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Friday’s other news. Featuring what may be London’s oldest pub.

Impending transport trouble for east London residents.

The stuff we didn’t get to cover elsewhere. Including an appeal from a potentially homeless museum…

As we mentioned last night, the Olympic Delivery Authority has got away with only modest cuts following George Osborne’s plans to slash the budget deficit by £6bn. Modest in Olympic terms is of course a mind boggling 27 million pounds but when you’re juggling £9.3bn, …

“Dust? What dust?” A Hackney Wick resident has been threatened with legal action by the Olympic Delivery Authority after allowing dodgy comments to remain on a blog and associated forum. Sóna Abantu-Choudhury maintains the Leabank Square site, where local residents regularly vent spleen about the …

Here’s what we’ve learned whilst you’ve been scoffing kedgeree and buns: Police delays contributed to Baby P’s death. Cockroaches and mice are firmly off the menu at a Kensington Chinese. Bojo and Jacqui having-a-really-bad-month Smith are Quick to bicker. From Lords to Everest: meet the …

Olympic Delivery Authority criticised over construction emissions Attack on police in Croydon may have been gang retaliation Don’t read this if you ate strawberries at Wimbledon Notting Hill Carnival will be “Welcoming the World” “funkapolitan” style with Boris ululating on the side Image courtesy of …

In today’s tale of Olympic overspend: it seems a clutch of consultants, hired to wrestle the budgetary reigns and keep costs under control, have trousered some £87 million in the process. According to a government report, the consortium CLM, a regular Olympic opportunist which has …