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Photos of London from Flight Ban Week (Courtesy of Eyjafjallajökull)

For those of you who may not already know, the flight ban has been lifted, although questions remain as to when travellers will actually be able to leave or return. This should come as a relief to our friends who happen to be stuck in …

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Businessmen Bid For West Ham United

Photo / Egghead06 Former Birmingham City chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold are to buy into West Ham United, according to reports. The pair, who famously bought the Midlands club for a quid before selling it for £82 million earlier this year, originally considered a …

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Extra, Extra

Eveningsky Standardovich: the Russians are coming. Yelp, the local search community forum thingy, has just launched in London. Lots more measles cases, um, spotted in the capital. Iceland has bought 51 former Woolworths stores, 10 in London. That’s an awful lot of freezers they’ll need. …

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Extra, Extra

Motorbikes are to get to use bus lanes. On a trial basis, so no wheelies. Have you seen Andrew Gosden? The missing laddie’s picture is to be featured on Iceland’s milk cartons. It’s Westfield week. Have you been? Did you like it? And is it …

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Hammers Hammered By Financial Storm

English football’s wholesale embrace of foreign ownership is about to suffer its first serious test. West Ham United, who in 2006 were bought by Icelandic duo Björgólfur Guðmundsson and Eggert Magnússon, have been caught up in the financial crisis that has engulfed the tiny country. …

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Win: London Airwaves Wristbands

Last week we told you all about the London Airwaves festival taking over Hoxton on Friday night. With bands like Florence & The Machine, The Whip, The Teenagers and Metronomy all on the bill we think it’ll be a pretty amazing night out. So we’re …

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Preview: Metamorphosis at the Lyric

Last year, Icelandic theatre company Vesturport, in collaboration with the Lyric Hammersmith, staged a performance based on Franz Kafka’s novella Metamorphosis to great acclaim, and the theatre reported a 100% sell-out run. Now the Icelanders and the Lyric’s Artistic Director David Farr bring the play …