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David Cameron: My faith and fear of failure

EXCLUSIVE: David Cameron reveals his faith in God, his fear of failure and his dread that another of his children could die  Comments 
Victim’s bike outside the Caledonia chicken takeaway in Harlesden

Man, 20, is stabbed to death after row in takeaway shop

A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death and left lying in a 'huge pool of blood' after a row broke out in a London fast food restaurant

Shannen Vickers, described as “popular”, and grandmother Pauline Adams

Thugs murdered teenage girl and grandmother over £15 debt

Two thugs were convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering a teenage girl and her grandmother in a fire they started over a £15 debt  Comments 

 John Barnes and Kerry Katona

Record levels of bankruptcies as middle class and famous are hit

Number of borrowers collapsing under the weight of their debts has soared to an all-time high  Comments 

Nadine Dorries

MP tells of sex pest in the cloakroom as Tory defends his bottom slap

Fresh 'sexism in the Commons' allegations emerged as a woman Tory MP reveals a Labour backbencher propositioned her  Comments 


Woman in swine flu mask

Severe swine flu cases 'snowballing' in London

Almost a quarter of the country's most seriously ill swine flu victims are in London hospitals, figures show  Comments 

Sgt Kimberly Munley

Policewoman is massacre hero as she stops muslim major on rampage

Woman police officer was hailed a heroine after she tackled a gunman on a killing rampage at America’s biggest military base  Comments 

Vanessa George

Judge: Parents can choose to know about sex abuse

Parents whose children may have been abused by nursery worker Vanessa George can choose to know if their children were among her victims  Comments 

Peter Mandelson

Europe needs Blair’s style of leadership says Mandelson

Lord Mandelson launches last-ditch push for Tony Blair to become EU President as he warns that Brussels needs strong 'leadership' to compete on the global stage  Comments 

Whisky

Drunk social worker offered detox patient a double whisky

Social worker who offered to buy a double whisky in a pub for a client he had helped through detox was struck off  Comments 

Rachel Christie

Linford Christie's niece forced to return Miss England crown after brawl

Miss England hands back her crown after alleged nightclub brawl with fellow beauty queen over her boyfriend


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Heathrow, British Airways, climate change

BA’s battle with costs goes on as deficit spirals higher

Costs are falling and its aircraft are flying fuller, but British Airways said it has yet to turn a corner in the worst airline slump on record  Comments 

Maureen Cosgrove

Unemployed man throttles mother of pregnant girlfriend

An unemployed man who strangled the millionaire mother of his pregnant girlfriend was convicted this afternoon after being bugged praying to God for forgiveness  Comments 

RBS

RBS loses another £1.5bn with more pain on the way

Royal Bank of Scotland, which this week was promised another £33.5 billion of taxpayers’ money, says it lost a further £1.5 billion in the past three months  Comments 

Parliament

Senior MPs ‘use delaying tactics to avoid paying back expenses’

Senior MPs threatened to defy demands to repay expenses that were deemed to be over-claimed by auditor Sir Thomas Legg  Comments 

Scones

Jam or cream first? The great scone debate ...

It is the great question facing anyone with a serious interest in tea time: what goes on scones first - the cream or the jam?  Comments 

Regimental Sergeant Major Darren Chant and Nausheen

Mother of shot soldier: 'Afghanistan was living hell for my son'

Mother of a soldier killed with four colleagues by a rogue Afghan policeman reignites the row over a shortage of equipment for British troops  Comments 

Gordon Brown in Afghanistan

Brown: Britain 'will not walk away' from Afghan mission

Latest: Britain cannot afford to 'walk away' from the mission in Afghanistan if it is to prevent future terrorist attacks, the PM will warn  Comments 

David Cameron

Cameron branded ‘pathetic’ as Tory duo quit over U-turn

David Cameron hit by two Tory resignations and denounced as 'pathetic' and 'autistic' by the French foreign minister over his new policies on Europe  Comments 

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens

High School Musical fans get their own shot at fame

All over the world, children have dreamed of appearing in High School Musical  Comments 

Car being towed

'Big brother' plan to spot-check and tow cars owing more than three fines

Legally parked vehicles could be towed away as traffic wardens in London are to do spot checks, hunting for vehicles with a backlog of unpaid tickets  Comments 

Jermain Defoe

Tottenham star Jermain Defoe in speeding appeal

England footballer Jermain Defoe is due to appear in court to appeal against a speeding conviction  Comments 

Old Bailey

£3,000-a-night casino card sharp is jailed

NEW: One of the world's most notorious casino cheats has been jailed for a three-year fraud spree across Britain  Comments 

Children paddling

‘Don’t let pupils paddle without risk assessment’

Children must never be allowed to go paddling on school trips unless teachers have conducted a thorough risk assessment first, the Government said today  Comments 

St Pancras

Champagne bar opens at 7am as St Pancras mall does a sparkling trade

Profits soar at St Pancras station mall as shoppers and champagne drinkers propel it into a top destination in its own right  Comments 

Quick Reads

Swine flu cases rise to 84,000

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Met's coup dossier on Mark Thatcher

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Boho Fitzrovia revived with 'arty' boutiques

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Children curate 'secrets of the Wallace' show

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Post deal pledges 'radically different' culture

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efit of the rapist

DNA tests on 2,000 men but still the Night Stalker is free

Detectives hunting Britain's most wanted serial rapist-burglar have obtained more than 2,000 DNA samples from potential suspects in an attempt to end his 19-year crime spree  Comments 

Nicola Fisher

It's disgusting says protester 'beaten' at vigil for G20 victim

Woman allegedly beaten by a police sergeant hiding his ID number today called Met plans to destroy photographs of officers 'disgusting'  Comments 

Dutch collector Louis Reijtenbagh’s Jeune Arabe by Kees van Dongen

£109m New York art sale echoes the good old days

Art prices soared back to pre-crash levels in New York as bidders from Europe, China and Russia broke sales records for Impressionist and modern pictures  Comments 

Spandau Ballet

Spandau's Tony Hadley wins Gold in his home city

Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has been honoured for his contribution to music in a celebration of what makes London great to visit.  Comments 

Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret reveals plan for London store

American lingerie chain Victoria's Secret plans to open its first big British store in central London  Comments 

Alistair Darling

'Let's get on' with climate fight, urges Alistair Darling

NEW: Chancellor Alistair Darling urges finance ministers from the world's leading economies to 'get on' with tackling climate change  Comments 

Cathy Asante with Ghanaian nurses

London medics save sight of 200 in Ghana

Team of London eye specialists save the sight of hundreds of people in West Africa by performing vital operations for free  Comments 


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