Jim Waterson

Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week

A £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?

Plus: How many Lime bikes are there in London? • Is there a conker shortage? • Do you want to live in a London observatory? • Name the new Overground line

When will Sadiq Khan make his decision? • Who wants the job? • Why is a candidate promising cheap gym membership?

Chinese buyers of London homes say they feel like “chives” • Bafflement at Londoners' love of old homes built during the “Qing dynasty” • Fascination with the enigma of the British electrician

Their long-shot route to power • First, give the impression of actually liking London • What needs to go right if they want to win the mayoralty in 2028

Plus: What will pedestrianised Oxford Street look? • Where in London are the Greens targeting next? • Phone theft decline is a central London thing

Plus: Angel tube station faces temporary closure • Would you live in a railway arch? • We take our dodgy shops campaign to parliament • Palantir on top • Sin bin for cyclists

Tomato plants are sprouting on London's polluted rivers • You don't want to know how they got there • When life gives you vegetables, make chutney

We were alarmed at the hundred-plus subscribers who entered our draw to win a jar of London Centric's sewage chutney, created as part of last week's investigation into water quality.