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Walthamstow Stadium: Not Going To The Dogs After All

The greyhounds are long gone, but the future of Walthamstow Stadium is still uncertain. However, there remains a chance that the dogs could still have their day in E17.

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World’s First “Pop-Up Mall” Comes To London

Later this year,Shoreditch will welcome Boxpark, described as the first ever pop-up mall.

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West Ham Release 2012 Stadium Plans

West Ham United have released details of their plans to transform the Olympic Stadium into a football ground. Not to be deterred, Tottenham have also unveiled their own plans for redeveloping the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace.

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Mapped: London’s Moving Football Clubs

Ahead of the decision on the future of the Olympic stadium, we map the different locations that London’s professional football clubs have called home.

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Metropolitan Line Train Taken Away For Scrapping

Photographer Julian Gajewski sent us this picture of a forlorn-looking Metropolitan line train being taken away by truck at the end of its working life.

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In Pictures: I Goat, A New Sculpture For Spitalfields

A sculpture of a goat standing atop packing crates now graces the western entrance to Spitalfields. What does it all mean?

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Crystal Palace Could Be Moving To… Crystal Palace

A new suitor has joined the increasingly complex story around the future of the Olympic stadium: Crystal Palace F.C.

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Giant Cockerel, Boy On Rocking Horse To Grace Fourth Plinth

The next two installations on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth will be a bronze cast of a boy on a rocking horse, and a giant blue cockerel.

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Strikes To Hit Tube And DLR

A 24-hour strike will affect the Northern and Bakerloo lines tonight, while DLR staff will strike for two days next week.

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Mayor Talks Up “Driverless” Tube Trains

Boris Johnson has again invoked the prospect of driverless Tube trains as a way of permanently beating the strikes.