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Simon Hughes, dangerous dogs, superheroes, fire, snow and smuggling. A pretty standard news round-up if you ask us.

By ricoeurian via the Londonist Flickrpool As if airport security wasn’t already a chore, Gordon Brown has announced that full body scanners will be introduced at a number of UK airports in the near future. We should effectively prepare to suffer the ignominy of public …

Two men have been found stabbed to death in a flat in Lambeth. We eagerly await the results of a London parking summit which is taking place today. Still on the motor front: manager Ancelotti says that driving in London is harder than running Chelsea …

BAA have released pictures of Terminal East, the confusingly-named, £1 billion replacement for Heathrow Terminal 2, which will close at the year’s end, and Terminal 1, which will shut up shop in 2019 when the new project is complete. Designed by Norman Foster’s firm, the …

A 13 year old boy has been stabbed in Camberwell. And another stabbing, this one fatal and in Croydon, is believed to have ensued after a drunken brawl. Boris wants to plant trees. Victoria tube station is to get some money spent on it. The …

Photo by Simon Crubellier Stung by the disasters at Terminal 5′s opening, BAA has taken unorthodox publicity methods to regain public trust: after mounting an ad campaign with the humble boast that the airport is “working”, they’re now thrilled about an underground luggage tunnel. It’s …

BAA pays for school soundproofing. Police seize loadsa drugs and loadsa dosh. MI5 are looking for Q. Boris has a new city-chappy welfare-guru. Read about the readymade Ramsay ruckus. A Stephen Lawrence memorial has been proposed. Walking the Womble by Jessicamulley via the Londonist flickr …

In further air news: we love the idea that wee minnow City Airport could end up owning bloated Gatwick. Reports suggest that City’s owner has cobbled together a consortium that will bid around £2bn for the Sussex airport. BAA put Gatwick up for sale last …

Inspired by the future shape of Canary Wharf’s Crossrail station and excited that the long and complicated process of cracking on with the building project is finally creaking into action, it was reassuring yesterday to see corporate airport beast BAA stump up £230 million towards …

The House of Commons Transport Committee have come to the brilliant conclusion (presumably with a runway majority) that the opening of T5 was a matter for ‘national embarrassment’. They cite lack of communication between BA and BAA, lack of training and insufficient dress-rehearsals as the …