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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

Sikh pilot: Spitfire is not BNP's to use

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

Commentary: An event to unite the capital

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

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

US military chiefs ‘like Martians’ to our troops in Iraq

Deep splits between British and American military chiefs were laid bare before the Iraq war inquiry hears claims that Tony Blair failed to prepare troops for the aftermath of the invasion 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

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

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Police search river for missing woman

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Ł15m fund for capital's artists to make films

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Terminal 2 checks in last passengers

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Parents to pay Ł5 a minute if they pick up children late

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Governors of funding fiasco 'should resign'

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Portobello belle

Taylor Swift hits shops before becoming musical royalty

I’m out of here

On her way home: Katie Price leaves the jungle

The sado-masochistic relationships that drove Bacon to create his best works

Francis Bacon was once thrown through a plate-glass window by an enraged lover, damaging his face so badly that his right eye had to be sewn back into place, according to a biographer Comments

Property boom lands firms with Ł1.9bn rates bombshell

London firms are to be hit with a Ł1.9billion increase in business rates over five years, it has emerged Comments

De Menezes compensation 'cut because his family is poor'

Family of Jean Charles de Menezes are set to receive a reduced compensation package from Scotland Yard because they are so poor, according to reports Comments

First picture of teenager run over after being stabbed

First picture: This is the teenager who was stabbed and then run over in Stoke Newington Comments

Claims for flood damage soar to Ł100million

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

Mandelson back in his old role as election mastermind

Lord Mandelson has started masterminding Labour's election campaign with six months until the expected polling day, according to reports Comments

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Berlusconi, the hitman and a call girl's memoirs

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Killer high heels are here to stay for fashionistas

Katie Price quits - now the show can go on

The Hand of Frog and wikiwhacking

Heads attack Mandelson over ‘sinister’ Oxbridge entry policy targets

Lord Mandelson faces a backlash from some of Britain’s leading schools over his 'sinister' plan to force Oxford and Cambridge to take more working-class pupils Comments

New 'intelligent' train which tells passengers where to sit

Train which tells passengers where to stand on the platform in order to get a seat could be operating on south London commuter services by 2013 Comments

Skater switches from blades to bike for 2012

Speed skater Sarah Lindsay is to swap her blades for a bike in a bid for Olympic glory in her home city in 2012 Comments

Larkin letters reveal love for parents he pilloried in poem

Philip Larkin may accuse his mum and dad in verse of 'f***ing him up', but new letters reveal he shared a close bond with his parents Comments

Friends, mandem, lend me your ears ... actors stage Julius Caesar in street slang

Group of young actors have re-invented Julius Caesar as a cautionary tale of violence in urban London - with Shakespeare's script partly rewritten in street language Comments

Now Mr & Mrs Expenses face question over Ł12,000 office

London's 'Mr and Mrs Expenses' are facing new questions for allegedly claiming more than Ł12,000 for an office at their home Comments

Orchestra's finance boss 'siphoned off Ł560,000'

Financial director of the publicly-funded London Philharmonic Orchestra faces claims that he took Ł560,000 to fund an extravagant lifestyle Comments

Rail union boss to appear on Have I Got News For You

Railway workers' leader Bob Crow is to become the first ever trade union official to appear on TV's Have I Got News For You, it was announced Comments

'My Mastermind score was a prank, seven is spiritual number for me'

Contestant who made history by scoring the joint worst total on Mastermind claims his embarrassing performance was a prank Comments

MoD spends Ł149m on tanks unfit for Afghanistan

Ministry of Defence spent Ł149 million on an "urgent" upgrade to 900 tanks that are now only being used in training exercises, it was revealed Comments

Spitfire is not BNP's to use, says Sikh pilot who fought the Nazis

One of the last surviving Indian Second World War fighter pilots has launched an attack on the BNP after it used images of a Spitfire in its campaign Comments

Quarter of magistrates' courts could close in London shake-up

Magistrates warn that government plans to close as many as a quarter of London's courts could undermine public confidence in the capital's justice system Comments