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Commuters

Commuters face combined strikes on bus and Tube

London faces a wave of bus and Tube strikes that could cause chaos for millions of passengers as unions walkout over pay and conditions  Comments 
Pc Bill Barker

Swept away: Hero Pc dies as bridge collapses

A policeman died when he was swept away while trying to rescue a driver stranded by floods caused by the heaviest 24 hours of rain in English history  Comments 

Sir Hugh Orde

Police ‘will quit’ if Tories create elected bosses

One of Britain’s top policemen clashed with David Cameron over Tory plans for locally elected police chiefs  Comments 

Boris Johnson and Lord Rogers

Revealed: bust-up with Boris made Lord Rogers quit

Extraordinary row between Boris Johnson and one of the world's leading architects led to resignation over controversial Chelsea Barracks redevelopment  Comments 

Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton

Kinnock: ‘Flamboyant’ Blair not the president we wanted

Video: European leaders were right to reject Tony Blair’s 'flamboyance' for little-known Belgian, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock said  Comments 


David Curry

I had affair, admits Tory after quitting anti-sleaze committee

Tory MP David Curry admits having an affair only hours after quitting as chairman of Parliament’s anti-sleaze committee  Comments 

Crime scene in Stoke Newington

Knifed to death in street, teen father who feared that gang was after him

Young father stabbed to death in a north London street while out walking his dog  Comments 

Harriet Harman

PM backs Harman over ‘crash while she was on phone’

Harriet Harman given strong backing by Gordon Brown after she denies breaking law by crashing her car while using a mobile  Comments 

Geeta Aulakh with her husband Harpreet

‘Severed hand’ victim’s husband says: I’m innocent

Estranged husband held as a suspect over the killing of his wife has denied he had anything to do with her death and said he has done 'nothing wrong'

Cyclists

London's best cycling road 'like country lane'

Capital's best roads for cyclists have been revealed in the London Cycling Campaign annual awards  Comments 

BNP video featuring Wembley stadium

FA attacks BNP race rant video about Wembley

Football Association demands that a BNP promotional video featuring Wembley stadium be removed from the internet  Comments 


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Martin Amis

Martin Amis: How the sexual revolution helped destroy my sister Sally

Martin Amis tells how the sexual revolution of the Sixties and Seventies played a part in destroying his sister by putting terrifying pressure on women  Comments 

Keyboard

Tough new laws to target illegal downloaders

People who illegally download music and films could have their internet connection cut off under legislation unveiled  Comments 

Prince Charles and Delia Smith

Queen of cookery Delia is made CBE

Queen of cookery, Delia Smith, honoured by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for her work teaching Britain kitchen basics  Comments 

London street

Stamp duty break helped just 6,000 London buyers

Only 6,000 Londoners have benefited from the stamp duty holiday in its first year, figures reveal  Comments 

Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw

Our winners set Standards for theatre accolades

Former winners Patrick Stewart, Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale will be handing out the honours to new victors at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards next week  Comments 

David Haye

Murders drove David Haye to boxing success

Boxer David Haye reveals that the murders of two cousins spurred him on to become a heavyweight world champion  Comments 

Anne Tuite-Dalton and Rachel Jackson

'Queen bees' making a cottage industry out of their writing

Six women writers intend to revolutionise the book trade from their homes  Comments 

Nida Qureshi

GPs too slow to save girl, five, from swine flu, say family

Five-year-old girl suffering from swine flu died after doctors took two weeks to diagnose her illness, according to family  Comments 

Apple Store

Apple changes Regent Street to its core

Arrival of Apple Store exactly half a decade ago has transformed Regent Street into one of Europe’s leading retail shopping destinations  Comments 

Darren Raymond

Ex-criminal's chance in Hollywood

Former drug dealer from Hackney tells how he has been offered the chance to write and direct a film in Hollywood  Comments 

Edith Bowman

Radio DJ Edith to swap homes after dropping basement bid

Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman has given up her fight to build a basement beneath her home after strong opposition from neighbours  Comments 

Pitbull mauls guide dog

Blind woman tells of horror as pitbull mauls her guide dog

Video: Blind woman whose guide dog was savaged by a pitbull-type terrier in a railway station subway spoke of her fear during the attack  Comments 

Ms Correa and Mr Lindsay

Mother killed in suspected arson home attack is named

Mother killed in a suspected arson attack on her family home in Dagenham has been named

Quick Reads

Gunman kills one at Eurostar terminal

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Pilot faces court on drink charge

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Man to be sentenced for killing flatmate

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Death knell for CDs

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Women asked to strip... for feminism

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Olympic stadium

London students to test stadium for Olympic Games

Britain's leading student athletes will be the first to use the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium in a rehearsal for the 2012 Games  Comments 

Michael Burton

'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 

Cigarettes

How cigarette butts can save energy in homes

London borough is studying innovative technology that enables cigarette butts to be recycled into rolls of home insulation  Comments 

Faryl Smith

Opera star Faryl brings cheer to child patients

Children at Great Ormond Street Hospital were thrilled by a surprise visit from opera star Faryl Smith  Comments 

Mayfair’s Farm Street

£10m to make smartest streets smarter

These are the first images of a £10million scheme to reduce street clutter in Mayfair and Belgravia  Comments 


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