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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'streatham'

June 27, 2008

We turn now to Lambeth, a borough with a proud pugilistic tradition, where an epic battle is raging between two of nature's most tenacious talents: Rattus rattus, or the black rat, and Lumbricus Terrestris, otherwise known as the humble earthworm. Sadly for fight-fans everywhere, the two species aren't set to engage in hand-to-hand (or rather claw to, er, 'wormy head') combat. The feud has been sparked by a wily caretaker at Dunraven school in......

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June 26, 2008

Do you dread walking down Brick Lane because of the torrent of curry touters? Well fear not ASBOshave started being handed out to persistent touters! Who knew! As well as wasting time, facebook has proved it has it's worth by helping to catch a diamond thief in Ilford. If you were wondering why you were kicked offStreatham Common on Sunday, it's because a WWII grenade was being removed! Now we've nicked off with Boris,......

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May 21, 2008

When not wowing critics and fans alike, and drawing hordes of male 18-35 year olds into a hermit-like existence as they try to crack the game's labyrinthine layers, Grand Theft Auto IV has been courting controversy like a stressed out salesman courts cheap hookers. GTA IV's violence encourages copycat activity by players, say critics (an argument given credence when a Croydon man was stabbed as he queued to buy a copy). Christian conservative lawyer......

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March 5, 2008

Carving your beloved's name on the trunk of a tree, or doodling it on the school desk, is so 20th century. For the modern urban dweller, the only way to really impress your betrothed is to spread your love in three-foot high letters on the side of a train. That was Raymond Agbegahs's plan. The graffiti vandal has spent the past decade spraying messages for his girlfriend on train carriages and railway stations in......

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