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Private firm to carry out surgery (let’s hope it’s not Metronet in disguise). Thousands attend Latin festival. Veni vidi vici? Tesco inadvertantly give away free replicas of the shard of glass. Will snuff replace fags? Traffic warden taken for a ride…on woman’s bonnet. Image courtesy …

Regular readers will know that we’re fond of using photos from the Londonist Flickr pool to illustrate our posts. One of our favourite photographers is Chutney Bannister (possibly a pseudonym). His images often capture the weirder side of London Life, such as the prancing Elvi, …

You could be forgiven for not giving a fig about how the candidates for the London mayoral elections in 2008 are shaping up. Londonist, however, does. On the left, the Greens were first off the block in March with the selection of anti-4×4 campaigner Sian …

We at the Gothamist network would like to express our heartfelt wishes to the people of Minnesota in the days after their tragic bridge collapse. We’re not trying to discount the severity of the accident by making note of it in opposition to our usual …

Gravity-defying demolition in the City (site of the Cheesegrater). SkyscraperCity had this covered back in March. Euston rush hour stabbing. A place in London where a 3-bedroom house costs less than £200K? Surely not. 100,000 evangelical Christians to attend concerts. West London tram looking unlikely. …

Report: public ‘misled‘ over Menezes shooting. Murder, murder, murder, rape and murder. BBC London sure is a depressing place today. And their Crossrail story isn’t too optimistic either. Robbers use digger to raid cash machine. They fail. Our old friend Andrew Hudson-Smith has built some …

BAA seek injunction to ban climate protests at Heathrow. But protestors will ‘carry on regardless’. The Curse of Chislehurst Comedy Club (not a new Harry Potter book). North Korean art on show. Michelangelo Antonioni, director of ‘Blowup’, dies. Image of George Irwin funfair, Victoria Park …

Roding foreboding – East End river’s flood defences may be inadequate. Pensioner dies after being pelted by by kids. Man ploughs car into group of girls. The nightclub owner who’s openly flouting the smoking ban. There’s always one. DLR to get longer trains. Image courtesy …

We have to thank reader David Roots for sending in this little gem. Chelsea Theatre hosts a mesmerising programme of classes for people with problems – from narcotics abuse to pecuniary difficulties. But can you spot the odd ones out? And what the hell is …

Ken gets personal about Olympics cost. Man jailed for grooming fake girl. What would someone have made of that headline 20 years ago? The shot former boxer is brain dead. Meanwhile, a kid is shot dead in Stockwell by other youths. And another teen gets …