how traffic wardens operate. A new plan to have traffic wardens issue fewer tickets and give more drivers a chance to move their motors is being implemented over the next 12...

It's Frightfest! And we have two separate giveaways for the brave souls who have pants strong enough for these special premieres... From the director of The Hills Have Eyes comes Mirrors is the terrifying story of troubled ex-cop Ben Carson (Sutherland) who must save his family from an unspeakable evil that is using...

Edward T. Meyer is the Vice President of Exhibits and Archives for Ripley Entertainment. He's worked for the company since 1978, and has personally acquired more than 20,000 exhibits. He took some time to answer a few of Londonist's questions about the new London location of Ripley's Believe It or Not, which opens...

From the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, SE17 by secretlondon123 Contribute your photos of words around town to this discussion in the Londonist Flickrpool.

Our beloved Routemaster's retirement has taken on a melancholy air. Seeing those "heritage" routes trundle along the Strand with nary a passenger on them, a bored conductor with his ticket machine noosed forlornly around his neck, is a sad sight to behold, and a humiliating end for these once-proud beasts. The Japanese...

While we're all shocked at Team GB doing so well in the Olympics (We seem to be good at sitting down sports - rowing and cycling and BMX'ing), I thought it might be interesting to see what London or rather London Underground sports that we might excel at when the Olympics comes here in 2012.So cycling, yes we appear to be...

Team GB's dominance in the Olympic cycling events was consolidated yesterday with Victoria Pendleton's women's sprint victory and Chris Hoy's third gold medal of the Games (fourth of his career) closely followed by team mate Jason Kenny with the silver in the men's sprint. Come the victory parade in October, there will...