Senior City figures are said to be "incandescent" with the Chancellor after leaked reports of a £50 billion rescue plan devastated bank shares
Gordon Brown has moved to cement his new-found authority as Labour leader by combining next year's local and European elections on the same day
The UK is already in recession, with business confidence, profits and turnover at record lows and unemployment set to rise by up to 350,000 in the next year
Private schools are being urged to open up more of their sports facilities to state schools ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games
Thanks to pioneering surgery by this man, Andrew Orange's life has been transformed
A London magistrate has accused court colleagues of being racist and more likely to send black people to jail
Senior policemen have admitted some officers are guilty of "racist stereotyping" and "unwitting prejudice" in a document that will fuel the debate about alleged racism in forces
A man has told how he was shot three times in the street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt
A clergyman who said gay men should have sodomy warnings tattooed on their bodies has issued a "full and complete" apology
A millionaire entrepreneur plans to sue the owners of Alexandra Palace after his three-year attempt to turn the building into a £55 million hotel failed
The Philippine community in Britain criticised comedian Harry Enfield for a sketch in which a man urges his neighbour to "mount" a Filipina maid
The Duchess of Cornwall is to pull out of a royal tour with the Prince of Wales halfway through because she feels it is too "arduous", Clarence House said
A learning centre in Hampton Court Palace and the renovation of a West End baroque hotel have been named as two of the best redevelopments of historic buildings in the country
The family of a dancer killed by carbon monoxide poisoning called for the people responsible for installing a faulty boiler at her home to be prosecuted
The 10 millionth visitor will walk through the O2 Arena this week, comfortably eclipsing the figures achieved by the venue when it was the Millennium Dome
Olympics chiefs' plans for the sporting legacy of the 2012 Games took a blow as the provision of public swimming pools in London was revealed
EU finance ministers have pledged to prevent any major European bank from going bust and announced a new minimum savings guarantee that will protect depositors across the Continent
Alastair Campbell is set for a return to the political frontline ahead of next year's Euro and local elections
Overweight and obese patients are costing London health chiefs £2.2 billion a year
A judge has hit out at lawyers involved in the Wembley Stadium dispute after they ran up costs of £20 million - £1 million of which was for photocopying
Schoolchildren whose surnames begin with the letters A to L are still waiting for their Sats results
The credit crunch is driving a boom in cycling as people try to save money by turning to two wheels, according to a new report
Proposals for a reconstructed Crystal Palace are being discussed by Bromley council
The leader of a £53 million robbery is a cage fighter in a Moroccan prison, the Old Bailey heard
A police officer was warned he could face jail after he admitted having sex with a woman while on the late shift and propositioning another woman after she had been arrested
The reform of NHS dentistry which the Government began two years ago has not been not good enough, ministers admitted
This unusual 16th century portrait of a king is one of more than 70 masterpieces in a new exhibition at the National Gallery
A new radio system which allows police and the other emergency services to communicate underground is now working across the entire Tube network
Tens of thousands of motorists fined for driving in bus lanes could have their penalties overturned after a council oversight
A major diplomatic incident was averted today after claims that a US warplane had been ordered to land for unintentionally violating iran's airspace proved to be false
The far-Right BNP is exploiting the economic crisis and is close to winning seats in the European Parliament for the first time, Labour's Jon Cruddas warns
Almost two thirds of London businesses have been affected by the credit crunch and market turbulence, accountants said
Two-and-a-half years after Charles Saatchi left his last home at County Hall on the South Bank, he is unveiling his new gallery in Chelsea
A neighbourhood nicknamed "shank town" after a spate of stabbings is to adopt New York's approach to fighting crime
More than 1,000 safety lenses that help lorries spot cyclists are being given to HGV drivers around the Olympic Park
A study into the future of London's street markets is to be commissioned by Boris Johnson
A £1 million Olympic project designed to boost the health of a generation of children has been unveiled
Plans for a "London carafe" to serve tap water in thousands of restaurants across the capital were unveiled as a shortlist of 10 designs went on show at City Hall
A commuter who could not find a seat on her train but managed to squeeze into a tiny luggage space by a lavatory was fined because she was too close to first class
Five leading West End theatres are in darkness amid fears that traditional plays are being squeezed out of theatreland by the economic downturn and an excess of musicals