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Olympic organizer Jack Lemley has unexpectedly quit seven months into a four-year term, leaving us without anyone in charge of construction. And talking of the Olympics: Animal activists have said that they will target the 2012 Games. No word yet on whether the animal kingdom …

Two arrests have been made following the Elephant & Castle shooting we told you about yesterday. The Olympics will ‘eliminate child povery’ according to Gordon Brown and Ken Livingstone. Thames Water has been sold for £8bn to Australian banking group Macquarie. Let’s hope they can …

There’s no better way to kick off a Tuesday morning than with a headline like LL Cool J’s Trouser Shame. Yes, according to this article, if you were at Brixton Academy last Friday to see ‘Ladies Love’ you might have got more than you bargained …

The 16-year old on trial for the murder of 15-year-old Kiyan Prince outside the boy’s school gates has denied murder but admitted manslaughter. Two men were shot outside a club in Elephant and Castle in the early hours of Sunday morning. One is in a …

And in Olympic news today: someone needs to buy a decent diary: Reports say that the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held during Ramadan, the most holy month in the Islamic calendar. In 2012 Ramadan will take place from July 21 to August …

The trial of the Metropolitan Police, over health and safety allegations relating to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, will not be heard until October next year. Sir Robert McAlpine has been chosen to build the £280 million Olympic stadium. We assume he’ll have …

Three high-ranking officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo were attacked in London on Wednesday. The three men, including President Joseph Kabila’s chief of staff Leonard She Okitundu, were taken to hospital after being set upon a by a group of 20 people near a …

The charity Campaign Against Living Miserably have pulled their controversial poster campaign featuring a picture of the bus that was blown up on July 7 after a ‘wave of protests’ fromt he public. Three NHS Trusts in the London area have been told to take …

There’s an ‘image overhaul’ planned for the eastern end of Oxford Street. It’s ‘tacky’ at the moment apparently, so more Starbucks should put that right. Lots of grumblings over the McDonalds Olympic sponsorship news. And rightly so. We can’t decide if Billy Zane’s decision to …

Heathrow update: A man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act and passengers have been let back in to Terminal 2. A new initiative launched by London Underground and the RNIB means that soon blind and partially sighted people will be able to navigate Tube …