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According to reports, it looks like the restrictions on air travel rules might be eased a bit next week. Apparently there’ll be a meeting of government and airline industry officials on Monday, and the Department for Transport are going to make an announcement on revised …

According to someone who knows about this sort of thing, over the next two years the works associated with the Olympics will feed through to into the economy and possibly raise inflation. According to a new poll London is the least energy-efficient region in the …

The Telegraph is reporting today that Sunday theatre-going may be a possibility within the next 12 months. You may remember earlier this year when the National theatre announced plans to start staging performances on Sundays and that the National’s artistic director Nicholas Hytner was reported …

It was revealed yesterday that the senior officer in charge on the day Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead is to be promoted. Commander Cressida Dick (no…too easy) is currently in control of the gun cruime unit Operation Trident, and was in charge of …

Brian Haw appeared in court today for breaching conditions over his demonstration outside the Palace of Westminster (i.e. his placards exceed an area of 3m by 1m). The case has been adjourned for the defence to apply for a ‘judicial review of the conditions imposed …

Those of you who dip into, or even contribute to, our Flickr group may have noticed the presence of comedian Dave Gorman amongst the regular contributors. We’ve even used a couple of his images in the Extra, Extra from time to time (including this one …

Last night, four of the men who were detained during the anti-terroism raids at the beginning of the month, were charged with offences relating to “suspected recruitment and training networks”. Two of the men are brothers: Hassan Mutegombwa, aged 20, and 22-year-old Yassin Mutegombwa, both …

If you’re a regular Londonist reader you might have picked up on the fact that some of us are keen cyclists. Now unfortunately cycling has come in for a bit of stick recently, what with the Floyd Landis scandal and the recent safety concerns during …

Seven men are currently in custody after a football-related pub brawl in at the Cutty Sark pub in Thamesmead over the weekend resulted in the death of a 52-year-old man. Diane Abbott and Mayor Ken have warned that London needs more black teachers in order …

Keiffer Sutherland has finally gone on record to say that he deeply regrets his “drunken attack” on a Christmas tree in a London hotel lobby last year during the filming of the documentary I Trust You To Kill Me. It’s painful. It’s really painful. I …