Just because Liverpool have won their last 11 games, beaten West Ham twice this season, not lost to them at all for seven years, finished 27 points ahead of them in the league and have kept 33 clean sheets in the last nine months some …
The Olympic land inquiry is already causing a few waves, apparently the Games could cause the loss of 3000 London jobs. Ken in the news: he’s pledged to put the Congestion Charge up if he gets re-elected and he’s not as big fan of the …
Ever imagined hairdressers at dawn or pistons at 20 paces? You won’t need to for much longer as the WorldSkills games – an Olympic-type event – is set to take over the capital in 2011. London beat Sweden and Australia to host the £22m vocation-fest. …
Olympic bosses are going to go on a series of roadshows around the country to preach the virtues of the Games. A new report shows that the UK’s North-South divide is still alive and well thanks to the economic and social dominance of London. George …
The Beeb seem to be ploughing significant portions of the licence fee into mock-websites and games to tie into their shows (well, Dr Who at least). But that’s OK with us, as we’d much rather spend our free time zapping clockwork robots than passively watching …
Typical. Just when he’s definitely lost the job after clinging on grimly for years, an England manager finally gets the hang of it. Benefiting from the merry-go-round of the selection of his successor Sven has quietly been allowed to get on with the job in …
Hamidi Hamidulla, the second man caught in the firebomb attack on a shop in Kennington last week has died in hospital. The family of Zacarias Moussaoui are claiming that his ‘life in London’ (where he attended a business studies course at South Bank University) turned …
This afternoon, Londonist has very much enjoyed pouring over the lurid details of the fun and games that took place at Heathrow Airport yesterday. Calvin Broadus, Snoop Dogg to we and you, has now been released “on police bail” and is free to travel on …
While we’re on the subject of unusual pairings (see The Hoff and Bobby Davro below) we should mention the fact that Elton John and Freddie Flintoff are rumoured to be planning a duet in Battersea Park this summer. We realise this sounds as unlikely as, …
Bob Murrill, the head of the Met’s organised-crime unit, has said that London’s criminal gangs are “out of control’”. The Olympic Delivery Authority has managed to secure freehold of land that is part of the Stratford City development project at no extra cost. The Cruise …
Three more men have been arrested concerning the the deaths of brothers Mohammad and Hayder Ali in Tooting over the weekend. London will be home to the ‘world’s largest restaurant‘ come 2012 (in order to feed the 24,000+ athletes, coaches and officials). There’s also talk …
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