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The man who wants to knock down the London cinema he saved

2 days ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

We’ve been busy at London Centric working on some chunky investigations that are coming up over the next few weeks. While we keep our lawyers busy, we’ve got a few stories for you today, including the curious story about a man who set up a beloved indie cinema in east London that was once named the best in the country — but now wants to knock it down, taking on outraged locals. Scroll to the end for the row over the Genesis cinema, or first read a selection of other bits from across the capital.
The real 5G conspiracy: How Londoners are being lied to about their phone signal

1 week ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

It’s a situation so brazen that it seemed implausible when London Centric was first told about it. Could millions of Londoners really be told by their phones that they are connected to modern 5G mobile data networks when they are unknowingly stuck running their work and social lives over 4G? Could that little icon in the top corner of your phone screen really be deceiving you? When London Centric previously reported on terrible phone data connections in the capital we received a huge response.
Sadiq Khan: Some cannabis possession should be decriminalised

1 week ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson |Rachel Rees

Possession of small amounts of natural cannabis for personal use should be decriminalised, according to a massive review of drugs policy in London endorsed by Sadiq Khan, which has concluded the existing policy is racist and is used by the Metropolitan police as a justification to stop and search young black men. The mayor said the findings of the London Drugs Commission are “compelling” but he has no power to change drugs law in the capital.
A Mighty Fudge: Hoopla approved, just don't ask how

2 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

London Centric has covered The Battle for Brockwell Park in depth because it speaks to a series of wider debates over what the capital is and who its public spaces should serve.
High-Rise dystopia: Disabled tower block residents "threatened" for posting about broken lifts on Reddit

2 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Rachel Rees

Disabled residents have been stranded in an iconic London high-rise tower block without any working lifts for a week, amid allegations they have been threatened by the building’s management company for posting about the issue on Reddit. Business owner Peter Yu and student Vasundhara Gupte are both residents of the 28-storey brutalist Balfron Tower in Tower Hamlets, a high-rise east London tower built by a Bond villain namesake.
Brockwell Park festivals back on for now - but new challenges in Finsbury Park and Victoria Park

2 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

Welcome to all the new London Centric readers who joined after watching the Private Eye interview about our nomination for the Paul Foot investigative journalism prize. We’ve got some fresh investigations coming later this week. But first we’re bringing you a bonus edition, explaining the wider importance of Friday’s court ruling that this month’s festivals in Brockwell Park don’t have the correct planning permission.
Victory for anti-festival campaigners

3 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

Today we’re publishing late on Friday afternoon to bring you some breaking news that could upend the capital’s music festival scene and change how public parks are used across the city. The Battle of Brockwell Park, a legal fight over whether commercial music festivals should be allowed to take over one of south London’s most popular open spaces, has resulted in a victory for local residents who oppose the scale of the events and believe they harm the environment.
London’s Pedicabs: Sex, loathing, and highway robbery

3 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

By Jim Waterson, Rachel Rees, and Cosmic ThapaWhat’s the most publicly embarrassing way you could die? London Centric pondered this last month while sitting in the back of a pedicab as it jumped several red lights and bombed across Trafalgar Square at full speed with Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” playing from its speakers. After narrowly avoiding being shunted by a furious black cab during our uninsured ride past Nelson’s Column,we headed on towards parliament.
A London fire disaster: the untold story

4 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

One thing London Centric will always do is return to the stories that other news outlets have moved on from. In a week when Sadiq Khan announced he had changed his mind on the need to build housing on Green Belt land to ease the capital’s housing crisis, we have obtained previously unseen internal reports and pictures that tell the story of one incident in which 80 Londoners lost their homes last summer.
"Five gays with a laptop" vs Mark Rylance: The Battle For Brockwell Park

1 month ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson

When an anonymous social media account popped up last week defending music festivals in south London’s Brockwell Park, many locals smelled a rat. SayYesLambeth claimed to be a grassroots account representing the silent “majority” of people who secretly want big, noisy summer events to go ahead in one of London’s biggest public spaces.