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Months more Albert Bridge misery

04.08.11
Residents and traders react with anger after council chiefs said Albert Bridge will not reopen until the end of the year at the earliest... more

Investors in talks to plug into Battersea project

23.06.11
The owner of Battersea Power station is in talks with up to 10 would-be investors over the £5.5 billion redevelopment of the iconic London site... more

Naked models to pose 12 feet off the ground for art degree exhibition

22.06.11
A naked model is to pose on a 12ft high shelf as part of a degree show installation for her MA at the Royal College of Art... more

Police probe girl's death fall at flats as family rejects bullying claims

31.03.11
Police are investigating after a girl of 13 fell to her death from a tower block in mysterious circumstances ... more

Five Places for: Roman pizza

24.03.11
Charles Campion selects five London hot spots for Roman pizza... more

Man killed in ‘suspicious’ blast

15.11.10
Murder squad detectives are investigating an explosion in Battersea that destroyed two homes and killed a man... more

Gordon Ramsay offers his home as collateral

03.11.10
Gordon Ramsay has offered his £3million Battersea home as security for his business debts. The restaurateur, 43, now cannot sell it without the permission of state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland ... more

Battersea power station hopes lift

29.10.10
Battersea power station developer REO raises hopes that the long-delayed £5 billion scheme may get off the ground ... more

Battersea Dogs Home opens doors for 150th anniversary

01.10.10
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home celebrates 150 years of caring for the capital’s stray animals... more

No money? No matter! Dave’s on a roll

13.04.10
Manifesto sketch: A day out in Battersea Power Station, a derelict institution under reconstruction. 'It’s symbolic,' explained a clipboard Cameronian. He did not mention the rats running around outside... more

Fury as Albert Bridge set to close for 18 months

03.02.10
Motorists face 18 months of disruption when Albert Bridge is shut from next Monday for renovation — one of four key Thames crossings undergoing maintenance and repair work... more

Pie and mash goes west with Covent Garden café

14.12.09
Café has taken the daring step of giving classic pie and mash a contemporary make-over - enough for traditionalists to get their Alan Whickers in a twist... more

Long perilous climb before Battersea is on full power

11.12.09
It was a long, slow and slightly scary climb up the side of Battersea Power Station in a builder's hoist on Monday afternoon as dusk fell and the wind blew... more

150m tower block to rise in Battersea

02.11.09
Three tower blocks - two taller than Battersea power station's chimneys - could help fund a transformation of New Covent Garden Market... more

Bus collides with two cars and ploughs into house

08.10.09
Bus driver was injured when his vehicle ploughed into a house after a collision with two cars in Battersea... more

Now US embassy scheme falls foul of architecture watchdog

05.08.09
Official design watchdog joins the Mayor in criticising plans for a new high-security US embassy building at Battersea... more

Boris v US in battle over huge American embassy

31.07.09
Boris Johnson has gone into battle with the American government over plans for a new embassy in London... more

Boris’s £850m extension to Northern line

26.06.09
Boris Johnson is planning an extension of the Northern line from Kennington to Battersea power station... more

Beating the Tube strike with a swerve and a wobble

11.06.09
I'd like to hope that drivers will become better behaved over time, for when they do, we cyclists will surely ride less aggressively in our own defence. ... more

Planners set to topple towers in Clapham

18.05.09
A £4 billion scheme for London’s busiest railway station should be abandoned, planners have said... more

Vauxhall and Battersea are in the pink

11.05.09
Taking London's Pulse: Vauxhall was once a pleasure-seeker's paradise. In the past decade, the area best known as a transport thoroughfare again became a pull for the party people. Meanwhile, neighbour Battersea attracted the yuppie overspill from across the Thames... more

Protests put paid to chimney at Battersea

26.02.09
Plans to build a giant glass chimney B rising out of an "eco-dome" at Battersea power station have been scrapped... more

Mothers left stranded as nurseries close

02.12.08
The parents of more than 250 children have been left struggling after two London nurseries shut without warning... more

Rake brings gastro progress to SW11

29.10.08
In these dark days it takes real gumption to open a new restaurant. Luckily the Bolingbroke Pub and Dining Room has a history of foolhardy courage.... more

US embassy will move to Battersea

02.10.08
The American Embassy is to quit Grosvenor Square, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Be dogmatic... and treat your children like Rover says expert

27.08.08
Small children should be taught how to behave by treating them like dogs, a senior trainer at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has claimed... more

'Suicide' Pc had been grieving for mother

29.07.08
A popular policeman twice named the Met's community constable of the year was said to have been trying to come to terms with the death of his mother when he apparently took his own life... more


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