A year on from a murder in a quiet west London street, the Metropolitan Police special gun-crime unit, Trident, has appealed for any new witnesses or information and offered a reward of up to £20,000 to catch his killer.

The Cribs, an indie band from Wakefield are the unlikely bringers of some cheer to rain-drenched and weather-beaten west Londoners.

A public park in a west London thoroughfare once panned in a travel guide for misleading tourists with its name has been penciled for a make-over next year before the Olympics.