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David Miliband and Tony Blair

David Miliband rules himself out of European job

NEW: David Miliband rejects the chance to become the EU's high representative and 'sees his future in British politics', according to reports  Comments 
Mrs Janes with her son Jamie

Dead soldier's mother confronts Brown over lack of equipment

Latest: Prime Minister Gordon Brown was confronted over the lack of equipment for British troops by the mother of a dead soldier when he called to offer his condolences  Comments 

Parliament

MPs locked in war of words over new video game

Political row breaks out over levels of violence in a video game as shops opened early for its release  Comments 

Killers Sheehan and Philip

Life for arsonists who murdered girl and granny

Latest: Two men were jailed for life for murdering a teenage girl and her grandmother by setting fire to their flat as they slept  Comments 

Corporal Katrina Hodge

Combat Barbie struggles to find the right kit for Miss World war

England's new entry for Miss World has already been commended by the Army for disarming an Iraqi prisoner with her bare hands  Comments 


Commuters

Thousands hit by bus walkout as workers strike over pay

NEW: Tens of thousands of bus passengers faced travel chaos as staff walked out for 24 hours over pay  Comments 

money

BT staff share £45m Euro lottery jackpot

Group of BT call centre workers from Liverpool have won Britain's biggest lottery prize, a £45.5 million share of the Euromillions jackpot  Comments 

Lisa Smith

'Driver ordered us off bus in heavy rain'

Mother tells of her disgust after a bus driver ordered her and her toddler to get off and walk in the pouring rain  Comments 

Keyboard

Email snooping powers to win go-ahead despite abuse warnings

Ministers vow to press ahead with new powers to retain the email, text message, computer and phone records of every citizen despite warnings that the safeguards against abuse are inadequate  Comments 

Gary Holmes

Olympics IT chief in N-word row accused of sexist abuse

Manager at the Olympic Delivery Authority resigned amid allegations of racist and sexist abuse of colleagues  Comments 

Najibullah Zazi

'Terror attack on New York subway' foiled by Scotland Yard tip-off

Suspected al Qaeda plot to bomb the New York subway was foiled by British anti-terror investigators, it was claimed  Comments 


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Bikes

Threat to the Mayor's cycle hire scheme

High Court challenge to one of Boris Johnson's proposed cycle hire stations could throw the Mayor's flagship scheme into chaos  Comments 

Gordon Brown and Tony Blair

Brown tells leaders to back 'president' Blair

Gordon Brown was set to give one last push to Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming EU President as heads of government gathered for the Berlin Wall celebrations  Comments 

Mark Haysom

200 students lose A-level places after college's funding collapses

Government funding fiasco forces a London college to cancel its A-level courses, leaving almost 200 students without places  Comments 

Jacqueline Gold

'Women with toy boys are fuelling demand for IVF'

Spanish fertility centre says the British women it treats are more likely to be significantly older than their partners compared with other nationalities  Comments 

David Haye

Victory was surreal... it hasn’t sunk in yet, says champion Hayemaker

Video: Victorious David Haye tells how becoming world heavyweight boxing champion was a 'surreal' experience that had not sunk in yet  Comments 

Javelin trains

Main rail lines could be closed on Sundays

Rail services on busy London routes could be closed on Sundays as train drivers refuse to work overtime  Comments 

Fatal car crash

Three killed in crashes on London roads over 24 hours

Three people were killed and two others seriously injured in three crashes on London's roads in less than 24 hours  Comments 

Lorries remove earth

50 lorries a day in West End to take Crossrail earth away

Swathe of London faces months of disruption when 50 lorries a day start carrying earth dug from the Crossrail tunnel out of the capital  Comments 

 Damien Hirst’s portrait of Joe Strummer

Stars trash their images... all for a good cause

Musicians from Paul McCartney to classical pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy have destroyed their own image to raise funds for the UK's largest children's music charity  Comments 

Home cinemas

Home cinemas replace swimming pools as must-haves for the wealthy

Home cinema replaces the swimming pool and gym as the must-have room in the modern home  Comments 

Andrew Motion

Motion 'rips off historian' in Remembrance poem

Sir Andrew Motion has been accused of 'ripping off' a military historian's research for his Remembrance Sunday poem about shell-shocked soldiers  Comments 

Rachel Weisz

Evening Standard theatre awards: Rachel Weisz and Lenny Henry fight stage giants for top prize

Stars of the British stage including Rachel Weisz, Samuel West and Lenny Henry will battle it out at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards  Comments 

William and Suzue Curley

Capital's gourmet chocolate hotspot

Britain's top chocolatier William Curley opens his first central London shop in Pimlico Green  Comments 

Angela Merkel greets Hillary Clinton

Cold War nations celebrate day the Berlin Wall was toppled 20 years ago

Thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as world leaders gathered to mark the event that triggered the end of the Cold War  Comments 

Jacqui Lait and Claire Curtis-Thomas

Women MPs ‘at risk’ under Kelly reforms

NEW: Women MPs attack plans to curb second homes and travel allowances after a minister warns that no female politician could be expected to walk the streets of London after 11pm  Comments 

Credit cards

Shoppers cut up credit cards as they pay off £1.5 trillion debt

Record numbers of shoppers are cutting up their credit cards to help rein in their spending, a survey reveals  Comments 

Quick Reads

Conran designs digs for LSE students

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Lotto winners share £91m jackpot

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The O2 is named world's top arena

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Nuclear timetable

New plants to make UK 25% nuclear by 2025

Huge expansion of nuclear power was announced as Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband argued it was crucial in the fight against global warming  Comments 

Sarah Driver-Jowitt and Martin Kelly

Hospitals teach foreign doctors how to rebuild children's faces

Britain's top plastic surgeons are heading a project to help severely disfigured children from around the world  Comments 

Andy Burnham

Minister urged to help thalidomide victim

Health Secretary asked to intervene to help a London woman denied 24-hour home care by the NHS  Comments 

West End

‘Recession vacation’ lifts West End

West End shops are enjoying an early Christmas sales boom thanks to bonus-spending City bankers and tourists taking advantage of the weak pound  Comments 

Money

2012 Olympics budget 'now £12billion'

Campaigners demand 'full transparency' on Olympic finances after it was claimed that the budget for the 2012 Games has risen to £12billion  Comments 

Go Go Pets

Go Go get your robotic hamster now ... while stocks last

Robotic hamsters are the new must-have toys this Christmas, sales figures showed  Comments 

Keir Starmer QC

DPP: It's time to stop giving cautions to violent offenders

Pressure grows on Government to restrict the use of cautions to deal with thousands of serious offences as the country's chief prosecutor urges a review of out-of-court justice  Comments 

Football fan brushing his teeth

Football fan brushes his teeth as Chelsea paste United

Video: Football fan becomes an instant internet hit when he appears on TV brushing his teeth in the stands at Stamford Bridge  Comments 

Shahid Malik

Games' Legacy minister 'is failing to make voice heard'

As minister for Olympic legacy, Shahid Malik's onerous task is to help deliver the jobs, homes and regeneration the Government promised as a benefit to Londoners of hosting the 2012 Games  Comments 


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