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7/7: Now Can We Have An Inquiry, Please?

Image by Daily M under a Creative Commons licence As we told you yesterday, the three men on trial – for the second time – for aiding the 7 July London bombers have been acquitted (though two are starting seven year jail sentences for planning …

Week Around the Ists

Gothamist was shocked when video showed a police officer deliberately knocking Critical Mass bicyclist off his bike. The cop, a rookie, was put on modified duty as the NYPD investigates. Phillyist commenters debated the good and bad behind a new internet search engine. Torontoist covered …

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Photography: A Dying Art

Alarming news from the courts of…yes, that news capital of the south, Croydon. Late last year a young man, one Dimitri Petrov, was on a tram from Croydon when he took a few photos on his mobile phone. One or more of these seem to …

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Extra, Extra

Those pesky OAPs just keep getting into trouble. This time it’s drug smuggling Artists take stand against Shoreditch high rises Tube film upsets train drivers. Well it doesn’t take much Bozza waves treehugging card While TfL send Congestion Charge payer 3000 receipts “Urban Chameleon” image …

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Bad Poetry Not a (Punishable) Offence

Or is it? Samina Malik, self-described “lyrical terrorist”, yesterday became the first women sentenced under the Terrorism Act. Found guilty last month of collecting materials “useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”, including original poetry with titles such as How to …

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The Book Grocer

Ahoy hoy, book grocery shoppers! The metaphorical book grocer aisles are stocked high with choice meats and sweet confections this December, so whatever your tastes, fill up your shopping cart and gorge yourself on this week’s selection of literary events – they’ll give you much …

Week Around the -Ists

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city’s future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of Texas’s only feminist bookstore. Throughout …

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Gunpowder, Treason and Placards

With bonfire night just around the corner, Parliament must be getting a little nervous. Unblinking beady eyes will no doubt be focused on Southwark Crown Court today where Brian Haw takes on Sir Ian Blair over the removal of his placards way back in May …

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Mosque-a-thon

Reality TV has found a new audience with the broadcast of a splendid new show, Model Mosque. Shown on the Islam Channel, the programme sees mosques from around the UK (of which there are 1,500 official ones) going head to head to be awarded the …

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Londonist Stays In

After a brief hiatus, we’re back with lots of fun things to do this week from the comfort of your own home. Get cozy on the couch with a cup of tea, because there are lots of things to watch this week. On TV, Londonist …

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How Likely Are You To Be Stopped And Searched?

Double-take caption in the Times today reads: “More whites than Asians stopped by antisuicide bomber police.” According to this article, Scotland Yard released figures yesterday on the ethnic composition of its stop-and-search figures: of the 32,000 people stopped between April and August of this year …