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Photo by cloudy image Man arrested for attacking a cycle hire bike. That didn’t take long A pair of unions might be brewing up a Tube strike TfL have banned a busker from beating his banjolele Gullible Americans are being conned into believing that their …

Heygate Estate Monster by Liamatom 40 residents are still living on the Heygate Estate, one of them an amputee Oona King picks up backing for her Mayoral bid from some tainted sources: Peter Mandelson and Idris Elba, best known for playing suave gangster Stringer Bell …

Photo / Pit Van Meeffe The woman who stabbed Labour MP Stephen Timms has appeared in court Man behind fake vodka distillery in Dalston jailed for 12 years London firefighters “threatened with the sack” by commissioner, according to the Fire Brigade Union Jon Gaunt, the …

Sunset over Thames by AB Gallery via the Londonist Flickrpool David Cameron “terrified living in central London” over where to send his kids to school Boris and Lumley launch world’s largest ‘reuse network‘ here in London Smackdown for Prince Charles as his fave designer’s plans …

Photograph by bradman334 shows Emily Young’s sculpture, dedicated to the victims of July 7th 2005 The National Portrait Gallery is trying to raise £100,000 to save the first known British oil painting of a freed slave London a parasite on Albion? Say it ain’t so …

Photo / naughton321 Three arrested after teenager stabbed to death with machetes at a West Norwood school One man found guilty of £250m Ritz heist Crossrail execs are onto a nice little earner Croydon: the breeding ground for guests on the Jeremy Kyle show, according …

Photo / simonGman Tonight at City Hall: it’s the State of London debate Use Mastercard? You can forget about London 2012, then — Visa have the Olympics sewn up The BBC seems to think that a celebrity missing a goal constitutes news One for the …

The start of the London to Brighton bike ride on Clapham Common yesterday by estherase via the Londonist Flickrpool The free Evening Standard is on the verge of turning a profit Refugee guides give inside story at V&A Plaque honouring Michael Jackson to be unveiled …

Royal Festival Hall by Dollum In an unsurprising move, the All England Club has banned the vuvuzela from Wimbledon Diane Abbot talks tough about her Labour leadership bid As predicted, Danny Boyle has been selected as director of 2012 opening ceremony Royal Festival Hall gets …

The Astoria, now bulldozed to make way for Crossrail… hopefully it wasn’t for nothing. By roll the dice Transport secretary Phillip Hammond commits to full Crossrail service. Welcome news, but the fact it took him so long is a concern Boris Johnson is to scrap …