Image courtesy of suburbanslice under a creative commons licence Oh dear. What is it about our fair city that medical professionals find so offputting, we wonder? Figures out from the NHS today show that London has more trouble staffing its hospitals than anywhere else in …
Splat the Dog by Zefrog. Not so dangerous. Dog crime is becoming more of a problem than knife crime on Camden streets. The borough is still only 7th on the list of dog derived danger hotspots for the capital with Lambeth and Southwark leading the …
Sprogging on the tube is becoming a trend. Time the NHS devised a better filing system, no? Mind you, the pensions people aren’t any less careless. A teenager has been stabbed in Bermondsey. Gotta feel a bit sorry for the mother in court on fraud …
Image by Simon Crubellier Move over Swine Flu, there’s a new threat in town: teddy bears. According to the NHS, communal soft toys in GP waiting rooms provide “an easy root” for diseases such as measles to spread between children. Dr. Dagmar Zeuner, director of …
Image by kenchie from the Londonist Flickrpool A City Charter for London was unveiled yesterday, proposing to drastically increase the powers of local borough councils. It’s being pitched as the next level of devolution and making London as democratic as possible. But some of the …
Image by Guy Eppel Insufficient evidence to prosecute police officers over Jean Charles de Menezes death, says Crown Prosecution Service Teutonic London takes shape for new Roman Polanski film. The director can’t risk visiting the real thing. In yet more Euro-intrigue, new head of London …
Chlamydia: the prettiest sounding STD in town. And unfortunately, a poll amongst the youth of West London has concluded that she’s around town rather more than you might have wanted to think. Over two-thirds (69%) of those under 25 year olds surveyed admitted unprotected sex …
That’s what the North Middlesex has got. Yep, the Upper Edmonton hospital is packed to the gills with poor people spewing from both ends. Well, 13 people (unlucky for some) in a now closed ward. Norovirus is horribly contagious as well as plain horrible but …
Giving blood is a very special act. If you’re eligible and able, your donation could help save another person’s life. That’s an awesome thing. In our experience, the National Blood Service is a brilliant organisation staffed by kind, friendly and highly skilled people who make …
25: the number of pounds it takes to buy an opinion: Waltham Forest are paying residents to discuss how to improve the NHS. 28: the number of fire service jobs under threat. The GMB are less than impressed and threatening action. 85: the percentage of …
TB: there has been a scare at the South Camden Community College. RMT: the union is fighting to retain free travel for coppers. CCTV images have helped to convict Derek Brown of the ripper style murders of two women, although their bodies have never been …
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