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The Giants of Exhibition Road

Standing up to 5m (16.4 ft) tall, a gang of huge street sculptures, designed by artist Tony Cragg, has descended on the road with the museums in South Kensington. Video of the invaders here.

Russell Brand

Things are hotting up between the former Mr Perry and Ginger Spice. 'I’ve got a massive crush on Geri Halliwell,' admitted Grant. The pair have since been 'texting each other constantly' and 'hanging out together', according to The Mirror.

Prince Harry

Playgirl are ready with a six-figure offer for the romp-naked royal to do a centre-spread. 'Although he's from the royal family, he's a wild party guy,' said Playgirl publisher Vincent Stevens. 'That's something that's really attractive to our readers.'

Sarah Brightman

Reckoned to be the '52 year old celebrity' who has passed medical checks ahead of a $30 million flight aboard a Russian space rocket, planned for 2015. In 1978, Brightman, former wife of Lord Lloyd Webber, had a hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper.

Lily Allen

AKA Lily Rose Cooper, is to record a song with fellow new mum Pink. 'They’re huge fans of each other’s music,' a source told The Mirror, 'so Lily was thrilled when Pink asked her to get involved with her new album.'

The Royal Parks

Hyde Park, Regent's Park, Richmond Park and Kensington Gardens are to get a funding boost. Hooray? Not quite - the cash is to come from a 20p charge for taking a leak, levied on eight million Royal Park toilet users, to be brought in by March 2013.

My Perfect West End Day

A six-week campaign launched today by the West End Partnership, which aims to build on London's Olympic Games and attract visitors to the heart of London. Over the next six weeks personalities will speak about their perfect West End days.

Richard Scudamore

Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League, says that football needs to learn 'harsh lessons' from the London Olympic Games. Clubs, managers and players need to be on best behaviour following last year's string of scandals and learn from the sporting ethos of Olympians.

Julian Assange

The Wikileaks founder, wanted for extradition to Sweden and he says subsequently the USA, has been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government. Assange is currently holed up in their London Embassy, with UK authorities reportedly threatening to enter the building to arrest him.

Jeremy Hunt

His claim that London received an Olympics boost has been shot down by a group of small businesses who say trade is down as much as 42% on last year. The hapless Culture Secretary - whose name enjoys cockney rhyming slang status and whose cabinet career hangs on a Leveson Inquiry thread - had long argued that the Games would bring business to Britain.

Bethnal Green Firefighters

A crew from London's East End fire station saved two lives in two hours last night (13.03.12). First up was a woman trapped by a blaze in flats on Brady Street, Whitechapel. The firefighters then followed up by assisting a man with chest pains nearby.

Gary Barlow

The Take That star took to the stage to perform Rule The World at the Closing Ceremony for the London Olympics last night (13.08.12). His steely appearance comes just a week after his and his wife Dawn's daughter Poppy was delivered stillborn.

David Rudisha

Amazing enough that Rudisha smashed his own 800m world record on Thursday, but on top of that, the Kenyan runner credited London's weather for helping him do so. 'Today the weather was beautiful and I decided to go for the record,' said Rudisha. 'I've waited for this moment for a very long time'. Given the summer we've had until now, so say all of us.

Blake Fielder-Civil

Amy Winehouse's ex-husband is in a coma in a Yorkshire hospital, following an alleged drink and drug binge. 'I'm praying he'll survive, but I'm having to prepare myself that he may never wake up,' said Sarah Aspin, BF-C's girlfriend and mother to his 15-month-old son.

John Travolta

The legendary white disco suit Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever is among the 100+ iconic movie costumes on show at the V&A this autumn. Hollywood Costume runs from 20 October - 27 January 2013.