Hammersmith

Over at the Guardian, Dave Hill reports on what appears to be a spot of pre-election Wikipedia meddling on behalf of the Tories. The case concerns an entry on Shaun Bailey, Conservative candidate for the new seat of Hammersmith (a key marginal), which looks to …

The ever-combative RMT union have called for the complete closure of Hammersmith Tube station, claiming that anthrax and asbestos could be present. Refurbishment work in a station bar revealed potentially harmful building materials including horsehair – a constituent of plaster that can, in rare cases, …

Maggie’s Centre, Charing Cross hospital, by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners Considering the Royal catfight over Chelsea Barracks and the nixing of the British Museum extension, 2009 hasn’t been kind to Richard Rogers, so a piece of good news was overdue: the Maggie’s Centre at …

There are rumours of a siege in Hammersmith. Tiffanys? Schmiffanys. This £22,000 breakfast is just a marketing ploy. Some boarded up houses that time forgot are to be pressed back into use in Enfield. Lock up your cats: beware of the Sydenham panther! Details have …

A car, abandoned on Hammersmith Road, somewhat worse for wear after a rather nasty smash with two other cars and a lorry yesterday lunchtime. The driver and a passenger were seen to grab a bag from the boot, before leaving on foot. Exactly why they …

Update 14:00: Officials say the fire – caused by a burst gas pipe – is under control. No one was hurt, but the flat is badly damaged. Sounds like end of story, so no more updates unless other developments emerge. Is there a word yet …

Image / kayodeok Conspicuous to anybody motoring over the Hammersmith Flyover, the Ark, unoccupied for nearly a decade since Seagram split up and moved out in 2000, has finally secured a new tenant. US firm Open TV have leased the top floor of the nine-storey …

Image by deluxis An eagle-eyed spotter at London Reconnections has noticed that TfL is running trials over this weekend for the proposed “teacupping” of the Circle line. The idea, knocked about for some months, involves running Circle line trains out of Hammersmith and into the …

106. The Spooker of Hammersmith Many phantom assailants have been mentioned in my weekly column over the last year or so, and so we come to another obscure London legend – that of the Hammersmith ‘monster’. A few decades previous to Spring-Heeled Jack leaping his …

There was a wealth of young teenage girls queuing up for last night’s concert in Hammersmith which had us worried. Was Jason Mraz just another bubble gum pop sensation from across the Atlantic, or was there more to the avocado farmer that we had yet …