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Breaking: Heathrow Terminal 2 evacuated

From Reuters: A terminal at Heathrow was evacuated on Tuesday because of a suspicious bag, police said. A police spokeswoman said she had no further details about the incident at Terminal 2, which serves European destinations. A man was seen running in and dropping a …

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Diana Death Exhibition

German. Art. Controversial. Diana. London. Do you know how long we’ve been waiting for an article to come along that contains all of those words? And, finally, today our prayers have been answered: An art show based on a controversial German stage work about the …

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Our share of the ”mounting NHS debt crisis’ is even bigger than previously expected according to new figures. The technical term for the situation appears to be ‘meltdown’. Ken Livingstone has sent a ‘message of support’ to London’s Muslim community to coincide with 70th anniversary …

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Damilola Killers Jailed For Eight Years

Brothers Danny Preddie (18) and Ricky Preddie (19) were both jailed for eight years today for the killing of Nigerian schoolboy Damilola Taylor. The pair were convicted in August of the manslaughter of the 10-year-old, who died after being stabbed in the leg with a …

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Ashes Gas Plot

The big news over the weekend was that the 7 July bombers had also planned to target the Australian cricket team during last year’s Ashes. The aim was “to spray sarin gas into the dressing rooms at Edgbaston”, but the plan was apparently abandoned at …

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News From Around The -ists

Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up. -Chicagoist had fall on their mind as they made squash and fudge, read “House of Leaves” and

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The average London house price has risen to its highest level yet: £250,907. Oh joy. Imperial College London has split from University of London. Wonder who’ll get custody of the kids. The much anticipated Adventure Playground of the Year award has gone to the Fredericks …

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The Tube Of The Future

Want to know what Ken Livingstone’s definitive statement about the future of the capital’s transport system was earlier this week? We are all breeding like rabbits and you have to build the trains. That Ken Livingstone…sex mad. Honestly though, is that it? That sounds like …

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Ken Livingstone has won his suspension appeal. Two soldiers who serve in the same Army regiment as Prince Harry, have been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl in Green Park on Saturday. A female passenger who grabbed a male flight attendant’s buttocks over the Atlantic …

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McDonalds Shooting: Two Arrested

Something which we were unable to post on yesterday (we were at a pub quiz,more of which later) was the arrest of ‘two youths’ over the shooting last week of two teenage boys in a McDonald’s in Brixton: A police spokesman has said that “Both …