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Frederick Moody

City's 21st stab victim killed near MP's home

A teenager has been stabbed to death outside a row of £1million homes - the 21st to be killed in London this year  Comments 

Boris Johnson

Councils sign up to Boris alcohol ban on under-21s

A ban on selling alcohol to young adults looks set to be rolled out across London after councils gave their backing to the groundbreaking anti-binge drinking plan  Comments 



Anne Darwin

Canoe wife 'wanted to keep family together' with lies

Anne Darwin claimed she had no idea she was breaking the law by pretending her husband was dead to claim insurance money
Friends of Ben Kinsella wore fancy dress at his funeral

Fancy dress for Ben's funeral

Friends of Ben Kinsella, the teenager stabbed to death in north London, wore fancy dress to celebrate his life  Comments 


Business

John Varley Bank pair raise £8bn - but may need more
HBOS and Barclays secure a combined £8.5bn in fresh capital

Sport

Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers loses Beijing battle
Sprinter loses High Court bid to be allowed to compete at Olympics

 

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New design of Tate Modern's extension

First view: a new angle to the Tate Modern extension

A plan for a glass ziggurat to house the £215 million extension to the Tate Modern has been dropped  Comments 
Mark Saunders

Family of barrister shot dead by police win court review

The sister of a barrister shot dead by police after a five-hour siege in Chelsea has launched the first stage of a landmark legal case  Comments 

£9.2bn borrowing surge as Brown loosens rules

Public sector borrowing surged by £9.2billion last month as the economic slowdown hammered public finances  Comments 
Tarique Ghaffur

Lawyer in Ghaffur's Met battle is fighting his own £10m race case

The lawyer hired by Tarique Ghaffur in his legal showdown with the Metropolitan Police, is himself fighting his own £10million discrimination claim  Comments 

George Soros

Is Soros taking his biggest gamble ever?

The buzz in the City is that George Soros, the greatest speculator of the age, is betting heavily that the FTSE will plummet  Comments 

Revealed: Labour's most radical benefits shake-up

The Government's entire welfare reforms - including plans to scrap Income Support and make thousands of disabled people look for work - have been leaked to the Evening Standard  Comments 

Dame Shirley Porter

Westminster to build 500 affordable homes

A council is building more than 500 affordable homes in the heart of London, in the biggest public housing scheme of its kind for a generation  Comments 
Sir Richard Branson

Virgin being wooed to run 'supersurgery' in Camden

Billionaire Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is being wooed to run polyclinics in London  Comments 

Gas boss: It's time to wear two jumpers

Householders were facing a new blow on gas bills with a warning they could soar by two thirds within two years  Comments 
Gordon Brown

We're all going on a summer holiday ... near home to save cash

The urge for long-haul holidays in exotic locations has taken a major hit thanks to the credit crunch and the the Terminal 5 fiasco  Comments 

McCanns will be cleared and want all Maddy files

Kate and Gerry McCann will demand complete access to police files when they are finally cleared on Monday of any involvement in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine  Comments 

New high-speed rail 'would end need for Heathrow expansion'

Plans for a new high-speed rail service are to be revealed on Monday in a bid to demolish the case for expansion at Heathrow  Comments 

Brooke Kinsella

'Enough is enough', says sister of murdered teen

The sister of Ben Kinsella, one of the 21 teenagers to be killed in London this year, today issued an emotional plea as he was buried, saying: "Enough is enough"  Comments 

Ticket inspectors stole cash fares in card scam

Two married ticket inspectors have admitted using stolen credit cards to pocket thousands of pounds in fares  Comments 

Buskers fear TfL will scrap Tube pitches

Buskers could disappear from Tube stations because of a change in management, it was claimed  Comments 
Ostrich carcass

Dr Gunther's zoo of death

The corpse of a 16ft tall giraffe, treated with chemicals to preserve its body, will the centrepiece of the O2 Centre's new blockbuster  Comments 

Crashed bendy bus

The bendy bus that didn't

A bendy bus caused traffic jams in the West End after it failed to negotiate a bend and smashed into a bollard  Comments 

Brown links 'compromised think-tank's neutrality'

A think-tank which staged at least 42 events at 11 Downing Street while Gordon Brown was Chancellor has been rapped for compromising its independence  Comments 

Singer wins 'bigot' libel claim

Yusuf Islam, the former Cat Stevens, accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a claim he was a sexist bigot who wouldn't speak to women not wearing a veil  Comments 
Graham Barnett, Pierre Evans, Peter Whear, Nisha Deenoo, Jarvey Torres and Ashleigh Christie of Haling School

You've messed up our Sats, minister

Children and parents caught up in the Sats marking fiasco condemned Schools Secretary Ed Balls for refusing to apologise  Comments 

Police hurt by girls rioting over litter

A policeman was bitten and his colleague bruised when they were attacked by a large group of teenagers in a confrontation over litter  Comments 

Drivers avoid C-charge by parking outside zone

Drivers are leaving their cars on the edge of the congestion charge zone to avoid the toll  Comments 


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Campaign Update

Lily Allen shares her ideas on combating knife crime with the Mayor at City Hall

Lily Allen becomes the Mayor's latest adviser

Boris Johnson has promised to tackle gun and knife crime by giving those who missed out on education a second chance  Comments 
Tap water

Official: London tap water is the best in Britain

London's tap water has been rated the best in Britain by scientists  Comments 
Save Our Small Shops

Traders ask Mayor to save Latin-American market

Market traders have appealed to Mayor Boris Johnson to save them from developers  Comments 
 

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