Great Ormond Street

Trouble at t’childrens’ hospital: mediators have been called in to resolve a spat at Gt. Ormond St. London wi-fi security is apparently lagging woefully behind. Battersea Dogs Home is having to put increasing numbers of dangerous dogs to sleep. And a number of pets have …

Met troubles: one officer is being questioned over an alleged rape, whilst two others have been charged with theft. Samantha Orobator, the pregnant Brit jailed in Laos, is on her way home. Arsenal players have swung behind a fund-raising campaign at Great Ormond Street. The …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been out panic buying: Great Ormond Street Hospital has opened up its Victorian photo archives on line. The Met reckons gang kids are getting younger and nastier. Who you gonna call? The makers of a programme about …

Hackney held a big 2012 party this weekend: One Carnival celebrated the borough’s role at the centre of the Olympic universe in 4 years’ time. After many hours of will-he-won’t-he, Busta Rhymes did. Perform at his gig that is. He’d been detained by British immigration …

got a bit of a booster jab today with the launch of a super-duper double deluxe health trust-type thingy. As of September, UCL Partners will see five of London’s top medical organisations (UCL, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Moorfields, and the …

Jedi masters are best known for warding off evil forces of the Dark Side on the silver screen, but to 5-year-old Drew James of Hextable, Kent, they are warding off illness in his everyday life. Diagnosed with leukaemia in April this year, Drew’s father used …

Every now and again, there’s a story that crops up in the news that touches Londonist’s heart. When we heard about Margaret Rollinson dashing to save a little girl’s life, we really were moved. After swerving to miss a reckless driver in a car that …

Having a wardrobe chuck out is both liberating and therapeutic. Getting rid of the too small, tatty, smelly or simply rubbish garments you’ve been haplessly hoarding is a ritual of cleansing and renewal. It’s even better if a plastic sack is delivered promising a doorstep …

LinkMachineGo has been keeping us up to speed with the fallout over Alan Moore’s Lost Girls: Comic row over graphic Peter Pan / Sex acts’ Wendy is Panned / Hospital worry at “porn” take on Peter Pan’s Wendy / Alan Moore’s erotic Lost Girls / …

If there’s one thing we dislike here at Londonist its dead little girls. So we were happy to hear that doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital gave the grim reaper a jolly good kick in the balls in the case of 12 year old Hannah …