More than 600,000 ticket holders to the Olympic volleyball tournament will have to queue in pens for up 90 minutes because of congestion around the venue, a confidential report warns... more
Two middle-aged protesters stood outside the Building Centre in Bloomsbury on Tuesday morning with cardboard signs reading "Developers Keep Out". But the warning failed to deter 150 delegates to a conference at which the target for their objection, the 77-acre Earls Court development, was robustly defended by its developer... more
Labour-controlled Southwark decreed last week that the rich need no longer suffer from poor neighbours in new housing developments in the north of the borough... more
Tickets for the Games go on sale next Tuesday. Matt Majendie guides you through the 16 days of action and 26 sports - today's spotlight is on the modern pentathlon... more
Robert Halfon, the Tory MP for Harlow, has been taking no prisoners in his attempts to expose the extraordinary power of the Institute For Fiscal Studies in Whitehall circles... more
Property: Earls Court will come crashing down in late 2012, marking the start of the biggest redevelopment in west London since the 1870s, and the end of a London landmark... more
Property developer Capital & Counties says it is making progress on getting planning consent to redevelop the Earls Court and Olympia concert and exhibition venues... more
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, one of London’s most famous music and exhibition venues, faces demolition after coming under increasing pressure from rivals the O2 Arena and Excel centre... more
The owner of the Earls Court exhibition centre is set to clash with planning chiefs over its ambitions to redevelop the site as a residential complex with 10,000 homes... more
From Bebel Gilberto to Smog's Bill Callahan via Chas and Dave and reformed '90s janglers James - David Smyth picks the weekend's top five gigs.... more
Metal veterans Iron Maiden play Earls Court, The Pipettes get their own Christmas show and it's the last chance to catch oddball Jamie T play a tiny venue for a while.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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