Defying Doctor Johnson's epithet that a man tired of London is tired of life, Rupert Murdoch recently decamped to America and his latest plaything, the Wall Street Journal, declaring himself finished with our city. So what then of the building that encapsulates all he wrought on Britain's newspaper industry in the Eighties? "Fortress Wapping", the monolithic News International HQ in E1W so soubriqueted because of the heavy police guard it fielded against striking workers......

When Westminster City Council took on the free newspapers London Lite and The London Paper, Londonist was fully supportive. Tired of the masses of papers scattered around the city at the end of each day, the Council asked that Associated Newspapers (owners of London Lite) and Rupert Murdoch's News International (owners of The London Paper) take responsibility for the amount of rubbish they were creating and install 150 newspaper recycling bins around Westminster and......

Evening freesheets TheLondonPaper (what happened to the space bar?) and London Lite (never heard of spellcheck?) continue to battle it out for the hearts and minds of commuters. The more cynical would say they’re better off targeting the lower organs of the body. Still, both rags appear to be shifting some. Associated Newspapers claim to have transfected the Lite to over a third of a million people, representing 97% of their print run. News......

If you're wondering who won the 'battle of the freesheets' that kicked off yesterday between London Lite and thelondonpaper then Media Bulletin.com seems to have the answer: News International has won the early battle with its fresh-looking thelondonpaper, which debuted on the streets of the capital last night. Having beaten News International to the punch last Wednesday with its rushed-looking London Lite, Associated paid the price as thelondonpaper appeared looking more bright and modern......

Gavin Grant, a 22-year-old Milwall striker has appeared before the Old Bailey accused of conspiracy to murder 24-year-old Jahmall Moore who died last year after being hit by four bullets as he sat in his car in Harlesden. In the early hours of Monday morning a motorcyclist and a pedestrian both died when the bike ploughed into the man as he was crossing a main road in Golders Green. Apparently the "London-inspired property mini-boom"......

The bank holiday Gatwick Express strike is off as is the Stansted baggage handlers strike. News International are going to launch the London Paper a fortnight early to get it out ahead of Associated Newspapers' London Lite. Does anyone still care about this? Computer games design guru Will Wright will be making an appearance at a special event in London next week to talk about the future of gaming. Click here for details of......

Forget the Middle East, the streets of London is where the real battle is. And the ammunition is newspaper ink... ...at least, that's what we'd possibly write if we were lazy, scaremongering Standard journalists who had been drafted in to write filler copy for a new free afternoon newspaper. The possibility of an Associated Newspapers afternoon freesheet has been reported today as their response to News International's September launch of thelondonpaper (also known as......

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur will tell a conference today that Muslims are being discriminated against by law enforcement agencies. Will the Evening Standard turn itself into a free paper in order to see off the News International competition? Indymedia asks, was the police action at the stop the war demo on Saturday a little over zealous? Want to know how the Triathalon went and who won: here's all the details. Very soon......

The impending 'Battle of the Freesheets' has been...well, impending for a while now but today we've got a few more details from News International about just what exactly they're planning. First up it's going to be launched on September 18, and it's going to be called Thelondonpaper, all very 'does it what says on the tin' and url-friendly (and, yes thelondonpaper.com has already been registered). It's going to be published in the afternoon and......

Prosecutors and police now have to decide if there should be a third trial for the killing of schoolboy Damilola Taylor. Two brothers were yesterday acquitted of murdering the 10-year-old. A man has died after being stabbed at a bus stop in Peckham. Former Wonder Stuff drummer Martin Gilks has died following a motorcycle accident. George Galloway isn't allowed to show off his pics of the fake sheikh. "This is exactly what we expected.......

More rumblings in the battle for London's next free paper: It seems that the News International's appointment of senior Metro International journalist Stefano Hatfield (a made up name if ever we heard one) means Rupert and friends are preparing a bid for the capital's free afternoon newspaper. Media Bulletin explains: Stefano Hatfield will join News International in September as its editorial director (NI projects). A former editor of Campaign, Hatfield is currently the editor-in-chief......

To be honest we think people who provide free London news on a daily basis must be insane (ahem) but if you fancy setting up a little newspaper business all of your own in order to serve your fellow Londoners then now's your chance. Today Ken officially opened the bidding for the free afternoon paper to be distributed on the Tube. As we all know, Richard Desmond is mad keen on the idea and......