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After hundreds of closures, one post office reopens for business

18.11.09
First local post office to reopen in London following the loss of more than 450 branches in six years is back in business ... 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

Second wobbly bridge for London

27.10.09
New 'wobbly' bridge could be built across the Thames to provide better links to the last-remaining major regeneration area in central London... more

US refuses to pay £50m VAT for new embassy

28.08.09
American government refuses to pay £50 million tax bill on the construction of its proposed new embassy in London... more

'Use Crossrail levy to extend Tube'

24.08.09
London council is calling for millions of pounds of Crossrail cash to be diverted to extend the Tube network... more

Coolest ice cream parlours in town

19.08.09
A new breed of dessert bar has hit the capital, offering top-notch ice cream and first-rate frozen yogurt (ice cream's more virtuous cousin) in a wealth of new and exciting flavours. ... 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

The flat peach: summer's most fashionable culinary accessory

06.07.09
Flat peaches - or donut peaches, as they are also called - are stacked to the rafters in newsagents and supermarkets across the capital... 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

Equities bonus is still not a fair share-out

15.04.09
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Best pancakes in London

18.02.09
Mark Shrove Tuesday with a visit to one of London's best crêperies.... more

From Camden squat to City Hall: the Mayor's green ambassador

12.01.09
A former squatter who started his company with cash found on a London street has become one of Boris Johnson's "green ambassadors"... more

A towering opportunity to regenerate this backwater

06.01.09
Two Irish entrepreneurs have devised a £4.5 billion scheme for Battersea Power Station and the Nine Elms corridor. Here they outline their vision but to realise it the Mayor may have to break the rules... more

Covent Garden on market in Government fire sale

26.11.08
A wide-ranging "firesale" of London's government assets is being planned by ministers in a desperate bid to raise cash to balance the public finances... more

Off the record

21.11.08
From modified toys to souped-up Hoovers and dead pigs, some bands are now looking way beyond traditional instruments to make music.... more

Revamp of 'crucial' Covent Garden market approved

08.10.08
The largest fresh produce market in the country has been given the go-ahead for a major redevelopment... more

Post offices disappear from London

19.02.08
Royal Mail today sounded the death knell for London's post office network - with a total of 169 branches facing the axe... more

Take me out: the best weekend events

11.01.07
Fancy something a little different? Richard Godwin leads you through some of the capital's less well-trodden attractions.... more

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