Madame Tussauds

We talk to Swedish melancho-popper, El Perro Del Mar, ahead of her London gig tonight.

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From missing teens to absent fathers: it’s not a very inspiring round-up for Wednesday.

A teenager has died in East London two days after being stabbed, whilst a man was shot dead in Walthamstow yesterday. If you have to be a councillor, do it in Croydon or Newham: it’s payrise time. Trivia of the day more peeps pucker up …

Always surfing the ever bubbling tide of celebrity ups and downs, the wax workers at Madame Tussauds spied it was high time they made a new Britney, given her recent “sensational comeback” and her hot pantsly anticipated O2 gigs in June. Whereas Britney 2003 was …

The Met’s racial diversity manager has withdrawn her discrimination claim against the force. And resigned. Mr. Obama has been inaugurated in situ…at Madame Tussauds. Kids bugging you? Why not shut them in a swimming pool locker? Four people were injured this morning when a bus …

Bollywood hunk Salman Khan has been honoured with a waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s. An amputee is suing Harley Street medic Dr. Mosaraf Ali, alternative therapist to the rich and famous, saying that it is the doctor’s fault that he lost his limbs. London’s favourite bear …

As befits a truly global capital, London has established itself as a hub in the important international trade of tourist-attracting human reproductions, importing Chinese warriors and exporting waxwork celebrities. While the first crowds were taking a gander at 20 members of the Emperor Ying’s terracotta …

Brockwell Park Lido picks a really crap week to reopen Wandsworth Bridge in flames! Not real ones. Sorry. Liverpool St Station may be closed for 10 days around Christmas. You lucky people with families in Essex. Madame Tussauds accused of aging their Daniel Radcliffe dummy …

? Aircraft carrier in Greenwich (OTT security for the new square?) ? Darwin house withdrawn as world heritage site candidate ? Wannabe tube bomber on the run ? South London supermarket cash criminal foiled Image courtesy of Baroness’ via the Londonist Flickr group