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Jubilee Line

Another six months of closures on Jubilee line to finish botched upgrade

Passengers using the Jubilee line face another six months of weekend closures to allow a botched upgrade to be completed  Comments 
Tony Blair with the troops

Iraq inquiry: No guilty verdicts and Tony Blair won’t be put on trial

BREAKING NEWS: No politician, military chief or official will be found guilty by the Iraq war inquiry, its chairman said  Comments 

Ofsted’s Christine Gilbert

'One in three schools is mediocre or even worse'

Children in a third of state schools suffer an education that is 'mediocre or worse', Ofsted warned  Comments 

Squatters

Nigella gets new neighbours as squatters move in

Serial squatters have taken over a house in the same Belgravia square that is home to Nigella Lawson and her art collector husband Charles Saatchi  Comments 

Paris Velib scheme

Fears for Boris's £71m bike hire scheme as Paris taxpayers bail out Velib

New fears about the cost of Boris Johnson's bike-hire plan emerged after Paris was forced to bail out its scheme  Comments 


Baby P

Lessons not being learned from Baby P tragedy

Councils are still failing to protect children from abuse - one year on from the Baby P scandal, inspectors warn  Comments 

Scotland Yard

Police 'broke law not telling suspects why they were held'

Police broke the law by holding the terror suspects for up to two weeks without revealing the allegations against them, today's report reveals  Comments 

Bob Quick

Intercept evidence would do more harm than good says terrorism watchdog

Allowing intercept evidence in terror trials would 'be wholly at odds with the national interest', the Government's terrorism watchdog said  Comments 

Prashant Patel

'Families at risk' as chemists sell paternity test kits

DNA experts and religious groups have warned over the use of a paternity testing kit that is being sold over the counter for the first time in Britain  Comments 

No orders: the chain, in Oxford Street and elsewhere, is in difficulties

Website closure prompts fear for Borders’ chances of survival

Fresh fears were raised over the survival of High Street bookseller Borders after its website closed to trading and staff at stores said they had been told to stop accepting advance orders  Comments 

Ed Miliband

Minister rubbishes Tory recycling reward plans

Cabinet minister Ed Miliband accused the Tories of a 'greenwash' after they unveiled plans to slash energy bills and waste  Comments 


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Brian and Christine Thomas

Dream killer husband told: Sleep alone

Husband who walked free after strangling his wife during a nightmare reveals he has been told by psychiatrists never to sleep with anyone again  Comments 

Olympic Park

Latest view of games site as inspectors prepare to check on progress

Here is the latest view of the 600-hectare Olympic Park - ready for a key inspection by international Games chiefs this week  Comments 

Parliament

MPs and Peers referred to CPS over expenses

Video: Police investigating allegations of expenses fraud in Parliament referred four MPs and peers to the Crown Prosecution Service  Comments 

Christina and Olaf Schmid

Bomb expert’s widow tells MPs to ‘show passion’ for Afghan mission

Bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid’s widow urged the public to back British troops in Afghanistan as she prepares to bury her husband  Comments 

Ben Fogle

Flesh-eating bug danger for tourists

Popularity of eco-tourism is to blame for a big rise in people contracting tropical diseases, a London professor warned  Comments 

Street performers at Edinburgh Fringe

London takes on Edinburgh in fringe festival fixture clash

London is laying down the artistic gauntlet to Edinburgh and launching its own city-wide fringe festival next August  Comments 

Steven Barker and Baby P

Baby P killer challenges rape conviction of two-year-old girl

One of the trio jailed over the death of Baby Peter is challenging his conviction for the rape of a two-year-old girl at the Court of Appeal

Sarah Wain

She can fix it: Sarah the builder is in top 10

Former Savile Row manager who followed her dream of a career in construction is the first woman builder to be ranked among Britain's 10 best tradespeople  Comments 

Claire Howarth

Pc killed lover and faked crash just days before their wedding

Policeman jailed for life for murdering his fiancée - also a constable - by smashing her head with a hammer then staging a fake car crash to cover it up days before their Caribbean wedding  Comments 

New Oyster commuter map of London

Travel revolution: Oyster rail will cut fares by 30%

Some fares could fall by more than a third when Oyster is extended to every national rail station in London, it has emerged  Comments 

Ben Gardner murder witness

Police issue image of third 'Halloween hat' murder witness

Detectives investigating the Halloween murder of Ben Gardner issued a CCTV image of a potentially crucial witness  Comments 

Dr Clive Debenham and Simon Darfoor

Harley Street dentist closes after six months with £4.5million debt

Leading London cosmetic dentist has gone bust owing millions of pounds after moving into one of the most prestigious addresses in Harley Street.  Comments 

Rose Fitzpatrick

Met chief tells of her rise 90 years on from the first women recruits

One of England's most senior policewomen tells of her battle with sexism, as the Met marks 90 years since the first female officers were admitted to the force  Comments 

Quick Reads

Footballer fined for drink-driving

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£15m fund for capital's artists to make films

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Jordan Wimmer

City boss 'sent jobseeker vile sexually explicit email in Latin'

A hedge fund boss being sued for £4 million by a female employee sent a sexually explicit email in Latin to a young woman looking for work, a tribunal heard

Fury at academy consultants' £1m fees

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The Underground

Tube workers back pre-Christmas action over pay

Commuters on the London Undergound face pre-Christmas disruption after engineering and electrical workers voted for industrial action in a row over pay  Comments 

Lenny Henry and Dawn French

It’s a Royal flush at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Royal Court turned cutting-edge drama into establishment success as it swept the board at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards  Comments 

Scotland Yard

Boy, four, stabbed to death in his home

Latest: Detectives launch inquiry after a four-year-old boy was found stabbed to death at his home in south east London  Comments 

Sarkosy in Simpsons

Le doh! Sarkozys star on Simpsons

A caricature of French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni on The Simpsons has become a sensation on the French language internet  Comments 


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