BA may have embarked on an advertising campaign to remind folk that T5 is "working", but what's a much better way of getting people to forget said terminal's troubled birth? Show them that it's by far the only problematic part of Heathrow. Last night some 3,000 people were embroiled in chaos at Terminal 3, as a computer glitch resulted in two cancelled flights, several more delayed, and disruption to thousands of travellers. People were......

It's no secret that the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 wasn't the greatest success in British aviation history. The words "pissup", "brewery" and "couldn't organise a" were very much to mind as the umpteen-billion pound Richard Rogers-designed structure conspired to lose thousands of bags and strand countless passengers (including that nice Naomi Campbell, no less) when the ribbon was officially cut in March. With things having settled into some semblance of order, top brass......

Flight fashion: it’s such a minefield of tricky choices to be navigated with the utmost care. You want comfort, as it’s unlikely to be found on the plane itself. You want something non-restricting should you be required to brawl. You want something that bespeaks a certain sophistication so that those greeting you upon arrival will marvel at your transformation. You want something that says, “Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” After much deliberation,......

Everyone's favourite and fabulous phone-throwing supermodel, Naomi Campbell, was "bitterly disappointed" to lean that she'll be called to court June 20 and charged with assaulting two police officers in T5. The supermodel learned of her charges his morning at the Heathrow police station, which include three counts of assaulting a constable, one count of disorderly conduct and two counts of threatening the cabin crew on her flight. She could potentially be facing six months in......

Of all the problems Heathrow's colicky baby T5 has been having in its first few months, we've mostly heard about masses of lost baggage and inconveniently cancelled flights. But now there's a whole new reason to be alarmed, or at least freshly disappointed, at the terminal's inefficiency -- security errors due to the the Fiver's confusing layout have allowed international travelers into the UK without any immigration or customs control by sending them to domestic......

T5 - the new Terminator sequel in which desperate humans do battle with out-of-control machines at Heathrow Airport. The sorry debacle is now enshrined in song, courtesy of Tom Soong, who wanted revenge on BA for losing his wedding clothes days before the ceremony. Warning - contains an image of an ass.......

Whistleblowing teacher gets £70k for unfair dismissal from smeared Saudi school Islington's courting doggy favour Time for eccentric Hackney "moleman" to cough up for repairs T5 scapegoats selected Frisky Epping Forest woodpeckers get aroused and peckish on fragile church roof Image of Chinatown in layers courtesy of Martin...H via the Londonist flickr group.......

Northwick Park Hospital: not the place to have babies. Now they’re trying to find out why. Data: let’s just ban the stuff and stop getting all stressy about it. Now it transpires that no less than 13 London councils have lost sensitive material in the last year. The fearful passage of death-mark’d love has taken its course: Mark Speight has been found hanged. This was a real tragedy. Test driving a car has a......

Here’s what we’ve learned whilst you’ve been resolving to train for the marathon next year: Draconian new litter laws for motorists are to be piloted in London. The London Cycling Campaign are worried by a delay in new safety legislation for HGVs. Now BA pisses off all the other airlines by delaying the move of its long-haul operations to T5 until later on this year. Freud’s naked London civil servant is set to fetch......

Not that this is any surprise to those following the T5 bungle, but plenty of passengers still don't have their bags back, despite all the sorting, dividing, shipping to Milan and magical voodoo that BA has been up to over the past two weeks. Now one passenger, Michael Birtles, managing director of European Rail, who has been missing his bag since T5's opening day, March 27, is trying to speed up the process by offering......

Here’s what we’ve learned whilst you’ve been making snowmen: It’s snowing. Perfect excuse for Terminal 5 to dig itself a little deeper. Time to spare? Got an historical leaning? Osterley House needs you. We’ve got sea-horses. In the Thames Estuary. Which apparently proves that our river's cleaner than it has been for a long time. Londonist’s mind is all boggled. Try this for size - Britney as Blanche Dubois on the West End stage.......

It's not often we sympathise with stroppy supermodels, but we actually feel some sympathy for Naomi Campbell today. She's been released on bail after being arrested yesterday at Heathrow after an alleged incident at Terminal 5. Apparently, she checked two bags in at Terminal 5 when she checked in for her flight to LA. Once she boarded the plane, she was told one of her bags had gone missing. According to her spokesperson, BA......

With T5 still a mess, British Airways is getting creative when it comes to trying to clear a backlog of 19,000 bags. The company is outsourcing some of its sorting work by having thousands of bags shipped to a Milan courier to be dispensed across mainland Europe. May as well let some professionals handle this. Some of the bags are traveling by lorry to Milan, and they'll also be going overground to their recipients. So......

With the situation showing little sign of improvement at the brand new T5, London's aviation bosses are keen to turn the public's attention to plans for dealing with the real elephant in the Heathrow departure lounge - the traffic congestion caused by still only having two runways. Yesterday saw the first test of a solution that could be in commercial use as early as next year. The bold plan seeks to double potential runway......

Honestly, did you really ever expect to see that headline? This is what London does better than anybody: ballsing up big civic projects. Think of the Dome, or the Millennium Bridge. It wouldn't be a proper London opening if chaos and confusion weren't part of the mix. Despite all the test runs, T5's first day of operational use quickly turned into a farce. Early teething troubles with the baggage system meant the entire system......

Right old hou-ha on T5 Day1. Technical hitches and delays made a less than favourable impression, although the threatened flash mobbing was replaced by a peaceful environmental protest. The new owners of Covent Garden would appear to be philistines. OK, maybe that’s a bit strong. But they’re not very fluffy bunnies anyway. How can cutting down on the buskers there be in anyway good? Meet the donkey diva, the four-legged (co-)star of Carmen. Clever......

The first landing on T5's smooth, new runway must surely be a momentous occasion. After all, it's not only got a snappy 21st century moniker but a spanking new art work, controversial fingerprinting technology and purple halls and stripy seats. Special. But, with a complete lack of foresight, T5 missed out on the first London touch down of the infamous double decker jumbo the A380 last week. Dang. Instead, its chosen publicity stunt is......

And it worked. After months of news items devoted to Heathrow's T5, baggage mishaps, proposed terminal and runway expansions, and Greenpeace protests, the UK’s third busiest airport has finally said to hell with all that and made its own bid for a bit of attention. And what a bid it is. BAA’s plans to double the size of Stansted – second runway, second terminal, open for business by 2015 – would mean, according to......

Four Greenpeace protestors mounted a freshly landed Boeing 777 on the tarmac at Heathrow this morning to protest against a 3rd runway and it's implications for the "climate emergency". BAA are calling the protest "unlawful and irresponsible" which it probably is but, more pressingly, how the hell did 4 volunteers with a flourescent banner manage to walk from Terminal One, across the tarmac to the plane and clamber on top of it without hundreds......