LONDON

Twitter Wants to Measure Online Influence

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Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has given strong hints that new metrics measuring online influence could be set to supersede the number showing your follower count.
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Alex Song

Wenger Convinced to Sell Song

Barcelona midfielder Alex Song has revealed it required showdown talks with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in the summer to convince the Frenchman to allow him to join the Catalan giants.
Carl Jenkinson

Arsenal Defensive Trio Going From Strength To Strength

Thomas Vermaelen has chosen the three players he believes are putting in stand-out performances for Arsenal at the moment, with the captain singling out Carl Jenkinson, Laurent Koscielny and Aaron Ramsey for special praise as the Gunners go from strength to strength.
Heathrow

Is Heathrow Really So Noisy as to Warrant its Closure?

According to figures supplied by the Montreal-based Airports Council International, in 2011 London Heathrow Airport advanced one peg in the world passenger rankings to No 3 - beating Chicago O'Hare International - with a total throughput of over 69.4 million, an increase over the previous year of 5.4 per cent. Plane movements averaged 1,305 per day, affecting, if some critics of Britain's only true hub airport's expansion plans are to be believed, some two million people!
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