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Woman estate agent, 23, killed by falling branch as bus crashes into tree near Tower Bridge

An estate agent was killed today when she was hit by a tree which is believed to have been torn up by a passing bus near Tower Bridge. The freak accident is thought to have happened when overhanging branches of a plane tree smashed into the top deck .. more

Over 200,000 Britons fleeing the UK each year as record 160,000 foreigners are granted citizenship

The number of people granted British citizenship reached record levels last year, new figures showed today... more

Children's TV presenter Mark Speight hanged himself with his own shoelaces, inquest hears

Children's TV presenter Mark Speight hanged himself with his shoelaces because he was 'unable to contemplate life' without his actress fiancee, an inquest has heard... more

Lite poll: radio Livingstone

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Standard poll: new skyscrapers

Should Boris Johnson stop new skyscrapers from being built across London? Vote

Waiters off the menu

A London restaurant that does away with waiters is set to spark a new trend in dining

Drivers face 'racetrack' chaos

Drivers face months of chaos as one of London's biggest one-way systems is dismantled

Radio Ken

Ken Livingstone is to host his own live radio chat show

Olympic appointment

Boris Johynson picks Carphone Warehouse boss to keep 2012 costs in check

Muslim man threatens to sue driving school for sending transsexual instructor to teach his wife

Not what they expected: Driving instructor Emma Sherdley

A Muslim husband threatened to sue a driving school for sending a transsexual instructor to teach his wife... more

Ted Kennedy fights for life as doctors say he has brain tumour

Ted Kennedy, one of the giants of American politics, has a brain tumour and will need chemotherapy and radiation therapy.. more

15 beers, 20 vicious punches ... and six months in jail for England footballer Joey Barton

The career of Premiership footballer Joey Barton lay in tatters today after he was jailed for six months for a violent and cowardly attack on two innocent members of the public... more

Wave of anti-foreigner violence sweeps through South African townships

A wave of anti-immigrant attacks rocked South Africa's seething townships today, with mobs beating foreigners and setting some ablaze in scenes reminiscent of the bloodiest days of apartheid... more

Care home boss jailed after 'wilful neglect' killed Alzheimer's patient

A former care home boss was behind bars today after her 'wilful neglect' led to the death of an Alzheimer's patient. .. more

Furious vicar clears shelves at local shop of Playboy stationery 'targeted' at children

A vicar has accused soft porn company Playboy of "cynical and wicked commercial exploitation" by selling stationery products aimed at young children.. more

Credit crunch? It's going to get to a whole lot worse, warns investment guru George Soros

Billionaire investment guru George Soros today warned that Britain has yet to suffer the worst fallout from the credit crunch... more

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'Dawn milk mob' who terrorised milkman every day for SIX years face jail

A teenage gang who forced their local milkman out of business by stealing £12,000 worth of milk during a six-year hate campaign are facing jail. .. more

Police pelted with bricks after schoolgirl, 16, is killed by patrol car 'without lights or siren'

A girl of 16 died after being knocked down by a police car as it followed a suspect vehicle down a residential street... more

Dentist who claimed cash for made-up patients - including his sister's DOG - is jailed

A cheating dentist who listed his sister's dog as an NHS patient was starting a 21-month jail sentence today... more

British exchange student, 20, killed by bus at U.S. university while wearing iPod out jogging

A British student has died on an exchange trip to the US after being run over by a bus while she was out jogging, her family said today.. more

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Modern technology is changing the way our brains work, says neuroscientist

Human identity, the idea that defines each and every one of us, could be facing an unprecedented crisis. It goes right to the heart - or the head - of us all, thinks SUSAN GREENFIELD. .. more

Labour could lose Crewe by-election, party chief admits as Brown moves away from 'anti-toff' campaign

Gordon Brown tried to move on from Labour's disastrous 'class war' by-election campaign today by issuing a positive message for the last two days... more

