We hear that...

• The Guillemots smashed part of their kit following their gig at the Hospital Club. One of the roadies dropped and smashed the £3k double bass during the de-rig…

• Legendary Stone Roses bass player Mani will be the head judge at the UK’s biggest battle of the bands competition, Gobusker.com Battle of the Bands, this Sunday from 7pm at Brick Lane...

• The initial lineup for the Ibiza Rocks with Sony Ericsson It includes The Enemy, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats, the Fratellis, 2Many DJ’s and more...

The round-up

• Seen Kate's £4,000 dress? Seen the state of it?
• The housing boom in London might be officially over, but at least there's only a "one-in-10 chance" of a 1990s-style housing market crash.
• Someone or something in south London hates fish.
• Do you think celebs are always glamorous and fab-looking? Think again. Aren't you feeling better already?
• Spoiler alert! We're barely halfway through the first season of Heroes, but over the Pond they're already demanding answers to some burning questions re season two.

The round-up - 05.09

OMG! It's been a busy 24-hours.

Klaxons and Winehouse at the Mercury Music Prize, the GQ Awards with Johnny Borrell as the Most Stylish Man, Jude Law arrested, Keira Knightley and James McAvoy at the Atonement premiere, plus Kidman on miscarriages and Scientology. Oh, and did we mention Big Brother, twins and telepathy?

The round-up - 03.09

• Courtney Love denies reports that she witnessed Wino's substance abuse first hand, saying, "I said no such thing. I care deeply about her talent, I love this record tons, but I wouldn't comment even if I did have any knowledge."

    In other Wino news, even though the singer is on holiday she can't keep out of the headlines - this time because her hotel suite bathroom was found covered in vomit and blood. Yum.

  

• Tube maintainence workers to strike for 72-hours. Chaos assured.

• Gordon Brown refuses to rule out an early general election
• Tory MP Boris Johnson launches bid for conservative candidate in next year's Mayor of London elections.
• And finally, one man is left in hospital with serious injuries, while another is discharged after a nightclub shooting in Wembley. One man has been arrested.

The round-up - 31.08

Hirst sells his skull, the UK marks the tenth anniversary of Diana's death, Britney actually makes some music and Britain is still wet, wet, wet.

The round-up -30.08

Quakes in Manchester, shootings, bailings and the Facebook debate.

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The round-up - 29.08

Today's news round-up featuring prison strikes, shootings, would-be thieving tunnellers and an evolutionary explanation as to why men like younger ladies...

The round-up - 28.08

Notting Hill Carnival shootings, pictures, Lily passing out and Nelson Mandela hitting Parliament Square

The round-up - 23.08

It will be sunny this weekend... honest!

The round-up - 22.08

What's hot in the news today - here are a few of the things our editors are looking at.

Spongeing off your neighbour's broadband? Watch out, you could end up in the clink.

Speaking of the clink, Lindsay Lohan might only serve four days in slammer.

Three arrested in conjunction with the M40 motorbike murder.

Youtube to go corporate and insert ads into videos.

The Gossip's Beth Ditto calls Dubya a "facist piece of s**t". Such a way with words.

Plus check out thelondonpaper's property section today - it's online here. Hundreds of flats and flatshares to rent, buy or sell. Updated every hour