9/11

Other stuff from around town.

Thursday’s other news. With a heavy police presence.

In which we cast our stony gaze over the rest of today’s news stories.

Midweek already. At least Burgess Park has some good news: ‘fraid the rest is fairly indifferent.

A group called the 9/11 London Project Foundation is hoping to build a memorial to honour the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks, using steel girders taken from Ground Zero.

Those who were in London on 11 September 2001 may recall the wild speculation flying around about potential attacks on our own city. Several hijacked planes were heading for London, the whole of Canary Wharf was being evacuated…anything might happen. Fortunately, we were hit by …

Or: the idea that a terror attack helps pull people together. Scientists have discovered that, following 9/11 and the July 2005 bombs, the suicide rate in New York and London fell by 40%. According to Dr Emad Salib, the reason was “greater social cohesion”, though …

Naomi Klein, in conversation with Madeleine Bunting Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13th September 2007 “I am not a conspiracy theorist“, insists Naomi Klein. Twice, in quick succession. Followed each time by a nervous laugh; a telling laugh. We are in the spacious surroundings of the …

It might be September, but it’s looking like this week will be summery and gorgeous, which should let us all forget about a dismal August. However, if you don’t fancy nights in a beer garden in the warm weather, here are a few things to …

Extremist literature in our libraries. Filed under 9/11 in the Dewey Decimal system? Man makes 15,000 nuisance phone calls. By way of community service, he’s been given Bob Crow’s number and unlimited calling credits. Alcoholic jockey tells court “Don’t tag me, I won’t be able …