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Gatwick tower hit, trains cancelled and a Sutton teacher has a lucky escape.

Take today’s date: 7.6.2010 Turn it back to front: 010267 Go to the Londonist Flickr pool: it’s Hoa Hakananai’a, “Stolen or Hidden Friend” as captured by wallyg. God bless the British Museum! This Week In London’s History Monday – 7th June 1695: Hackney carriages are …

Like a cigar-chomping Bjork smoking up in the departure lounge, the Icelandic ash cloud has caused havoc for London airports overnight. Gatwick, Heathrow, and London City were closed between 0100 and 0700 BST on Monday morning as Eyjafjallajökull’s emissions hoved southwards. All three have now …

Well, that didn’t take long then: Britain’s new coalition government (let’s call them the Torycrats) has moved swiftly to announce that the third runway project at Heathrow airport has been cancelled. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats made the promise to scrap the project …

Picture by Ray Wise via the Londonist Flickr pool. This Week In London’s History Monday – 8th June 1999: At the Old Bailey, ex-cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is sentenced to jail for 18 months, having been found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of …

Many of London’s roads look set for a 20mph speed limit. Transport Police are investigating brick attacks on Central Line trains. A motorbike smash and grab gang are back smashing and grabbing. Euston Station’s redevelopment has been credit crunched. Gatwick joins the capital’s great runway …

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 …

We’re flying less: it’s official. Figures from BAA show falling passenger numbers during 2008, dropping off sharply towards the end of the year as economic gloom began to bite. Comparing December 2007 to 2008, Heathrow’s passenger numbers were down 2.3%, Gatwick down 13.8% and Stansted …

Image courtesy of Simon Crubelllier via the Londonist flickr group Ground-shaking research into wobbly bridge syndrome: report published. Psst! Wanna buy an airport? Stansted and Gatwick are reputedly coming up for grabs. The Beeb has ‘fessed to spending £45,000 on the Merlin launch party. Where’s …

Protesters managed to close Stansted’s runway for several hours this morning to highlight aviation’s impact on climate change. About 50 members of Plane Stupid broke through the airport’s perimeter fencing using fancy technology – uh, boltcutters – and set up a barricade of concrete blocks …