Extra, Extra, Extra Day Off: Hoorah for Bank Holidays

Um, probably not the best time to tell you, but apparently 1 in 5 tube drivers are a bit dodgy. Never mind – you’ll probably get one of the other 4 in 5 to drive you to work tomorrow.

Gazza’s in hospital. It’s hard not to like him: Londonist hopes he’s better soon.BNP berk Barnbrook moves to ban burkas. Things ain’t too peachy for Peaches.

The mayor of New York is to pop over this week to offer Boris some tips and wrinkles.

Rural bliss? You don’t have to go far. It’s reputedly at its tonic best just outside the M25.

Some new (well, very old actually) mosaics are being dusted off at Westminster Abbey.

Hope you enjoyed the sunshine.

Sunny photo from tripu’s flickr stream.