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Sri Carmichael, Consumer Affairs Reporter

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Stamp duty break helped just 6,000 London buyers

Only 6,000 Londoners have benefited from the stamp duty holiday in its first year, figures reveal

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Crossrail paid us £800k too little for property, say Soho landlords

Retired couple attacked Crossrail after they were forced to sell their Soho property to make way for the east-west London rail line

Rhodes: I’ll get the BT Tower restaurant spinning again

Gary Rhodes reveals his ambition to relaunch the revolving restaurant at the top of the BT Tower in time for the Olympics

How ready-meal cheats spoil DIY dinner parties

It was touted as the perfect way to entertain in a time of tight finances - the bring-your-own dinner party where each guest provides a dish of wholesome, home-made food

Designer dresses for a bargain in jumble sales of the stars

It might conjure up visions of rummaging through piles of musty clothes in village halls - but now the jumble sale has gone glamorous

Night flights over London to be allowed during Games

Latest: London residents fear a 'relentless noise nightmare' during the Olympics as air industry bosses consider using night flights to cope with the surge in travel to the capital

Snobs drove me out of London, says global charity fundraiser

She counts A-list stars including George Clooney, Justin Timberlake and Cindy Crawford as close friends and is a globally successful charity fundraiser.

Capital's gourmet chocolate hotspot

Britain's top chocolatier William Curley opens his first central London shop in Pimlico Green

Combat Barbie struggles to find the right kit for Miss World war

England's new entry for Miss World has already been commended by the Army for disarming an Iraqi prisoner with her bare hands

French superchef serves up in London

London's claim to be the culinary capital of the world received a dramatic boost today as a three-Michelin star chef announced he is to open his first European restaurant in the capital

Electric car charge points installed at Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's launches a network of electric car charging points, boosting Boris Johnson's plan to make London 'the electric vehicle capital of Europe'

Temporary parks that could pop up on recession-hit building sites

Hundreds of unused building sites across the capital are to become green sites as recession halts work

£10 food-and-wine deals 'fuelling alcohol abuse by middle classes'

Wine should be banned from supermarket meal deals because it fuels heavy drinking among middle-aged professionals, an alcohol abuse charity said

Fans laying siege to X Factor house upset embassy next door

Chinese Ambassador, who lives next door to X factor house, launches official complaint over noise and lewd behaviour from teenage groupies

Bosses urged to keep office parties

Business leaders pleaded with employers not to cut back on Christmas parties after a quarter of Londoners had their work festivities cancelled

Shops braced for tough Christmas as cautious consumers turn to Net

High street is set for one of its toughest Christmases as consumers rein in spending and desert shops for online bargains, research for the Evening Standard reveals

Samantha Burke: 'Jude Law hasn't been in touch since his baby was born five weeks ago'

Actor Jude Law has not made any contact with his five-week old baby daughter since she was born.

Fergie eases money problems with film deal for her books

Duchess of York sells TV and merchandising rights to her recent children’s books and her 'brand' in the US and Canada as part of a deal with film-maker Handmade

Return of bank bonuses fuels a new surge in house prices

Return of huge bonuses is already pushing up the price of homes - even though City workers have yet to receive their payouts

Pig's trotters fly off the shelves as customers seek cheap meat cuts

Supermarkets say pig's trotters are flying off the shelves, and one restaurant sold out of nearly a month's supply in a week when it put them on the menu

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