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Mayor & Nike Fund Sport For Social Change Network London

Good news for community sports groups across London

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London Faces £175m Penalty Over Olympics Air Quality

London’s air quality is so poor, the EU are on the verge of fining us £300m and the IOC may withhold broadcasting revenue.

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Mayor Plans Cycling Marathon For 2013

Fancy a spin with 30,000 others round the north and south circular roads?

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Jenny Jones Elected As Green Mayoral Candidate

The former Deputy Mayor stands against Boris and sort-of-against Ken.

Stirring speech with anecdotes about House of Commons Envelopes

Boris Johnson Opens New Winter Garden in Battersea Park

The Mayor does the honours opening a blooming lovely new garden for Battersea Park.

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Mayor Criticised For New Year’s Eve Sponsorship Deal

Boris Johnson’s getting flak for accepting sponsorship from Wonga.com to fund free travel on New Year’s Eve.

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Cycle Traffic Free Streets Of London This Sunday

Keeping with tradition, London’s annual mass bike ride undergoes another amendment to its nomenclature but the deal stays the same – cars are banished and cyclists can take to the streets for free. 15km of zone 1 will be high-viz bibbed and marshalled with music, …

By Darren Lehane

What Will Get You Walking?

By Darren Lehane Monday morning, the Victoria Line’s suspended, the buses are full and you haven’t got a bike. Walking is a good plan B but often a chore or necessity; a last resort when all else fails. However, the London Assembly reckon almost a …

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4,000 Londoners Die Prematurely From Air Pollution

Photo by Manuel.A.69 from the Londonist Flickr pool Last year we brought you the news that up to 5,000 Londoners might be dying early because of shoddy air quality; now a report from the Institute of Occupational Medicine confirms that an “estimated 4,267” (if that’s …

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Two New Labour Candidates Emerge In Mayoral Contest

So, we spoke too soon. Ken Livingstone and Oona King are not alone in pursuit of the Labour nomination for Mayor. According to the BBC, two newcomers have entered the fray: party activists Seton During and Emmanuel Okoro. What do we know about these two? …

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Opinionist: And In The Red Corner…

Picture courtesy of Annie Mole under a creative commons licence Alan doesn’t want us, Jon doesn’t care, David has better things to do. The deadline for nominations is 5 o’clock and, unless someone is holding their cards phenomenally close to their chest, just two candidates …