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Review: Yusuf and Friends @ Shepherds Bush Empire

Funny thing happened in Shepherds Bush last night. A bunch of otherwise normal looking, averagely-40 something year-olds became embarrassingly emotional. En masse. It was billed as a concert but was more like an audio-group-hug. For last night saw the return of Cat Stevens, Yusuf, to …

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Extra, Extra

Sprogging on the tube is becoming a trend. Time the NHS devised a better filing system, no? Mind you, the pensions people aren’t any less careless. A teenager has been stabbed in Bermondsey. Gotta feel a bit sorry for the mother in court on fraud …

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Extra, Extra

The attorney general is considering the leniency of the Baby P. sentences. A black man has been beaten up by BNP supporters in Eltham. Runs in the family: now Abu Hamza’s sons admit dodgy car dealings. Kids living in poverty in London are at greater …

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Extra, Extra

Camber’s Well has been re-discovered. An 83 year old woman is being questioned in connection with the find of a dead body in her freezer. Minor crimes could soon be dealt with in virtual courts. Looks like London brewing is making a come back. KFC …

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Extra, Extra

A 13 year old boy has now been charged with the murder of Jahmal Mason-Blair. London Superbowl isn’t a done deal: the Miami Dolphins don’t wanna play for one. Think your landlord’s bad? Try this one in Harrow. Danielle Lloyd’s been roughed up at a …

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Extra, Extra

Changes in stamp duty regs have rendered a lot more London properties affordable. A man is in a bad way after being beaten up in East London. London MP Frank Dobson is happy to proffer his accounts for public inspection. NIMBY Jarvis Cocker is fighting …

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Photo of the Day: May Bank Holiday

Wa-Hay! Extra day off work! Hope you spend yours being utterly frivolous. For example, when did you last go to the fair? Image by James Macdonald Cole via the Londonist flickr pool.

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On the Liberty of Shepherd Market

The Madames of Mayfair are celebrating a minor victory this weekend, having forced Westminster Council on to the retreat over the latter’s efforts to stop prostitutes working from flats in and around Shepherd Market. The English Collective of Prostitutes say that forcing their members to …

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Bank Holiday Weekend Round Up

A 13 year old boy is being questioned in connection with yesterday’s murder of another teenager. PC gone mad? A man has been fined £665.00 for touching a WPC’s bottom. A prisoner has escaped from Brixton prison after ‘acquiring’ a new ID. A new world …

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Watching London’s Birdies

Cute, fluffy special things are happening on Hampstead Heath this weekend. Our man in camouflage at the RSPB tells us of the birth of cygnet-shaped nonuplets. Which is apparently very rare. If you want to take a peek at the brood, you should head to …