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Olympic Athletes Cut News International Ties

Team 2012 drops partnership with News International following closure of News of the World

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Operator Sought For 2012 Aquatics Centre

An operator is needed to run the Olympic Aquatics Centre after the Games.

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London Expert Predictions For 2012

Londonist gathered a roomful of Londony people together to consider the Olympic year.

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Save Our Libraries: The Fight Goes To The High Court

Campaigners bring legal challenge against Brent Council.

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Government Bids For 9,000 Olympic Tickets

The Government has put a potential 9,000 Olympic tickets on its Visa card, according to Sports Minister Hugh Robertson.

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O2 Users Without Reception In Parts Of Capital

Thousands of mobile phone users in parts of London found themselves without mobile reception this morning, as a technical issue affected the o2 mobile network.

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Extra, Extra

Those pesky OAPs just keep getting into trouble. This time it’s drug smuggling Artists take stand against Shoreditch high rises Tube film upsets train drivers. Well it doesn’t take much Bozza waves treehugging card While TfL send Congestion Charge payer 3000 receipts “Urban Chameleon” image …

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Extra, Extra, Extra cold

Liverpool Street is back to normal. (Whatever that is.) Mysterious blazing stunt truck puzzles Kent police. Electric cars are moving ahead in London. If you see what we mean. Boris claims Muslim ancestry…but Muslims still back Ken. The airport strikes are off. Will it/won’t it …

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Royal Marsden Prognosis: Full Recovery Expected

Londonist is pleased to learn that after yesterday’s dramatic scenes when fire broke out at the Royal Marsden Hospital, the damage is nothing like as severe than one might have imagined. In spite of Brown’s best efforts to take credit for the sterling efforts of …

Midnight 2008 – in photos

In all our post new year haze, we almost forgot to wish you a very happy 2008! Whether you danced, drank, watched tv or slept through the whole damn thing, these are some of our favourite New Year Celebration photos. Fireworks as seen from Vauxhall …

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Well, the first day back at work for many of us, and we’ve all probably not been the most productive ever. So in spite of our shambolic return to regular posting, here’s a quick recap of all the stories we would have covered if we …