• Colour us surprised: those original 2012 Olympic costs were totally unrealistic
• Hounslow residents, consider yourselves warned: a teachers strike this Thursday means the yoof will be on the loose
• Arrests have been made in a 21-year old murder case
• Here comes the bat cab! That's, um, a battery-powered cab, not the kind of motor Bruce Wayne would be seen in.
• Pubs are closing at frightening rate. Do your bit, people - get plastered in a London boozer tonight.
• Eurostar and the National Gallery have launched a digital gallery for lucky travellers at St Pancras.

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