Extra, Extra

  • The man stabbed in Wood Green was attempting to stop shoplifters when he was stabbed. Rudy Neofytou is still in a crtitical condition in Middlesex Hospital.

  • The London Assembly has produced a report on what can be done to encourage the use of the capital’s playing fields in order to stop them disappearing.

  • The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy meanwhile has claimed that parts of the city exceed European Union air pollution limits by up to 50 per cent.

  • As of next week the ‘quarter bells’ which live next to Big Ben will not be sounding for a month or so as one of the ‘yokes’ needs a new bearing.

  • An investigation has shown that the majority of wireless hotspot providers in London do not filter traffic for pornography.

Photo courtesy of stpiduko via the Londonist Flickr group.