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Hells (Blue)Bells

What with all the drinking and smoking, pubbing and clubbing, gigging and ligging, not to mention trying to hunt down old Big Brother housemates with a custom Ted Nugent bow it’s a wonder Londonist ever finds time to stop and smell the flowers. Yet even …

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Muslim protesters disrupted a speech by John Reid in Leytonstone today after he urged Muslim parents to monitor their children for signs of ‘radicalisation’. Several protesters were led from the room after describing Reid as an “enemy of Islam.” Best local story of the day: …

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According to someone who knows about this sort of thing, over the next two years the works associated with the Olympics will feed through to into the economy and possibly raise inflation. According to a new poll London is the least energy-efficient region in the …

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The man who cut his wrists in Malcolm Rifkind’s Chelsea office before trying to daub slogans on the walls with his own blood, has been found guilty of criminal damage. For the two or three people who haven’t heard this incredibly bit of important news …

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BBC News has come under fire from Welsh nationalist MPs, who have branded it “London-centric”. Following on the bird flu stuff from yesterday: plans for the first clinical trials of the H5N1 vaccine in London have been presented to the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products …

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It’s one year since we won the Olympic bid, so the BBC has a look at what’s happened in those 365 days: “To be precise, there is one big hole in the ground.” But, as the Times reports, the cost of the Games is set …

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Friday Film News

Thank God the wait is finally over. The cinematic event of 2005 is finally here: Herbie: Fully Loaded has hit our screens and, as predicted, it is the biggest pile of steaming, foul-smelling celluloid ever produced. In fact it’s so bad that Peter Bradshaw feels …

Monday Music Review

The big non-event of the week is the first public airing of the new Oasis single, Lyla. Like the new Star Wars film we’re all hoping it’s going to rock but experience has been a cruel teacher. Of course you can’t buy it until May …