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For anyone with a postcode beginning with ‘N’, it’s been one of the most visible public campaigns in recent memory. The battle to save the A&E department and maternity facilities of the Whittington Hospital on Highgate Hill has been won. Health Secretary Andy Burnham today …

Photo / russcoff The frigid temperatures have arrived just in time to chill the waters for the annual Winter Swim at Brockwell Lido this weekend. Daring swimmers of all shapes and sizes will take the plunge at midday sharp on Saturday, and the pool is …

Photo / Matthew Gidley Olympic officials have declared that, “wherever possible”, food served during the 2012 Games will be British. That doesn’t mean you can give your tastebuds the fortnight off and tuck in to a miserly meal of toad-in-the-hole or spotted dick; merely that …

Amputation saw courtesy of Wellcome Library If there’s one space in London that makes us glad we’re living in the 21st century, it’s Wellcome Collection’s Medicine Man Gallery. Any length of time spent among the amputation saws and birthing implements on show has us breathing …

Image courtesy of Polestars Feeling a bit nostalgic for those days on the playground when rushing down a slide face first or galloping away from your friends was your primary form of exercise? Why not pick up that old friend of yours, the hula hoop, …

You’ve probably seen the bowling ball-shaped weights with handles lying around the gym, and wondered what these things are. Rest assured, we can tell you the ‘kettlebell weights’ are used for implosive work-outs aiming to strengthen the core, tone overall body and nearly knock you …

Take a short walk up from Bethnal green tube station and you will find yourself in the heart of a Buddhist Village. There are no robes involved, and shaven heads aren’t obligatory so it may not be obvious, but it starts just on the corner …

But they look so nice… Two more deaths, seemingly from swine flu in otherwise healthy people, have been reported in the London area. Six-year-old Chloe Buckley from West London died just a day after complaining of flu-like symptoms. Meanwhile, Michael Day, a 64-year-old GP from …

Some swine flus, yesterday. Dig the porky pink colour. England’s Chief Medical Chap, Sir Liam Donaldson, has described the number of swine flu cases in London as ‘approaching epidemic levels’, with around 180 in every 100,000 people seeking medical attention. Nationwide, 14 people have died …

Odds on Michael Jackson actually appearing at his fifty-plus London gigs are lengthening by the day. The singer’s camp have strenuously denied reports over the weekend that Jackson had been diagnosed with skin cancer. Though he is seeing a dermatologist, the situation is not thought …