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Despite prior indifference, that gold-laden swag bag from Beijing has got Londoners enthused about 2012.

Commuting into London is time-consuming. In other news, Pope is Catholic, and dog bites man

Mayor Boris to meet with government in bid to tackle air pollution. There be fines in the offing if we don't clean up

East London choir caterwauls to final of TV show

Council workers cowed by crime are ferried from office to Tube station Flying Squad investigation after armed robbery at Bromley McDonalds; is it in poor taste to make a Hamburglar reference?

Slightly less threatening stick-up courtesy of Balom via the Londonist flickr group.