Fears that Greece may default on its debts and potentially sink the euro intensify, dragging London's blue chip shares index below the 5000 mark... more
Financial experts with Greece's economic fate in their hands are back in Athens to decide whether the country qualifies for another slice of bailout money to avert bankruptcy... more
Amy Winehouse pulls out of two music festivals after appearing drunk and incoherent on stage - her spokesman says the singer could not 'perform to the best of her ability'... more
Demonstrators have encircled the Greek parliament in Athens in an attempt to stop MPs voting on even deeper austerity measures for the debt-ridden country... more
Preperations for the London Olympics are at the same stage as Athens was a day before the Games opened in the Greek capital in 2004, the chief Olympics inspector said
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Greece stops overseas post and screened thousands of parcels after a spate of bombs targeting embassies, European leaders and institutions abroad... more
London teenager who had to be put on a life-support machine after contracting swine flu while on holiday in Greece has died 15 months later in a car crash in America... more
More than 20,000 protesters march through Athens as unions challenge Greece's harsh austerity measures with their fourth general strike this year... more
Judi Dench is reprising her role as the queen of the fairies, with Peter Hall sprinkling the magic dust on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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