Bincho Yakitori has been getting rave reviews for its namesake dish, yakitori: skewered, marinated, and grilled meat and veg on sticks. Typically a street food in Japan, Bincho Yakitori has combined it with a relaxed restaurant format to bring an interesting casual dining venue.

Is Westminster going to introduce street parking charges or not? What might have been a simple, under-the-radar introduction of a new charge on motorists parking in the borough has turned into a full fiasco, with the latest revelation that council boss Colin Barrow is quite the collector of antique parking meters.

Knife crime in London has always been a thorny issue over the last few years. Personally, I feel that there’s been too much hype and media coverage – all major cities will see some degree of knife crime – and I don’t see London as being particularly endemic.

If you haven’t been to St Pancras International in a while, there’s now a good excuse to go! Probably one of the biggest Christmas trees to be made out of Lego is on display, with over 600,000 of those small plastic bricks used in the construction of the tree.

The O2 Arena is known for its big acts, like Green Day and Placido Domingo (and what would have been one of Michael Jackson’s mammoth residency). But in keeping with these austere times and the spirit of Christmas, they’re launching a month of free gigs and shows.

Fancy watching the London Olympics next year on a big flat screen telly, lounging on a big comfy sofa? Now you can, and next to the Olympic stadium too! Outline Planning Prmission has been granted for a huge gigantic outdoor sofa and TV next to the Olympic village on Forman’s Fish Island.