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Things are virtually back to ‘normal’ at Heathrow after a glitch in the air traffic control system caused flight chaos.

Al Gore and Gwynnie have indulged in a very expensive lunch in London to raise funds for Obama.

Elsewhere in the capital, descendants of Shackleton prepared to follow in his footsteps by eating a very fattening dinner.

The plague of teenage stabbing has spread west – a 19 year old youth has died in Acton.

HSBC is tightening its belt to the tune of 1,100 jobs, many of which will be shed from its London HQ.

A man who was trapped under his own van for several days has now been freed and taken to hospital.

Spitalfields Market Roof from Matt From London’s Londonist flickr stream.