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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 01/07/2025

What's up with the Harry Potter shops in central London? London Centric's investigation into their finances was raised in the House of Commons by Kensington and Bayswater Labour MP Joe Powell. He asked ministers what it will take to get HMRC officials to check the shops are paying their taxes.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 26/06/2025

London Centric has spent the afternoon doing what we do every afternoon: Auditing the illegal ice cream vans run by south London’s Sanli family on Westminster Bridge in central London.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 18/06/2025

"Lime leg" makes the transition from our newsletter to parliament in the space of three months. Lib Dem Caroline Pidgeon asks rail minister Peter Hendy what the government is doing about unregulated Lime bikes causing injuries. He says the government is very aware of London Centric's reporting.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 27/03/2025

Is an organised crime gang carrying out an intimidation campaign with red paint across suburban London? London Centric has the first video of the mysterious gang targeting properties across the capital with "brothel" graffiti. Click through for🧵.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 13/12/2024

TfL tube and rail fares to increase by 4.6% from March 2025, Sadiq Khan announces. *Government made clear tube fares should rise in line with national rail fares. *Zone 1-3 fare cap will rise from £10 to £10.50. *TfL bus fares remain frozen at £1.75, which is far cheaper than outside London.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 08/12/2024

This week's big London Centric investigation is into the Harry Potter shops that have sprung up all over the centre of the capital over the last few years. What is going on with them? And are they paying their taxes? (Read now with a free trial.) www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...

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Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill

A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 04/12/2024

FAO Londoners: TfL has *just* started allowing contactless refunds for the first time since September. Check all your journeys for the last three months to see if you've been overcharged and apply for your money back. TfL won't do this automatically, you have to check. tfl.gov.uk/fares/contac...

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 30/11/2024

Thanks for the credit @inews.co.uk - another London Centric story in a national newspaper. Read more here: www.londoncentric.media/p/exclusive-...

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 30/11/2024

Another London Centric exclusive picked up by a national news outlet. Our business model means we don’t chase clicks, we just want people to know they should subscribe if they want to get the news first. So if you’re a journalist we *encourage* you to steal our stories. Just please credit and link.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 29/11/2024

Exclusive: London's top private schools have been told to stop a long-running advertising campaign claiming you can attend their institutions for "no fees", after complaints that this was, er, rarely true. www.londoncentric.media/p/exclusive-...

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 29/11/2024

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan confirms to London Centric that some Londoners may never receive refunds they are owed by TfL, after being overcharged for months due to the cyberattack. www.londoncentric.media/p/exclusive-...

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Exclusive: Sadiq admits some TfL passengers may never be refunded after cyberattack

Plus: London's private schools told to stop suggesting it's easy to attend for free; the editor of the Standard quits to spend more time in £4,000-a-night hotels.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 27/11/2024

Also in London Centric: Urban otters are on the march, now just ten miles from central London next to a Big Tesco on the North Circular. www.londoncentric.media/p/i-was-cove...

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 27/11/2024

Today’s London Centric is out now, featuring a truly horrific story about the state of social housing in the capital - and whether some housing estates are salvageable after years of neglect. www.londoncentric.media/p/i-was-cove...

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"I was covered in human poo": One family's shocking story of London's housing crisis

Plus: Otters are getting closer to the centre of London.

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Great story which made me subscribe (and I don’t even live in London):

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Another excellent piece of reporting from @londoncentric.media . Excited to see proper investigative local journalism making a comeback. More of this please!

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Ice cream wars and illegal gambling: How Westminster Bridge became lawless

Plus: Have you visited the capital's least used railway station?

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 22/11/2024

How did Westminster Bridge become one of the most lawless places in London? An investigation into illegal gambling, illegal ice cream vans, and almost every sort of illegal behaviour possible - all within sight of New Scotland Yard and parliament. www.londoncentric.media/p/westminste...

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Ice cream wars and illegal gambling: How Westminster Bridge became lawless

Plus: Have you visited the capital's least used railway station?

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 15/11/2024

Today's London Centric is out now and full of scoops. Click here to read it - or scroll down this thread to see the highlights: www.londoncentric.media/p/the-london...

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The London Overground rebrand is finally happening

Plus: Scroll to the end for a preposterous penthouse flat, as well as an exclusive story about Forest e-bikes.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 13/11/2024

OK so I’ve finally found the password to this account. If this was still 2013 I could have at least blamed the social media intern for the incompetence. But due to the unique way London Centric is funded, here we are.

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 18/09/2024

Welcome to London Centric, a modern news outlet for London. Follow if you're after proper journalism about the capital and want to support a new approach to London media. There's 25% off a subscription if you like what you're hearing and are willing to subscribe now: londoncentric.media

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London Centric | Jim Waterson | Substack

Subscribe for proper, in-depth local journalism about who really runs London - and what's actually going on in the city. Click to read London Centric, by Jim Waterson, a Substack publication. Launched...

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