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Why did they kill him with five bullets?

Pressure is mounting on the police as inquest raises fresh questions over the shooting of a top Chelsea barrister Comments (7)

Boris Johnson and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Mayors united ... Johnson and Bloomberg team up

A partnership deal between New York and London is unveiled as Mayor Michael Bloomberg met Boris Johnson on a lightning trip to Britain Comments

Ken spies on Boris and warns him: I'll be back every month

Ken Livingstone returns to City Hall, exactly a week after he lost his position of Mayor of London to Tory rival Boris Johnson Comments

Mayors united ... Johnson and Bloomberg team up

BA risks running New York service from T5 in weeks

British Airways is to shift its flagship New York service to Terminal Five in early June Comments

Who paid to free Abu Qatada? Kember, the Iraq hostage who didn’t thank his SAS rescuers

A former British hostage held in Iraq has helped pay the bail for jailed radical preacher Abu Qatada Comments (3)

Business

'20,000 City jobs will go' in credit crunch fallout
London is set to lose nearly 20,000 financial services jobs

HMV wipes out debt | Hopes for thaw between BP & Russia

Sport

Title battle erupts into war of words
Avram Grant accuses Fergie of showing Bolton a lack of respect

Hleb set to leave, says agent | Stalteri: Fulham future is bright

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Bloody killer seized at Tube

A killer wielding a bloody knife was wrestled to the ground by a Tube worker in a dramatic struggle Comments

Hunt for girl gang who caused trouble outside blast homes

Police are searching for a gang of girls seen outside the Harrow houses which were ripped apart by a massive explosion that left one man dead Comments

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2012 chiefs face village costs grilling

Concerns over the mounting costs of the athletes' village are to be raised during an inspection of the 2012 project by the IOC Comments

Boris and the 2012 legacy

Don McCarthy with wife Diane and their children, Hannah, 18, and John, 14

House of Fraser boss gives Ł1m to Marsden in tribute to his wife

The chairman of House of Fraser gives £1 million to the Royal Marsden Hospital in memory of his wife Comments

New Mayor must stop our schools separating out along race lines, equality chief warns

Britain's equalities chief Trevor Phillips warns Boris Johnson about schools "gradually separating out" along racial lines Comments (5)

Coup for Boris as BBC's Harri agrees to be his spin doctor

Boris Johnson has signed up former BBC political correspondent Guto Harri as his chief spin doctor, the Standard can reveal Comments

Teen gangs: Met urges parents to take control

A top policeman today demands that parents take responsibility for their children as two sets of teenagers face jail for the murders of two schoolboys Comments

Tories use London takeover as 'dry run' for government

David Cameron is using Boris Johnson's takeover of City Hall as a "dry run" for his own first 100 days in government, the Standard has been told Comments

World's biggest cargo ships will head for capital's new Ł1.5bn port

The first major London port in more than a century is to be built, bringing some of the world's hugest cargo ships to the capital's doorstep Comments

200,000 expected in East End for Europe's largest open-air Asian festival

Up to 200,000 people are expected in the East End for Europe's largest open-air Asian festival Comments

Third of all new homes being built on gardens

A third of new homes are being built on land that used to be someone's garden Comments

Bee Gees honoured with Mayfair plaque

The Bee Gees are to be honoured for their contribution to music with a commemorative green plaque at the home of their former manager Robert Stigwood Comments

Harrods frontage set for deep clean

The 100-year-old Harrods frontage in Brompton Road is disappearing for nine months while it is cleaned Comments

Cavalry comes to rescue at Chelsea hospital pageant

The Royal Hospital Chelsea's first pageant for 100 years will feature Judi Dench, Rory Bremner, Timothy Spall and Michael Portillo Comments

Are the suburbs as much part of London as the inner city?

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Commuter who can't get a seat is fined for standing in luggage space near first class

A commuter who could not find a seat on her train but managed to squeeze into a tiny luggage space by a lavatory was fined because she was too close to first class Comments (15)