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Claire Howarth

Policeman admits murdering fiancée days before wedding

Latest: Policeman pleads guilty to murdering his police constable fiancée hours before they were due to fly out to their wedding in St Lucia  Comments 
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Oyster card revolution: One ticket for trains, Tube and buses

NEW: Mayor hails deal after years of ‘teeth gnashing’ as it was announced the Oyster card revolution in travel across Greater London will start on 2 January  Comments 

Anti-BNP protesters outside the BBC

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 

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 

General Andrew Stewart

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 


Peter Mandelson

Mandelson back in his old role as election mastermind

Lord Mandelson has started masterminding Labour's election campaign with six months until the expected polling day, according to reports  Comments 

Justine Greening

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 

Andrew Dismore and his partner Linda Julian

Sleazebuster MP attacks ‘knee-jerk’ calls to quit

Latest: London Labour MP hit out at 'knee-jerk' calls for him to quit a Commons sleaze watchdog following allegations over his expenses  Comments 

Michael McCarthy

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 

Gordon Brown and David Cameron

Cameron and Brown lock horns in battle to win backing of CBI

Gordon Brown and David Cameron went head-to-head to win the support of business leaders on growth and curbing the national deficit  Comments 

Francis Bacon

The sado-masochistic relationships that drove Bacon to create his best works

Francis Bacon was once thrown through a plate-glass window by an enraged lover, damaging his face so badly that his right eye had to be sewn back into place, according to a biographer  Comments 


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Margaret Thatcher

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 

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 

Lord Mandelson

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 

Philip Larkin

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 

Suzanne and Cameron Poole

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 

Ann and Alan Keen

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 

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Claims for flood damage soar to £100million

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

Sarah Lindsay

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 

Bob Crow

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 

Jean Charles de Menezes

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 

Mohinder Singh Pujji

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 

Old Bailey

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 

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Troops in Afghanistan

MoD spends £149m on tanks unfit for Afghanistan

Ministry of Defence spent £149 million on an "urgent" upgrade to 900 tanks that are now only being used in training exercises, it was revealed  Comments 

giant Ocado warehouse

Ocado's army gears up for Christmas

Inside a 21-acre warehouse on the outskirts of the capital, a small army is preparing for Christmas. The building, in Hatfield, is home to Ocado  Comments 

Camden high street

Camden plays it safe with £1.5m facelift

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

Tosin Cole

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 


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