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Authorities condemn figure-of-eight M25 prank

The Highways Agency has condemned pranksters who last night reconfigured the M25 in to a giant figure-of-eight, and branded their actions as ‘short-sighted, potentially dangerous and extremely silly’.

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Posted: Mar 27th, 2013
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Boris Johnson joins new ‘urban fox hunt’

With the number of fox attacks in our town and cities this year rising to one, the government has reversed the ban on fox hunting to allow the use of ‘urban hunts’. Hunting with horses, guns and hounds will still be illegal, however the use of mopeds, baseball bats and rottweilers will be permitted.

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Posted: Feb 13th, 2013
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Livingstone reveals ‘turning down CBE was my greatest honour’

Wondering why Boris didn't get offered one for services to marriageFormer politician Ken Livingstone has announced with quiet dignity on national radio that he ‘jumped at the chance’ to turn down a CBE.

Livingstone explained that he didn’t think politicians should be eligible for the honour, but at the same time wanted as many people as possible to know that he’d been offered one.

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Posted: Dec 29th, 2012
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Coalition in crisis over where to spend Christmas Day

no Norman Lamont this yearReports emerged from Downing Street yesterday that the coalition government is in danger of collapse over arguments about which side of the political family to have Christmas dinner with this year.

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Posted: Dec 13th, 2012
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Shard skyscraper to get 90ft fairy from Norway

no plans to stick a fairy on the Gherkin any time soonMayor Boris Johnson has written to the King of Norway telling him not to bother with sending a tree for Trafalgar Square this year “now we’ve got the Shard”.

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Posted: Nov 25th, 2012
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