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Is it childish of us to admit that our favourite Flickr group right now is I Crush Your Head? If you were a fan of the Canadian sketch show Kids in the Hall then you’ll be aware of the whole ‘squishing people’s heads’ phenomenon. Although, …

Just catching up on the ‘anti-terror’ arrests that took place over the weekend. As you probably know by now, on Friday 14 men aged between 17 to 48 were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 (12 of them at The Bridge to China Town restaurant …

A BBC Proms concert due to take place yesterday evening had to be cancelled after a small fire at the Royal Albert Hall. According to the Beeb part of the building was ‘filled with smoke’ after a fire broke out in the artists’ bar but …

Celebrate Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know …

The Met’s handling of a harassment complaint from 22-year-old Peter Woodham, who was later shot dead near his home, was “unacceptable”, a senior officer said today. Tories have accused the Government of not acting quickly enough to introduce new security scanners at airports and on …

Flickr have, this week, introduced a geotagging facility, which basically means you can tag your photos by ‘place’ and browse other people’s using a worldwide map. There’s a whole range of ways to use the tool (there’s a video tutorial here if you want a …

Thames Water have announced today that they are withdrawing their application to the government for special powers to limit water usage in London (stuff like to watering parks and and sports grounds and filling of private swimming pools). (You have to love the use of …

Well this is kind of a blow: remember the ‘ravers’ in the £15m (or £14m depending on which paper you read, buy hey it’s expensive and that’s all you need to know) house in Primrose Hill who were doing evil things like playing loud music …

One of the great Standard headlines of the year so far: Ravers seize £5 million house. Apparently David Walliams is cowering in his kitchen, afraid to leave the house. 16 and 17-year-olds in full-time education will be able to travel free on London buses and …

A story we missed from yesterday evening: A murder victim’s body has been found on the Marble Arch traffic island, one of London’s busiest junctions. The man suffered head injuries and was dead when paramedics arrived at 3am this morning. By late afternoon his body …