Asylum seekers should be called 'sanctuary seekers', says new report

The word 'asylum' should be phased out in relation to foreigners seeking safe haven in Britain and replaced with 'sanctuary', according to a new report.. more

Christian registrar 'threatened with sack' after refusing to conduct gay marriages

A Christian registrar was subjected to a campaign of bullying and threatened with the sack after she refused to preside over gay marriages, a tribunal has been told... more

Woman landed with £4,900 phone bill for downloading The Apprentice abroad

A solicitor was charged £4,900 by her mobile phone company for watching The Apprentice and two other BBC shows over the internet on holiday... more

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Ninety per cent of police demand right to strike in historic vote

Police have voted to demand the right to strike in an historic ballot. Nearly nine out of ten officers said today they wanted the Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, to lobby to get industrial rights... more

Two arrested in London City Hall charities probe

A man and a woman were arrested today as part of the London City Hall corruption probe, Scotland Yard said. The investigation is looking into claims of fraud at projects funded by the London Development Agency... more

Lonegan the wonky donkey finds his feet again after pioneering surgery fixes his twisted legs

Lonegan the wonky donkey is finding his feet after world-first surgery on his legs that were so badly deformed he couldn't stand up .. more

Green light for new £4 billion aircraft carriers

The Ministry of Defence today gave the green light for the £4billion construction of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy... more

No sex in this city: Posters advertising the big movie banned in Jerusalem for fear of offending religious Jews

There's going to be 'sex' but not in two Israeli cities. Forum Films, the Israeli distributor of the soon-to-be-released 'Sex and the City' movie, said advertising posters and billboards won't be hung in Jerusalem and Petah Tikva because residents there don't want the word 'sex' on display, said company spokesman Arye Barak... more

Survivor found alive 8 days after Chinese earthquake struck

Rescue workers have pulled a survivor from the rubble – almost 8 days after the Chinese earthquake struck. .. more

Obama gets ready to claim victory over Clinton tonight

Barack Obama plans to put an end to his state primary race with Hillary Clinton tonight. The Illinois senator believes he will secure an overall majority of delegate votes after today's Kentucky and Oregon state primaries. .. more

British tourist's wife-to-be dies in his arms moments after he proposed on stage in Cyprus

A British tourist has died tragically within minutes of celebrating her engagement party in Cyprus. Nerys Lloyd Crabtree, 52, fell and hit her head on the ground as she walked back to her hotel room with her fiancé, John David Cameron, early on Tuesday morning police said. They had just seen off their last guests... more

New dig begins at the Charles Manson ranch, 40 years after those infamous murders

Decades after law enforcement raided the ranch where Charles Manson hid following a 1969 killing spree, detectives and scientists are returning to hunt for undiscovered graves. The dig scheduled to begin Tuesday will be led by sheriff's officials, with help from specialists in detecting disturbed soils and chemical markers that indicate likely grave sites. .. more

First China, now Burma declares three days of mourning for 78,000 cyclone dead

Burma's junta had granted permission for the World Food Programme to use helicopters to distribute aid to cyclone-hit areas of the country, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said today. The military government has allowed relief flights to deliver supplies to Yangon, the largest city.. more

US military says sorry after soldier in Iraq uses Koran for target practice

The U.S. military has been forced to apologise after one of its soldiers in Iraq used a copy of the Koran for target practice. .. more

MPs reject IVF 'right to father' as Government defeats fresh challenge to fertility laws

The Government tonight comfortably beat off a fresh challenge to its flagship Bill updating fertility laws for the first time in 20 years. On a free vote, MPs rejected a cross-party move for doctors to consider the need for a father in offering fertility treatment. .. more

MPs defy moral outrage to allow use of human-animal embryos for scientific research

Millennia of moral, religious and scientific belief were defied last night by MPs who voted to allow the creation of human/animal embryos. In a landmark move they backed Government proposals which herald the dawn of a new era of experimentation.. more