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London (Hampstead to be exact) is set to become face transplant central. Drive a ‘gas guzzler’? Then expect to pay more to park the thing. There was a woman on the news today complaining about this, who insisted she need a 4X4 because she had …

There are delays at Waterloo this morning following the ‘partial derailment’ at the station yesterday evening. The last two carriages of a South West Trains service from Dorking came off the tracks as it entered Platform 2 at the station at around 6:30pm. Thankfully the …

A new report says that Muslims should ‘play a greater role’ in London’s politics and the economy to help stem prejudice and discrimination. In the meantime, the City apparently needs to do more business with China and India. Looks like they might spray the Tube …

Think ‘Drury Lane’ and you think theatre and culture and lovey stuff like that. You don’t think scandal, litigation and domestic violence. At least you didn’t, not until Drury-News-Gate (note to self: need better name for this). Yes, it’s been revealed today that the anonymous …

Queen Liz wants to leave the palace lights on all night because tourists might not be able ‘to see the royal landmark at night’. Greenpeace et al are none too happy. Scientology has come to London in a big way. £23m of Scientoligism just landed …

If you haven’t been able to make it to the Tate Modern since they installed those awesome slides, or if the queues are just too long, or you suffer from a phobia of slides (is there a word for that?) then let us placate your …

Let’s take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the …

All today’s Extra, Extra headlines are taken from local London papers, just to prove we’re not as ‘metropolitan’ as it may sometimes appear. The Government is considering a M25 Congestion Charge in an attempt to cut queues. A man, sick of hearing music on public …

At around 6:45pm yesterday evening a rucksack was stolen from a businessman at Euston Station. So far, so boring. But the one detail that sets this story apart from every other petty theft report is that this particular rucksack happened to contain £265,000 in jewellery. …

Ken Livingstone has won his court bid to overturn his suspension following the ‘Nazi jibe’ incident. The Department for Transport has announced simplified rail fares structure for London. Pricing for single and return rail tickets will be based on the Underground zones. Black cab TX4 …