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Katharine Barney, City Hall Reporter

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How cigarette butts can save energy in homes

London borough is studying innovative technology that enables cigarette butts to be recycled into rolls of home insulation

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Tory's racist email rant about 'foreign' names

A Tory councillor is facing disciplinary action after sending a string of racist emails complaining about "non-English" names.

Court backs town hall chief over alterations to his listed £2.7m home

Leader of Westminster council escapes prosecution for unauthorised alterations to his 17th century home and the case thrown out of court

Mayor told his £1.7bn cuts will mean fewer buses and axed routes

Commuters warned they faced cuts to bus services as Boris Johnson discloses he is slashing £1.7 billion from his transport budget

Ten months to delete DNA

Innocent people who want their DNA profile deleted from the national police database may have to wait up to 10 months, it was revealed today.

Boris Johnson 'ups London tourism by £50m'

Mayor Boris Johnson said that he won £50million in tourism trade for London by spending £2million

Afghan heroes to lead parade for the Lord Mayor's show

Detachment from the Royal Marines will be the guests of honour at the Lord Mayor's Show tomorrow, marking their return from Afghanistan after three years' service

East London to have Speakers Corner

A new Speakers Corner will be built in Waltham Forest to improve local democracy

Tower of bubbles floated for Olympics

Cloud of inflatable plastic bubbles could float above London's skyline as part of a new Olympic monument

Tower of bubbles floated for Olympics

Cloud of inflatable plastic bubbles could float above London’s skyline as part of a new Olympic monument

Burglaries in London rise as criminals flee Home Counties

Massive crackdown on burglaries in the Home Counties has led to a surge in break-ins at London homes, the Met chief said

Citizen snoopers recruited to spy on Londoners

Latest: London council recruits 2,000 residents to report 'crimes' committed by their neighbours as critics fear expansion of 'surveillance society'

£100,000 dole cheat faces jail

A security guard who fraudulently claimed more than £100,000 in benefits faced prison today.

New wing aims to break cycle of teenage crime

Teenage criminals who have proved they want to get their lives back on track have been moved into a special new custodial wing

Musicians stage protest over rules that could drive them off the Tube

Tube musicians took part in a mass busk outside City Hall in protest at what they call draconian new measures

Brompton Oratory fights plans for Boris bike station

One of London's largest churches is objecting to plans to install a docking station for 28 of the Mayor's hire bikes next to its site

Get ready to scramble now pedestrians can cross Oxford Circus, Tokyo-style

Oxford Circus has been remodelled on one of Japan's most famous street crossings in a bid to ease pedestrian congestion

Boroughs 'losing £10million a year as they auction homes off too cheaply'

London councils are losing £10million a year by selling properties through auctions rather than estate agents, new figures show

I'll build a new Tube line on this cycle lane

Self-styled 'Dr Earth' fighting to win Labour-held Edmonton at the next election, unveils plans to establish his own Tube line on what is now a cycle lane

Flour and egg crackdown to halt Halloween pranks

London council has banned under-18s from buying eggs and flour in the run-up to Halloween in an effort to curb anti-social behaviour

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