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Fears of al-Qaeda attacks prompt threat level review.

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The appeal of convicted terrorist Rangzieb Ahmed, which began at the High Court on Tuesday, will argue that the UK government was complicit in his torture by the Pakistani intelligence service.

Yet another lady cyclist has died on London’s roads. This is getting very serious. Labour are in trouble for giving out balloons to school kids. They’re not really having a very good day, are they? There’s more than one election going on at the mo: …

Image by Simon Crubellier from the Londonist Flickr pool Here’s something for anyone who ever played spies as a kid: a book detailing sites connected with espionage around London. An Insider’s Guide to 150 Spy Sites isn’t an exposé of a bunch of shocking new …

A 13 year old boy has been stabbed in Camberwell. And another stabbing, this one fatal and in Croydon, is believed to have ensued after a drunken brawl. Boris wants to plant trees. Victoria tube station is to get some money spent on it. The …

BAA pays for school soundproofing. Police seize loadsa drugs and loadsa dosh. MI5 are looking for Q. Boris has a new city-chappy welfare-guru. Read about the readymade Ramsay ruckus. A Stephen Lawrence memorial has been proposed. Walking the Womble by Jessicamulley via the Londonist flickr …

James Bond would be neither shaken nor stirred by the news today that MI5 is to launch a recruitment drive for gays and lesbians to join the government’s security service. The story was leaked to the Sun of all places (which we reckon isn’t particularly …