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Mayor seeks City financial expert to check growing cost of Olympics
Boris Johnson is to hire a financial expert from the City to scrutinise the spiralling budget for the 2012 Olympics
Girl gang targeted my Charlotte and tried to blow her up
The mother of a teenager whose home was blown up in a suspected bomb blast has blamed London's escalating "gang culture" for the devastating attack
Three held over Jasper City Hall fraud inquiry
Three more people have been arrested in connection with the fraud inquiry into City Hall-funded projects linked to former mayor's aide Lee Jasper
Father is killed by train as he tries to retrieve gifts for his family
A father died falling from a train as he tried to jump back onboard to retrieve presents for his familyBusiness
Crisis deepens as interbank cost of borrowing jumpsLending rates between banks jumps, and Barclays write off another £1bn
Sport
Avram Grant is facing FA rap over refs rantChelsea boss is asked to explain outburst as a misconduct charge looms
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'Scumbags' who ran over father jailed for 25 years
Two brothers condemned as "scumbags and total low life" by police were jailed for a minimum of 25 and 27 years each at the Old Bailey
Synagogue walls daubed with anti-Jewish graffiti
London's Jewish community has been targeted by a wave of anti-Semitic graffiti
A-grade student, 16, runs away to be with 46-year-old grandfather
An A-grade schoolgirl has run away to be with a grandfather three times her age, it has emergedMissing make-up artist: body is found in woods
Detectives looking for missing BBC make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens have found a body six miles from her homeT-shirts, sun cream... Lord's branded new start
Lord's is planning to sell its own line of goods including polo shirts and sun creamAyckbourn hits revived at Old Vic
The Old Vic is to be transformed into a theatre in the round to stage Alan Ayckbourn's comic trilogy, The Norman Conquests
Return of Routemaster in doubt says transport chief
The Mayor's plans for a newgeneration Routemaster may not happen, his new transport boss has admittedBacon hailed the new Picasso as triptych sets £43m record
A Francis Bacon masterpiece has sold for £43 million, smashing the record price for a contemporary artworkStatuesque Amy and her new BF
Usually, you can't get Amy Winehouse out of the pub - now, it seems, you can't get her out of the art galleryBoy, five, dies of chickenpox after hospital sends him home
A five-year-old boy died of chickenpox after doctors sent him home, telling his father he was fineWould you support the use of weapons scanners at stations to combat knife crime?
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Rules relaxed for revamp of theatreland
Ministers are set to pave the way for a major revamp of West End theatres by relaxing planning rules
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
150 MPs call for a tougher test to save small shops
More than 150 MPs have demanded a tougher planning test for new supermarkets in a bid to protect small shops
3,000 small firms back campaign for free tap water
More than 3,000 small firms across London today backed the Evening Standard's Water On Tap campaign
10,000 lorries are given mirrors to save cyclists' lives
Lorry drivers in London are being handed 10,000 safety mirrors free of charge to help them spot cyclists
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