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.

The Premier League has released a statement ahead of Sunday's match between Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers outlawing the friendly pre-match handshake.

Residents of Shepherd's Bush are used to bumping into raucous gangs dressed in outlandish costumes on the weekend club-crawl, but nothing prepared them for sightings of the likes of Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and other Marvel Comics superheroes all heading towards the Vue Cinema to reprise their hero's starring role.

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) staff spent a collosal £2m on travel expenses. The figures, obtained by the Telegraph showed the breakdown consisted of 24,000 train journeys and at least 500 flights between the BBC's west and central London studios and the North West, where its new media centre is based.

Westfield London in Shepherd's Bush has joined the global skyline in plunging into darkness for WWF’s Earth Hour at 8.30pm on the 31 March to support the world’s biggest call for action to protect the planet. WWF’s Earth Hour is a simple idea that’s become a global phenomenon, with hundreds of millions of people turning off their lights to show they want to create a brighter future for the planet. Spanning a record 135 countries in 2011, this year’s Earth Hour has become even bigger.

Mark Thompson, BBC Director-General, has announced his imminent departure to staff of the corporation through an open-letter. He intimated he had discussed his decision to leave in the autumn with Lord Patten, BBC Chairman. He wrote: "This morning I told Lord Patten that I believe that an appropriate time for me to hand over to a successor and to step down as Director-General of the BBC would be the autumn of this year, once the Olympics and the rest of the amazing summer of 2012 are over.

Many parts of bustling Shepherd's Bush are already conspicuous with their novelty Shisha pipes which resemble mini trumpets as patrons suck away contentedly. A new Shepherd's Bush restaurant has however been refused a premises licence after police and residents voiced concerns that its late night opening would lead to crime and disorder in the area.