Many thanks to Richard Parmiter who got these incredible Team GB shots from the parade today and stuck them in the Londonist Flickrpool. Medals galore and Mark Foster.......

Some pictures taken at today's Olympic and Paralympic Heroes Parade, hot off the press Flickrpool. Thanks to Christo Geoghegan and Herschell Hershey.......

7/7 survivors and heroes who tried to save others receive Royal Humane Society award The Bachelor: London Calling finds 'true love' with blonde, Californian actress. Oh, telly.... East End clergy get police protection Dodgy circumcising Leyton GP struck off Art is objective concedes Streatham council Man left dead on the loo for a year and a half. Cat dead too. Pearly Kings & Queens at the Covent Garden Puppet Festival courtesy of Siberfi via......

Well damn. Just as we were preparing to submit our accumulated evidence that Paula Radcliffe deserves admission to the International Super Heroes Hall of Fame (wherever that may be), word comes today of a crack in the steely exterior of the marathon world record holder. The three-time London Marathon winner has been forced to withdraw from this year’s event due to an injury to a tendon in her toe (tendons! in the toe! yet......

Arguably the best city in the world for a music fan to live, pop legends come to play in London all the time. Often not only do they come for just one gig, but they stay for a while when they could easily make haste for the comforts of their own homes to eat biscuits and play video games. Prince recently played the O2 for three full weeks, Sonic Youth resided at the Roundhouse......

As bands jump across the Atlantic to play this weekend's V Festival and next weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals London is treated to a wealth of bands that rarely play these shores. Here's a selection of the best. Monday night sees the amazing Rilo Kiley play the Carling Academy Islington – tickets sold out pretty quickly, but there are a few floating around on eBay etc for what is sure to be one of their......

If you're not too busy reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows or attending fabulous Londonist quizzes this week, here are are a few things to keep you occupied on a quiet night in. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 23 July The Tower (BBC1, 22:35-11:25) It's episode 5 of this 8 part series, and it's all about the romance on the estate. Kelley and Wayne tie the knot with a large part of the......

Monday night sees Tom “Squarepusher” Jenkinson bring his experimental drum'n'bass with a heavy jazz fusion influence to Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre. Evan Parker supports, and this is sold out unfortunately, though be sure to check back for last minute availability or other sources. Lily Allen places her summer session at Somerset house, with support from Mark Ronson. Tickets are long gone, though Scarlet Mist may be useful for some. The Dykeenies bring......

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and today is an exciting day for some four-legged furry ones with extra special wet noses and jolly brave handlers. Labradors Vinnie and Billy, and Jake, a spaniel, have got gongs of the highest order; the animals' George Cross and the PDSA gold medal in recognition of their crucial and life-saving work checking access was safe for emergency services preparing to attend the sites of the July......

A fair few new tours on sale today at 9am. Kaiser chiefs play Earls Court for their biggest show to date. They come to town on Friday 14th December. Rufus Wainwright tours again, playing the Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday 30th October. Following their amazing Glastonbury set, The Go team play the Camden Electric Ballroom on Wednesday 12th September. Kate Nash comes to Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tuesday 13th November, finishing a month and a half......

As both bands and fans saunter back to the capital with the mother of all hangovers from Glastonbury, this week is a bit slow for music in the capital. Things are also running a bit slow for this Londonista, thus the later than normal posting of this weeks listings. Tonight sees Camden post-hardcore Hell is for Heroes play the Barfly, whilst Jason Molina fronted alt-country collective Magnolia Electric Co. play Scala. Hell is For Heroes......

Over the years there have been many attempts to introduce the rather shy, furtive and, let's face it, constantly tardy London Underground system to the shiny, brash and only occasionally unstable world of modern technology. Keeping track of the Tube's many ups and downs would be a huge benefit to the thousands of us who use it every single day. Wouldn't it be great to know about a 'suspect package' or a 'derailment' before......

We think this originated in a tabloid but we spotted it on a PSP forum via Digg: They were supposed to be guarding a wall in danger of collapsing in Chingford, East London, during last week’s gales. Thirteen people were killed by storms nationwide — including a two-year-old crushed by a falling wall in North London. A builder took the snap of the cops. He said: “They were oblivious to everything else.” The Metropolitan......

We have to admit that we've never seen Rocky V. We drew the line after the one where he beat the USSR to a bloody pulp, but that's not to say we don't love Stallone. He has a rough ride for some of his movies, but we give him perhaps a little more rope than we should, for the first Rocky movie (which he wrote) and which still stands up well today. First Blood......

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. Austinist wasn't as the NY Times dissed them and a local Tex-Mex institution sold out. Making them feel better was music, sweet music and the local theater getting name checked on "Heroes" Chicagoist tried to wrap their heads around a religious movie being banned from a Christmas themed park. To wash that......

Well we didn't see this one coming: Bis are to play two gigs to celebrate 10 years since the release of New Transistor Heroes They might have only split three years ago, but we're quite excited about this, particularly as the younger half of the Londonist Music Dungeon only got into them last year. There's a date in Glasgow but for us Londoners, they play Islington Academy on April 7th and tickets are on......

...kicks off at the end of the month with an Opening Night Gala screening of Happy Endings which we'll be reviewing sometime ahead of the festival. It stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lisa Kudrow and Steve Coogan. If you enjoyed The Opposite of Sex, then we think you'll like this LA based comedy too. The Festival closes with the UK's first certified Dogme95 film, Gypo. Galas aside the majority of screenings will take place at the......

It's January. You're skint and slightly heavier than you were this time last month. You've probably sworn off the booze for a bit and if you see another box of Cadbury's Heroes you're likely to throw up. So, in the spirit of the post-Xmas period, here's a quick list of free stuff to do in London that doesn't involve chocolate liquers or stilton. - The Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize is still on at the......