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Oyster card revolution: One ticket for trains, Tube and buses

NEW: Mayor hails deal after years of ‘teeth gnashing’ as it was announced the Oyster card revolution in travel across Greater London will start on 2 January Comments

Claims for flood damage soar to Ł100million

Insurance claims for damage caused by the floods have reached Ł100million, it was estimated Comments

Showbiz: Katie Price quits I'm A Celebrity over bug diet

Katie Price has fled the I'm A Celebrity jungle after she was voted by the public to face yet another bushtucker trial Comments

Boris deputy peddles story of his credit fraud shame

NEW: Boris Johnson's disgraced former deputy mayor is trying to sell the story of his downfall to the highest bidder Comments

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling as Jedward

Cameron and Brown lock horns in battle to win backing of CBI

Gordon Brown and David Cameron went head-to-head to win the support of business leaders on growth and curbing the national deficit Comments

Andrew Dismore and his partner Linda Julian

Sleazebuster MP attacks ‘knee-jerk’ calls to quit

Latest: London Labour MP hit out at 'knee-jerk' calls for him to quit a Commons sleaze watchdog following allegations over his expenses Comments

The Ł143,000 bill to protect BNP leader on Question Time

NEW: Taxpayers have been handed a Ł143,000 bill for protecting BNP leader Nick Griffin during his appearance on Question Time, it has emerged Comments

Teenager to face court on 'mutilation' murder charge

NEW: Teenager will appear in court charged with the murder of a mother-of-two who was left dying and mutilated in the street

Sport Sport feed

Football: Five-star Jermain Defoe sets himself two more goals

Jermain Defoe has set himself a double target after earning his place in history by scoring five goals in Tottenham’s amazing 9-1 win over Wigan Comments

Cricket: My batsmen hold the key to success, says Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss believes the form of his batsmen will make the ultimate difference in the one-day series with South Africa Comments

Perfect chance for Andy Murray to prove he is the best of the best

British No1 looks well placed to go all the way in season finale as the cream of men’s tennis do battle at the O2 Arena Comments

Business Business feed

Chewing over their position: Nestlé boss Paul Bulcke and his board fear that a combined Kraft/Cadbury could threaten their market share

Likely bid war for Cadbury sends shares to record high

Cadbury shares raced to another record high this morning as investors bet that a fierce bidding war for control of the 185-year old company is about to breakout Comments

Divis hit as water giants are hung out to dry in Ofwat price review

Water giants Severn Trent and United Utilities are set to be hit so hard by this week’s Ofwat price review that they will have to slash their dividends by a fifth Comments

Murdoch mulls Microsoft move to charge for content

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has held talks with Microsoft about the publisher being paid revenues by Microsoft’s search engine Bing if it “de-indexes” its news content from arch-rival Google Comments

Entertainment Entertainment feed

Music: Acoustic Florence gives a lung-bursting show

When the dust has settled, 2009 has still been the year of Florence Welch and her trusty Machine and Lungs its finest, if most unsettling, album Comments

Theatre: Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'

Shortlisted at today's Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels Comments

Music: Sound check: Green is the new rock'n'roll

Musicians are realising that there are plenty of ways they can help save the planet — without making the rest of us cringe. Comments

Showbiz: Out of tune Jedward run out of luck as they are voted off X Factor

Simon Cowell called the duo an "unstoppable machine" but X Factor twins John and Edward have finally been kicked out of the show Comments

Music: The Tsarina's Slippers is well-shod but shoddy

This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market that’s unlikely to win converts to opera. Comments

Showbiz: Taylor Swift hits shops before becoming musical royalty

Taylor Swift showed she is like any other teenage girl as she shopped with her mother in London — hours before being crowned the new queen of pop at the American Music Awards Comments

Music: Esperanza Spalding a bright hope on the double bass

Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding Comments

Theatre: Coming of age in the cold with The Fahrenheit Twins

As the dark nights beckon, it's oddly comforting to be transported to one of Earth’s coldest places with The Fahrenheit Twins. Comments

Life & Style

Christian Koch and Bec Whitby with celebrity chef Gary Rhodes

Meet my Friday night friend

Blown out by your mates at the 11th hour? New to London and chumless? Try social website Fridaynightsucks, an innovative way to make new, platonic friends, says Christian Koch Comments

Smash hit: Andy Murray swings into London

Andy Murray is the sporting hero of Middle England - a strange position for a Scot to find himself in. And after a shaky start with the public, he's learning to play the game, finds Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Comments

A reel life: Jordan Scott

Her father made Gladiator and her uncle made Top Gun, so it was inevitable that Jordan Scott, Ridley's daughter, would end up in the family business. Comments

Fashion: Cara Delevingne unleashes her inner Alice

The excellent Delevingne DNA strikes again. This time it is Cara, 17, Poppy's younger sister, hot on the heels of her model sibling. Cara Delevingne unleashes her inner Alice and goes on a fashion adventure Comments

Leigh Lezark - My London

Leigh Lezark, 25, is a DJ with the Misshapes, and has modelled for H&M, Gap and Mango. Her boyfriend is the actor Max Minghella. Comments

Anti-collision kit tested out on Toronto's Highway 401

As new anti-collision kit goes on sale in the UK, Jeremy Hart tests it on one of the world's most daunting motorways Comments

Travel: Relive the renaissance in Florence

Florence has moved on since Sarah Sands last visited - this time it was a hotel created out of two palaces that proved the highlight Comments

Look After London: Watching the public enjoy the London Wetland Centre is fantastic

Nicholas Hurry decided he would start volunteering at the London Wetland Centre on the grounds that “they had a much bigger garden than I did” Comments

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