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Tuesday news. With added football, and a rather special photo for Tinie Tempah fans.

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Chelsea “In Talks” Over Leaving Stamford Bridge

Photo / Vespa125125 11.30 update: The Telegraph quotes Chelsea sources stating that the club are likely to reject the move. Original article: According to a report in The Guardian, Chelsea are engaged in talks to leave Stamford Bridge, their ground for 105 years, and move …

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Lambeth Co-operative? Yeah – we can see that working. Imperial College boffs have managed to turn sugar into compostable plastic. UFO Stamford Bridge: have we finally learned what makes this team tick? Harrods security really are a joke: this time they’ve refused admission to Shakhtar …

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Chelsea Consider Selling Stadium Naming Rights

Image / Chris Chelsea fans who chuckled at the risible new name for Newcastle’s St James Park stadium will be choking on their match-day pies at the news that the league-leading Londoners are thinking of selling the naming rights to Stamford Bridge. The club’s new …

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Chelsea Barred From Buying New Players Until 2011

Ouch. Chelsea Football Club are banned from making any new signings for the next two transfer windows. The ruling by Fifa comes as punishment for ‘inducing’ a player to leave another club for Chelsea. Teenager Gael Kakuta was poached by the Blues from French team …

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Chelsea Ponder Battersea Blues

Stadia mania seems to be gripping the Premier League: a week after Tottenham announced plans for a new stadium, Chelsea are apparently considering a move away from their Stamford Bridge home to a purpose-built ground in Battersea. A design drawn up by architect HOK Sport …

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The Telegraph’s Tips For Property Hotspots

Mere days after warning us about ‘white flight’ and the perils of living in modern London, scribes at the Telegraph have had a volte-face, and declared their love for our flawed yet fantastic city with a special report on the top 10 property hotspots for …

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Extra, Extra: Outrageous Characters Edition

The bell-ringing flasher of Colliers Wood. The bossman’s friend at Stamford Bridge. The knife-sporting Wizard of Sutton. The bleeding canker of Hampstead Heath. Amy Winehouse. Image courtesy of nevermorepro via the Londonist flickr group.

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Breaking News: Jose Mourinho Leaves Chelsea FC

Following reports late on Wednesday night, Chelsea Football Club have confirmed at 1:45am this morning that manager José Mourinho has left the club. The statement on the club’s official website simply reads: Chelsea Football Club and José Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) …

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Premiership: A Giant Leap Through A Closing Door

Sixty seconds on BBC Radio Five Live yesterday lunchtime beautifully encapsulated what English football is currently going through. The first forty-five seconds consisted of pained hand-wringing about foreign ownership, fans becoming increasingly helpless in the face of billionaire consortia and the increasingly predictable pecking order …