Brixton: Terrified residents told how they watched from their windows as hundreds of youths went on the rampage in the early hours of this morning... more
When Lisa Comfort was 16, her parents offered her a trip to New York if she worked hard for her GCSEs. She told them that there was something she wanted even more than to see the Statue of Liberty and to shop on Fifth Avenue: a sewing machine. Twelve years later, sitting in her sewing café in Clapham, Comfort proudly shows me that hard-earned machine ... more
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The Standard's Dispossessed Fund has received its first £100,000 donation as Londoners respond generously to our call to arms against inequality in the capital... more
As the PM this week signalled his support for Heathrow’s third runway, the tycoon backing eco-activists remains opposed to airport expansion. Here he reveals why ... more
As Europe’s biggest shopping mall is opened by the Mayor in west London, we send five of our specialist writers to join the masses to discover what kind of retail experience it has to offer... more
According to his former wife, Diane Cilento, the former James Bond actor told his son Jason that he would never receive a penny of his £85million fortune.... more
An IT technician employed by Body Shop who was found to have hacked into his bosses' computers and shorted the retailer's shares ahead of a shock profits warning has been fined £85,000... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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