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BBC London indulges in some scare-mongering about timber frame buildings.

Scandalous school trend of the week: poor white kids in London are faring worse than their peers from ethnic minorities.

Scandalous school story of the day: the Friends of St. Thomas More School aren't very friendly, as they turn on the head.

Becks for England 2012? No: we don't think so either.

But on a positive note: the venues will be finished "early and under budget". So says the ODA.

Boy. Girl. By silk cut via the Londonist pool. Happy St. Swithin's Day, by the way.