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By SallyB2

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From the Ritz to the Tottenham Hale gyratory system: Londonist collates the day's more far-fetched and far-flung stories.
By M@

New 'Official' Sherlock Holmes Book Announced

Sherlock Holmes is back. Again! But this time he's all official and everything.
By Dean Nicholas

Crystal Palace Could Be Moving To... Crystal Palace

A new suitor has joined the increasingly complex story around the future of the Olympic stadium: Crystal Palace F.C.
By SallyB2

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A few newsy things that caught our eye during the course of the day.
By M@

Olympic Tickets On Sale From 15 March

You'll have six weeks to sign up, with tickets allocated by ballot and no advantage in applying early. Olympic bunfight neatly sidestepped.
By SallyB2

Weekend Round-Up

From Royal Park to Park Royal, via West Ham, Newham and Waterloo. We bring you a tour of the weekend's news.
By SallyB2

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Featuring rather more good news than bad, for once. Have a dry, safe weekend.
By BethPH

Green Activists Attack 4x4s

Climate change activists targeted four-wheel drive vehicles in west London in a spate of sticker-posting over the Christmas period.
By Dean Nicholas

Strikes To Hit Tube And DLR

A 24-hour strike will affect the Northern and Bakerloo lines tonight, while DLR staff will strike for two days next week.
By BethPH

2012 Olympics Security: Police Say Threat 'Severe'

Security at the 2012 Olympics has been a hot topic from day one. Now police say they expect the terror threat level to be ‘severe’.
By Dean Nicholas

Mayor Talks Up "Driverless" Tube Trains

Boris Johnson has again invoked the prospect of driverless Tube trains as a way of permanently beating the strikes.
By SallyB2

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You don't hear from a part of London for ages, and then two news stories come along at once. Hello Richmond!
By Dean Nicholas

Ken Livingstone Calls For Free Travel On Royal Wedding Day

Labour mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has called on transport chiefs to offer free travel on April 29th, the day of the Royal Wedding.
By BethPH

Peckham Anti-Snitch Campaign Warns Against Trident

A ‘Stop Snitching’ flyer and internet campaign has been launched in a Peckham housing estate, urging residents not to talk to the police in a murder investigation.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Twickenham Bright Spark Sells Old Incandescent Bulbs

A shop in Twickenham is making a killing tracking down the UK's remaining 100W bulbs and selling them to fans. We never thought we'd see the day when light bulbs had cheerleaders.
By BethPH

TfL In Spitalfields Puddle Trouble

TfL are in hot (or more likely cold and muddy) water over a giant puddle outside Spitalfields which has been there for two years, according to local shop owners.
By BethPH

Regent Street Police Siege Ends After Five Hours

Having trouble getting into central London this morning? Parts of Regent Street, Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus were closed off by police after an intruder allegedly threatened to blow himself up inside a shop.
By Dean Nicholas

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Today's news recap, including a potential strike on the Docklands Light Railway.

By Lindsey

1910 London Property Valuations Published Online

A collection of land tax valuation rolls from the City of London taken in 1910 has been published by ancestry.co.uk.
By Dean Nicholas

Heron Plaza Granted Planning Permission

The City of London has granted planning permission to the Heron Plaza, a 150m tower on Bishopsgate just a stone's throw from its skyscraping namesake.
By Rachel Holdsworth

'No Strike Deal': More Tube Strikes Under Boris Than Ken

Despite manifesto promises of a no strike deal, there have been more tube strikes under two and a half years of Boris than eight years of Ken.
By M@

Hand-Drawn Maps Of London: Wimbledon Branch Of The District Line

An utterly gorgeous hand-drawn map of the area between Earl's Court and Wimbledon, along the District Line.
By M@

Case Dropped Against London Pharmacy Selling Sugar Pills For Malaria

A court case against a homeopathic pharmacy in London, who reportedly promote sugar pills for malaria, has been dropped.
By SallyB2

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Of dentists, and drag artists, and cabbages and kings. 'Cept two of those may be red herrings.