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Travel revolution: Oyster rail will cut fares by 30%

NEW: Some fares could fall by more than a third when Oyster is extended to every national rail station in London, it has emerged Comments

Commentary: An event to unite the capital

It’s a Royal flush at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Court turned cutting-edge drama into establishment success as it swept the board at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards Comments

Pc killed lover and faked crash just days before their wedding

Policeman jailed for life for murdering his fiancée - also a constable - by smashing her head with a hammer then staging a fake car crash to cover it up days before their Caribbean wedding Comments

Brown and Cameron join beauty pageant to woo business leaders

Britain's three main party leaders today staged a beauty pageant to woo business support ahead of the General Election 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

We’re living a nightmare say severed hand family

NEW: Family of a young mother left to die in the street with her hand cut off say they are living in a 'nightmare'

The £143,000 bill to protect BNP leader on Question Time

NEW: Taxpayers have been handed a £143,000 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

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Baby P pair face assault charges

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£15m fund for capital's artists to make films

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Police search river for missing woman

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Parents to pay £5 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

Map points to giant ocean on Mars

This is the picture scientists say shows Mars once had an ocean covering a third of its surface 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

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

Audience on their feet to sing the praises of Jerusalem's star

The audience rose in a standing ovation as Fiona Shaw announced Mark Rylance, with whom she had studied at Rada, as best actor for his lead role in Jerusalem Comments

NEW: It’s a Royal flush at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling as Jedward

Tories make Jedward jibe at Brown and Darling

The Tories jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling 'Deadwood' Comments

£10,000 is in the net with nine-goal bet

Two friends have won almost £10,000 after placing a bet on a Premiership team to score nine goals in a match 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

Andrew Dismore and his partner Linda Julian

Sleazebuster reported to watchdog over expenses

Latest: Labour MP Andrew Dismore was reported to the Standards Commissioner over his £65,000 second home expenses Comments

Paul Waugh's blog: Dismore's defence

Property boom lands firms with £1.9bn rates bombshell

London firms are to be hit with a £1.9billion increase in business rates over five years, it has emerged Comments

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

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

Thatcher set for Downing Street return

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is returning to 10 Downing Street to attend the unveiling of her portrait Comments

Blog: Brown-Thatcher reunion on No 10 steps

Tories vow to stop Harman closing early for Christmas

Conservatives sought to stop Harriet Harman closing the Commons early for Christmas Comments

Claims for flood damage soar to £100million

Video: Insurance claims for damage caused by the floods have reached £100million, it was estimated Comments

Orchestra's finance boss 'siphoned off £560,000'

Financial director of the publicly-funded London Philharmonic Orchestra faces claims that he took £560,000 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

Camden plays it safe with £1.5m facelift

Camden High Street is to get a radical overhaul to make visitors and residents safer 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

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

Now Mr & Mrs Expenses face question over £12,000 office

London's 'Mr and Mrs Expenses' are facing new questions for allegedly claiming more than £12,000 for an office at their home 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

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

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

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