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Boris Johnson's deputy 'misled public'

Boris Johnson's deputy faces damaging new allegations that he misled the public by claiming to be a magistrate Comments

Laurent Bonomo with his fiancée Mary Bertez

Robbers 'tortured French students for bank details'

Detectives investigating the murder of two French students in London revealed that several items including mobile phones had been stolen from their flat Comments

Spy chief in poison mystery

Britain's leading spy is fighting for his life after he mysteriously fell into a coma Comments

Another knife victim: Stabbed 16-year-old dies after begging for his mother

The latest teenage victim of London's knife crime crisis was chased like an animal and left pleading for his mother as he lay dying in the street Comments

Burrell detective to head 75-strong knife crime squad

Flat I bought for £175,000 last year is now worth less than £100,000

A property investor who bought a flat at the height of the housing boom has ended up in a negative equity nightmare Comments

House prices plunge 3% in London's top areas

Business

Bradford & Bingley shares dive as TPG walks away
US private-equity house walks away from deal to bail out bank

No respite for UBS | John Lewis shoppers cutting back

Sport

Silverstone loses British Grand Prix
Silverstone loses battle to remain home of British Grand Prix

Lewis: I've got car to win | Owais snubs chance to impress

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Fans cheer last British tennis hope

Reigning champion Roger Federer may be playing in the men's semi-finals, but at Wimbledon there was no doubt about the big attraction today - British teenage sensation Laura Robson Comments

Are sisters doin' it for themselves?

London MPs boost pay and expenses by sitting on hands

London MPs are pocketing a huge cash bonanza from the taxpayer, the Standard can reveal Comments

£25,000 prize to design the new Routemaster

A top prize of £25,000 is on offer for whoever designs the best new Routemaster bus Comments

Andrew Gilligan: Whatever you do - don't renege on the Routemaster

A beacon of hope and a fight for survival

Boris Johnson is facing his first crisis as London mayor with the allegations of financial irregularities against his new deputy, Ray Lewis Comments

20 victims of 7/7 blasts still waiting for payout

Twenty victims of the 7/7 London bombings have yet to receive a penny, and more than 70 cases have still to be fully settled three years after the attacks, the Evening Standard can reveal Comments

'Blacked-up' actor used in police job test

Britain's elite crime-fighting force faced accusations of racism after it used a "blacked-up" white actor to play an African official as part of a recruitment process Comments

First woman to give birth at a London NHS hospital tells her story

The first woman to give birth in a London NHS hospital spoke out about her experience to mark the 60th anniversary of the health service Comments

BBC licence fee 'will be gone in a decade'

The BBC licence fee will be scrapped within 10 years and the corporation "dismantled" to become just one TV channel and one radio station, a damning new report claims Comments

The cloned car running up £1,000 in unpaid fines

A businessman who has never driven in London faced £1,000 in congestion charge and parking fines after fraudsters cloned his Range Rover Comments

£5m 'lost' Watteau goes on show

Long lost paintings are going back on public view for the first time in nearly two centuries Comments

One contest TV host Fern Britton won't be entering

A private London obesity clinic is giving away free fat-busting operations to patients who can't get treatment on the NHS Comments

Vogue tips London teenager as world's next supermodel

A London teenager has been named one of the world's most promising young models by Vogue Comments

Probation checks not sound, says new report

London probation chiefs today face a second critical report into their work to protect the public from criminals freed into the community Comments

From a Peugeot... to this, in just 30 seconds

This is the secret London compound where hundreds of cars are crushed each week because they do not have valid tax discs Comments

The cloned car running up £1,000 in unpaid fines

Marking fiasco delays SATs scores 'for weeks'

Thousands of children who took national tests in English, maths and science this summer may not find out their marks before the end of term due to "unacceptable" marking delays Comments

Muslims feel like Jews of Europe, says minister

A minister has warned that many British Muslims feel "like the Jews of Europe" Comments

Burrell detective to head 75-strong knife crime squad

A senior detective who once led the ill-fated inquiry into former royal butler Paul Burrell is to head a task force tackling London's gang and knife crime epidemic Comments