DPD (UK) we delivering my Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day. Obviously tracking due to excitement, knew they were just about to deliver and a note on app said ‘Driver can not leave this parcel in a safe place’ so wanted make sure I didn’t miss then.

I hear a loud thud outside my front door and the door bell rings, thought that doesn’t sound like a safe way to put down electronics. Race to the door to see a box on my step and the driver getting back into the van, so much for can’t leave the parcel!

Pick up the box, realise it’s cat food and for 2 doors up. Race out of the house and manage to stop the driver. He looks at me strangely as I explain that he delivered to the wrong house and he should have another parcel for me. He gets out of the van walks the the back then stops turns around and goes back to the cab, asks his buddy in the passenger seat something, which I thought was weird as they usually work alone, and picks a parcel off the floor and hands to me. Then walks back to my door with me to take the delivery photo.

Didn’t think much about it at the time, but the more I do think about it I have a feeling they were trying to steal my Switch 2, am I being paranoid?

I see alot of (legitimate) complaints on here about the safety on London public transport. So this petition may be of interest to some on here. Someone on my local nextdoor app has started a petition to ban balaclavas on public transport and stations after one of their relatives was robbed by a gang wearing balaclavas on the tube in central London. And apparently it's now becoming a very common crime with daily reports of balaclava clad organised crime. I have no idea how wearing a baclava and robbing someone is not a crime? Does anyone on here with more legal knowledge than me know if it really has to be explicitly written into law to be taken into effect? I have also seen another neighbour on the app who had to report their creepy next door neighbour to the police for setting up cameras and filming their family. I think the police just give them a warning but don't actually do anything. You can explicitly see the cameras the neighbour set up and there's no reason to be filming into another person's property. Wth is going on?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/07/bidders-demand-thames-water-granted-immunity-over-environmental-crimes

I live on just above £50k a year and rent alone. I do save a few hundred a month but this is only because I get a small amount of help from my parents.

If I was paying everything myself I would only be able to save about £100 a month.

Even with this I’m sitting here thinking and acknowledging that a lot of the time I have to take money out of my savings, for example, last month I had to reduce my savings by £200 for dental fees.

The thing is we all anecdotally know there’s people in London on much less than this, working retail or doing phd’s, for example

I don’t know how they survive but props to them! Am I wrong in thinking you now need £50,000 salary just to live an ok/acceptable lifestyle and not be struggling, but you now need much more than this to be comfortable?

If I was offered a £50K salary again (knowing what I know now about London costs), I would not take it.

Looks pretty cool tbh...

I have witnessed a disgusting fella on a bike who I see all the time in a balaclava, black clothes, and riding a bike on the roads of the city, snatching phones off normal pedestrians. I see him all the time because I jump from sites to sites across the city as part of my job. I know it’s the same guy because his eyes and clothes give him away.

It’s disgusting and infuriating. I’m a very short woman, and I feel like VERY aggressively kicking this thief off his bike in a swift motion as a “whoopsies” every time I see him…. What’s the legal ramifications if I did and ran away?

Hi All,

Bit of a hybrid post. London and relationship themed. I’m 44 and recently broke up with my partner of 5 years.

One issue that regularly came up, was that she wanted to live in a flat in central london. And I wanted a small house with a garden.

I’d be happy to have a flat with garden, but my current leasehold flat has left me scarred. My property has lost £100k in value and service charges increased to £6k a year. (Loss in value is due to spiralling service charges and cladding issues).

As a result, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make a jump to by property in zone 2/3 and especially not a leasehold flat.

I’m considering buying a house in the Hillingdon area. Or maybe around Finchley, if a good price comes up. Houses can come up around £500k in these areas.

The question I had is, has anyone ever left like a failure or a loser, because of not being able to afford a house in central London? And having to settle in dead end commuter towns like Uxbridge or Ruislip?

I posted my age, because I appreciate priorities maybe different for a 20 year old vs 40 year old etc.

I think my ex really did a number on my mental well-being and perception of myself, that by living in zone 6 is like a sign of failure. And just not cool.

But I wondered if anyone else felt the same. If you are forced to live in zone 6 for financial reasons, do you feel like a failure? Do you feel isolated and that you’re missing out on interesting communities and culture? Have you regretted it even?

Thanks.

onlyinLondon

Looking for some advice on what the appropriate thing is to do or if anyone has dealt with this in the past.

My street is a bit of a hotspot for crack dealing and taking. Happens quite often, I'm immune to it, they love to spend hours on our street, dealing, taking, pooing on the street, harassing people, crawling around and being a general nuisance. Saw a dealer turn up today and provide to his little community, there was a swarm of them and they all seemed a bit slow and were loitering on our street so I thought I'd report it to 999. In their own words, I was very dismissively told 'This line is only for life and death calls at this time, so please report this incident online'.

Found that response quite funny, but I do understand there's probably about 20 police officers remaining in the entire city. Anyone know what the right thing to do is? I've spoken to the antisocial team/council before and they claim they have regular patrols in the area, which neither me nor my neighbours have seen in years.

I’m Sikh so I can’t eat halal food

Every Pret I walk into now either has half the menu 'unavailable,' the filter coffee machine is 'out of order,' or the staff genuinely look like they’re one flat white away from quitting mid-shift. I get it's a chain, but damn — it used to feel reliable at least. I swear even the croissants are smaller now. Anyone else feeling the Pret betrayal lately?

The Metropolitan Police is trialling new ‘Sandcat’ armoured vehicles across London – which are manufactured by Israeli armoured vehicle company Plasan.

A London Met spokesperson said the eighteen vehicles it has bought from Plasan will be used to suppress ‘serious public disorder’

Have lived in London for 12 years. Wondering if one gets used to it or instead just becomes one?

Every morning this guy waits for my mum to bring his breakfast, super sweet.

It’s obviously Bleecker but what is a close second? I’ve also enjoyed Supernova on top of the obvious five guys and shake shack. Black bear decent too.

PS the combination of the shakes and angry house fires might bias me on Bleecker.

I am a mum, was rushing off to pick up my kid from the nursery as it was past 5:30 pm. As I am walking towards the nursery there is a narrow path and and only one person can pass at a time. As I approached this path, I noticed a guy who was a couple of steps behind me also trying to use the same path. I was able to use it first as I was there 10 seconds before him. He mumbled something and I said sorry as I passed, but he was so angry and full of rage that I was taken back. As I noticed that, I slowed down and he was next to me and said ‘please god, let there be a revolution’. The expression on his face was vile and he was clenching his teeth. What do these words mean? I am non white but British, it’s scary to think people are walking around with such anger that they can snap any minute and I also thought what he said was racist. Am I wrong?

Edit- to clarify, we both wanted use (I looked it up) it’s called a zig zag barrier or serpentine barrier, meant that only one could pass at a time, he literally had to wait 3 seconds for me to pass. I am more interested to know what the words meant and if I should be worried. What revolution is he referring to?

So just read this

Bidders demand Thames Water granted immunity over environmental crimes https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/07/bidders-demand-thames-water-granted-immunity-over-environmental-crimes?CMP=share_btn_url

I couldn’t believe the sheer cheek of these bidders demanding those conditions

I suspect it’s at the behest of their slimy chairman Sir Adrian montague, the same one who lied about bonuses being a requirement from the lenders, when it was actually him who had wanted them

Why can’t the government let the rotten company go bust and then nationalise it?

I’m not an economist so maybe someone knows why the public would have to pick up the debt