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Weekend Round-Up

Image courtesy of lowrevolution via the Londonist flickr group Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been discovering new and winning ways with leftover turkey: In the Christmas crime round-up: a Polish national has been arrested in connection with the Christmas Day murder of …

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West End World

We love the West End. The hustle, the bustle, the vibe, the pushing, the shoving, the queuing… Hm. Well, usually we love the West End. But on those days when we end up walking in the gutter ‘cos the pavement’s heaving, waiting twenty minutes to …

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Extra, Extra

There are some advantages to leaving all your shopping til the last minute. Like humungous discounts. Looks like Boris wants to try something new in 2012. Meet Chelsea’s paddling pensioners.… …and Earls Court’s mini-muggers. Met Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick has lived up to his name …

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Santa’s Lap: Teatime for London

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …

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Weekend Round-Up

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been out panic buying: Great Ormond Street Hospital has opened up its Victorian photo archives on line. The Met reckons gang kids are getting younger and nastier. Who you gonna call? The makers of a programme about …

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What the Butler Wore

If you’re a victim of the credit mess and planning to spend the new year job hunting, or even if you’re simply fed up with those predictable work discussions up t’pub, we may have just the thing for you. If you’re young and hunky that …

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Yo Woe Woe

Santa made a rather unusual appearance in London today: outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in the Strand. Closer inspection revealed him to be a rather unpleasant doppelganger, Father Cholera, wearing a grotesque Mugabe face mask. This Father Nick doled out gifts alright – but they bore …

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Extra, Extra

Image courtesy of fitz3xl via the Londonist flickr group London is Edinburgh is London: retracing the 39 Steps. 3D telly is on its way: remind us not to watch Ring on it. Coming in February: free London theatre for 18-26 year olds. There’s been a …

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Extra, Extra

Image courtesy of Misty via the Londonist flickr group TfL are practising their handwriting: they are to lose £400m from their IT budget. Business is booming…for the ambulance service. And that runway saga roars on… Thieves have managed to nick the personal details of every …

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Extra, Extra

Image courtesy of Simon Crubelllier via the Londonist flickr group Ground-shaking research into wobbly bridge syndrome: report published. Psst! Wanna buy an airport? Stansted and Gatwick are reputedly coming up for grabs. The Beeb has ‘fessed to spending £45,000 on the Merlin launch party. Where’s …