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It looks like it’s a season of extremes ahead for the capital’s Football League clubs if the predictions at www.statto.com are to be believed. The site showcases an index based on 25 years of league results and claims a 92% correlation between its forecasts and …

Guardian writer Julian Glover thinks he knows just the man for the Tory Mayoral candidacy: The applicant must have proven executive experience at high levels in government or business and clear and longstanding links with London. Ok… An interest in sport (especially the Olympics) will …

Move over Betty the monkey – we have a new favourite Londoner in the form of retired painter and decorator Roy Thayers: The pensioner was unable to walk more than 20 yards without suffering severe pain – leaving him a virtual cripple. “It was like …

Crime pays, apparently. Well, ok, it pays better if you’re savvy enough to nick money through ‘white-collar’ methods. Bloody bourgeoisie. Not content with stealing the full fruits of the blue-collar workers’ industry, they wangle themselves a better deal if they happen to be nicked for …

Join the Village Fete at V & A – for tonight, the museum will be taken over by over 30 creative types who will be running stalls, activities and other village fete style stuff. Tombola, fish and chips, freaky vegetable competitions and body painting will …

A week or so ago, we were trundling down Tottenham Court Road underground station dreading the face-sweating levels of heat that were about to hit us when we heard something we thought was rather wonderful. While buskers have got much better since the Underground introduced …

The Environment Agency has announced that our beloved Thames Water was, last year, fined for pollution more than any other firm in England and Wales. Well done Thames Water! In case you were wondering, the exact amount was £128,000 over four different incidents, that’s more …

Some crimes are more than just crimes – the Dreyfus affair is one example that comes readily to mind. In modern Britain, no murder has had more of an impact than that of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 (was it really 13 years ago already?), the …

A surprising headline, to be sure, but we shouldn’t be that shocked. After all, he was first considered for the job six years ago. Then he was said to be unhappy with administrators overseeing team affairs, but now Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, Dunga to his …

And no, we don’t mean David O’Leary at Villa. It was Members’ Day yesterday at Arsenal’s brand, spanking new Emirates Stadium (or Ashburton Grove in old money – pictured above recently decked out in England livery) and the supporters weren’t the only ones in unfamiliar …