Several million pounds are thought to have been stolen in a raid on a Securitas van last night in Woolston, Warrington. After delays reckoned to have cost £35m, the Government has finally approved the £1.1bn redevelopment of St Bartholomew’s hospital and the Royal London. Queen’s …
The Royal Albert Hall will be swaying to a different kind of music today, as the twanging of broken racket strings, the thump of balls and the snapping of aged hamstrings will provide the soundtrack to the Masters Tennis Tournament. It is hoped that this …
Apparently there’s some tennis going on in London… Ahh yes well Tim Henman just lost again so it must be Wimbledon. Very well organised we hear, administration second to none. What? Tennis players you say? We don’t really do those… unless you count Henman. Let’s …
Londonist is always keen to hear amusing tales of our more highly paid, sharper dressed fellow Londoners working over in the city, which usually involve paying out an amount equivalent to the Gross Domestic Product of Chile ($156.1 billion, 2002 estimate) on a night out. …
London’s prestigious tennis establishment, the Queens Club, home of the Lawn Tennis Association, is apparently under threat. ‘Under threat’ always sounds so promising but it doesn’t look like the threat is either aliens, Godzilla or rapid climate change, but more financial, as a move to …
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