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Reports are coming in that a bus has hit a woman at Piccadilly Circus, before crashing into railings badly enough to cause metal to fall into one of the tube entrances. The woman has been treated for an arm injury and taken to hospital. Two …

The Currant Bun (and a bunch of other places too) brings us the cautionary tale of bus versus Porsche. Emma Freeman parked her car at a Barnes bus stop (naughty) while she nipped out to use a cashpoint… only for a 283 to pull out, …

A car, abandoned on Hammersmith Road, somewhat worse for wear after a rather nasty smash with two other cars and a lorry yesterday lunchtime. The driver and a passenger were seen to grab a bag from the boot, before leaving on foot. Exactly why they …

112. The Heathrow Happenings! As thousands of people stream into London’s Heathrow Airport every day, there’s little time to notice that the gentleman next to you is not what he seems. He’s tall, with a bowler hat perched upon his head and he is wearing …

© London City Airport After the dramatic scenes at City Airport last night, it now turns out this was the second British Airways CityFlyer incident at the airport this month. Erk. On 5 February a flight from Glasgow damaged its nose-wheel on landing, resulting in …

Bloody hell. This hasn’t been a good Friday 13th for air travel. 50 were killed as a plane went down in New York state and now a British Airways plane has had what’s being described as a “hard landing” at City. The front undercarriage apparently …

91. The Phantom Plane When ghost stories concern inanimate objects, and certainly objects said to not have souls as people allegedly do, it’s always of interest to know as to why such things should haunt. The Kentish Independent of December 11th 1975 reported on an …

If you’re currently on a quiet holiday, suffering from a non-debilitating but house-binding condition or idling away your notice period doing as little work as possible, here’s a challenge: you have until Saturday to design a flying machine to launch off a 6m high platform …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend while the rest of you have been up t’pub: A truly ghoulish painting of Blair is unveiled. Londonist will have nightmares. Things are almost back to normal at Heathrow. Whatever that is. Londonist doesn’t really understand why people have …