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Camel jockeys hit Tower Bridge today. A derelict plot of land on Oxford Street is to be put to use as a temporary event venue. A convicted murderer with, um, psychological issues is studying for the Knowledge. Do you live in one of Boris’ proposed …

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7/7 Memorial Vandalised

Image / daveograve@ Barely two weeks after being unveiled on the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the memorial to the 7th July victims in Hyde Park has been vandalised. A small amount of writing in a black marker pen at the base of one …

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TangoCommute Tonight For 7/7

By Scott Matthewman Dancing couples will take to 7 bridges and 7 railway stations this evening between 6-7pm to silently dance the tango with their partners to mark the 4th anniversary of the 7/7 terrorist attacks on London. Find a location here and whether rain, …

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Monday Miscellanea

By Tom Ward in the Londonist Flickr pool Last week in numbers on Londonist… 2 Londonist writers with slots on the fourth plinth in August (+) 20 contestants in the All Star Lanes Chilli Cook-Off (X) 118 shows programmed for the Camden Fringe Festival (-) …

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Mr. & Mrs. Gates have donated $1m to London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Pre-7/7 intelligence reports are to be made public. Police in Parliament Square have persuaded Tamil sit-down protestors to move. Operation Trident police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man …

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7/7: Now Can We Have An Inquiry, Please?

Image by Daily M under a Creative Commons licence As we told you yesterday, the three men on trial – for the second time – for aiding the 7 July London bombers have been acquitted (though two are starting seven year jail sentences for planning …

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Design For 7/7 Memorial Unveiled

Little over three years on from the day when suicide bombers struck at London’s transportation network, the design for a memorial to the people who lost their lives has been unveiled. The memorial, created by architects Carmody Groarke, in consultation with relatives of the deceased …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 7th July 2005: Four suicide bombers detonate bombs on London’s public transport system, resulting in the death of 52 commuters and injury to some 700 others. Tuesday – 8th July 1965: Ronnie Biggs, a member of the gang …

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7/7 survivors and heroes who tried to save others receive Royal Humane Society award The Bachelor: London Calling finds ‘true love’ with blonde, Californian actress. Oh, telly…. East End clergy get police protection Dodgy circumcising Leyton GP struck off Art is objective concedes Streatham council …