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Benedict Moore-Bridger

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Elizabeth Street in Belgravia

£10m to make smartest streets smarter

These are the first images of a £10million scheme to reduce street clutter in Mayfair and Belgravia

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'Police are getting carried away: they should not target children'

Mother who made a formal complaint after her nine-year-old son was stopped and searched said police were getting 'carried away' in targeting children

Scouts' shame over Remembrance Day 'death threats'

Police launch investigation after a group of Scouts allegedly hurled death threats at Jewish war heroes at a Remembrance Day service

Prince William backs charity sleep-out stars

Prince William gives his backing to City bosses and celebrities who are sleeping rough to raise money for a homeless charity

Dome staff caught up in foiled £200m diamond heist speak for first time

Millennium Dome staff caught up in the foiled £200 million diamond heist tell for the first time how they came face to face with an armed gang

50 lorries a day in West End to take Crossrail earth away

Swathe of London faces months of disruption when 50 lorries a day start carrying earth dug from the Crossrail tunnel out of the capital

Met tries to cover up photos of police without IDs

Metropolitan Police accused of attempting to 'rewrite history' after staff told to destroy photographs of officers failing to display their identity numbers

It's disgusting says protester 'beaten' at vigil for G20 victim

Woman allegedly beaten by a police sergeant hiding his ID number today called Met plans to destroy photographs of officers 'disgusting'

Trains will replace planes in a decade says Virgin chief

Trains will replace planes for almost all travel in Britain within 10 years, it was claimed today.

Fears for Threshers and Wine Rack jobs

Threshers and Wine Rack parent company First Quench Retailing has gone into administration in a move that puts thousands of jobs at risk.

Blocked off, street under siege from X Factor fans

Roadblocks have been set up outside the X-Factor house in north London amid growing concern about fans' behaviour

Islamist group march for 'full sharia law in Britain'

Islamist extremists will march through London tomorrow calling for full implementation of sharia law in Britain

Police rush to 999 call... by hopping on a bus

Police officers called to an alleged assault in south-west London rushed to the scene - by hopping on a bus

Firefighter took up kick-boxing but was killed in first contest

Fireman was killed with a single blow to the head during his first kick-boxing match

More sittings for the pop-up restaurant

Pierre Koffmann's pop-up restaurant at Selfridges will stay open for an extra six weeks because of huge demand.

Friends’ fury over accident verdict on cyclist crushed by lorry

Friends of a cyclist who was killed in a collision with a 32-tonne lorry hit out after a coroner ruled her death was an accident

Traders ring the changes

The London Stock Exchange is to search for a new way of ringing in the start of daily trading to distinguish itself from rivals.

'Shock' at E.coli farm reopening

A mother whose two-year-old twins contracted E.coli today said she was "shocked" to hear the farm at the centre of the outbreak has reopened.

Extra trains 'worth £24bn to UK'

IMPROVING London's Tube and rail network will create vital extra transport capacity and generate £24billion in wider economic benefits for Britain, research claims today.

Women having more heart attacks...but are surviving them

Heart attacks have become more common in middle-aged women over the past two decades, studies showed

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