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The Independent (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Phillips Idowu is sitting deep in thought in a Birmingham city-centre hotel. "Which would I ask her to give me?" he enquires after a few moments. The scenario which has just been suggested to the world champion triple jumper is that of a fairy godmother coming down to earth and offering him either the world record Jonathan Edwards has held for 14 years or the Olympic gold medal that will...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Police say 19-year-old involved in altercation in north London before incident Detectives launched a murder inquiry today after a teenager was found fatally stabbed in a north London street. Passersby found the 19-year-old, who has not been named, collapsed in Stoke Newington late yesterday and called the emergency services. Paramedics arrived shortly before 11pm and he was pronounced dead at the...
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Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Just catching up on posting some links to a variety of things that have taken my interest or been sent to me: Labour List tells us that Sir Jeremy Beecham is stepping down as Labour Group Leader at the Local Government Association and from the local government section of Labour's NEC. I wanted to put on the record the huge debt we in Hackney owe Sir Jeremy for defending local democracy here when the...
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Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Election regulators this week dismissed all of the charges against Anchorage political consultant Art Hackney and two others accused of violating state law when they raised money for last year's proposal to tighten state mining law.
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Cat Party (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Cat Pap location Hackney Wick in the grey dismal murky morning This chap cheered me up and was quite the professional, posing when I shoved my camera phone in his furry face
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Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Former drug dealer from Hackney tells how he has been offered the chance to write and direct a film in Hollywood
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Latest News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Campaigners say Bishops Place was pushed through by developer
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bioethics.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A Hackney pharmacy sold do-it-yourself paternity tests over the counter for the first time in the UK on Tuesday - raising concerns among campaigners and community leaders. The DNA collection kit went on sale at Clockwork Pharmacy on Mare Street, Hackney Central, for £30. (Hackney Gazette)
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Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Dear Bob, I was a bit surprised by your vituperative attack on me yesterday ( http://www.bobpiper.co.uk/2009/11/not_in_my_name_2.php ). I know you are on the left of the Labour Party and I'm not (by any stretch of the imagination) so I don't expect you to agree with me on everything or vote for me in the NEC elections. What I don't expect is an ad hominem attack accusing me of being "someone who...
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Rough Version (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
So I'm doing a radio show on Friday at 3pm on London Fields Radio (yes this is something that exists now). I'll be blabbing away and playing some records and talking about culture in some form. They've even written a blurb about me on the site. It'll be recorded and put up as a podcast for people to download. Pop into Wiltons cafe, 63 Wilton Way at the back of the Hackney Empire if you want to listen...
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Boomkat: Just arrived (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TAPES Hissing Theatricals Jahtari DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY 12" Quite possibly the finest digital dub release we've heard in an age - this is for our money one of the most crucial twelves of the year and an absolute must-own item for anyone in love with the idea of digital dub, tape hiss and multicoloured synth washes in one deadly package. These raw digi-dub killers from Jackson Bailey's Tapes...
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diamind geezer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Olympic update Park land consultation It must be the week for planning consultations. "There's no point in acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you've had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it's far too late to start making a fuss about...
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Transpontine (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
When the East London Line extension finally does open next year it will make a big difference not just to how people move around London but perhaps to how they perceive the city. By directly linking Croydon and Hackney (or at least Dalston) via Brockley and New Cross it could generate a sense of East London that crosses the river. Today when people talk about East London they generally mean the Eastern...
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Pencil & Spoon (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There are three different beer festivals coming up in the next three weeks. On the 26-27 November is the White Horse’s Old Ale festival, from the 1-5 December it’s the Pigs Ear in Hackney (I'll be going on the Friday - anyone around after BGBW dinner?) and this weekend, the 20-21 November, it’s the 2 Kent’s Dual Real Ale Festival held between The Bull, Horton Kirby and Dartford...
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Libertylondongirl (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Most importantly, I HAVE to get my hair cut . (I'm heading for the dreaded stripper hair - way too long.) And possibly coloured too. I’m a natural blonde and usually I rely on the summer sun to perk up my hair. This year I spent way more time in the sun than normal - a few months in California, and then on my return to New York, I promptly left the city for the countryside. That meant I wore...
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