Weekend Round-Up

Here’s what we’ve learned whilst you’ve been trying to dodge the Respect Bus this weekend (gotta give Galloway credit – he’s tireless on the old campaign trail):

Bureaucracy threatens next year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Actually, bureaucracy is threatening civilisation as we know it, but Londonist frowns upon melodrama so forget we said that.

Three public health workers have been bitten by a rabid puppy. In the weekend crime round-up, we can tell you that there was a minor outbreak of stabbing at a Battersea school on Friday, a fatal shooting at a Harlesden barbers’ shop, and a nasty brawl in a Holloweay nightclub.

And then there were the celebs behaving badly: Winehouse has been cautioned for common assault, whilst Rio Ferdinand is in hot water for kicking a female Chelsea steward. Temper management all round we say.

Councils are using CCTV to stop dog fouling. Are we really paying them for this shit?

And by this time next week? Actually, Londonist is going to take a rain check on mayoral predictions. Suffice it to say that by this time next week we’ll all be politicked out.

Have a stress-less week.

This-time-next-week… photo from MSH*’s flickr stream.