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We said in this morning’s Extra, Extra section that London was a “very strong candidate” to be the site of the start of the 2007 Tour de France. Well, we didn’t lie, because in the past few hours Ken has announced that organisers the Amaury …

Security services have admitted that they had the ‘leader’ of the London suicide bombers on surveillance tapes a year before the attacks. 500 MoD staff will converge on Westminster tomorrow in protest at job cuts. Weirdly the protestors will be “joined on the day by …

If you read our little report on the growing tensions between the capital’s Critical Mass movement and The Met last week and were wondering what the upshot was, then read on… If you remember the Met had warned Critical Mass that unless they received prior …

When Londonist heard that Chris Roberts, the man behind the excellent Heavy Words Lightly Thrown (the hidden meanings behind nursery rhymes), had written a book on London’s Bridges we knew we had to get in touch and force him to complete the Londonist questionnaire. So …

- Ken’s inernational climate change meeting kicks off today. 300 metric tons of carbon-dioxide permits were bought on the mayor’s behalf so travel to the meeting doesn’t damage the environment further. – Police have spoken to a potential witness in the Sally Anne Bowman murder. …

It’s been quite a summer for London, giving us plentiful opportunities to reflect on the city and how it feels to be part of it. Pretty good is the general conclusion, despite and because of what has happened in the last few jam-packed months, and …

Lots of stuff happening on the terrorist hunt front. Nine more people have been arrested under anti-terrorism laws in Tooting. Three women in Stockwell were detained on suspicion of harbouring offenders. Yasin Hassan Omar, thought to be the Warren St bomber, was arrested in Birmingham …

As London gets back into her groove, it has become time to get back to what we do best. For other Londonist writers, that would involve a weekend overdosing on zombie flicks, or maybe a trip to the opera, perhaps a brisk walk around some …

Is it just us that gets utterly bored with Wimbledon by mid-way through the second week? It’s not just the fact that there are no British players by this stage of the tournament; because let’s face it, if it’s a choice between the charisma-less Come-On-Tim …

Poor Bangladesh. Two tests against England; two crushing defeats by an innings. You’d imagine the last thing they’d want is to play us again, but that’s exactly what they’ve got to do – The Oval hosts the first of the NatWest International Triangular Series games …