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Have you ever had sex on public transport?

04.08.09

Is nine minutes too little time for a quickie? Because that’s the longest gap between stations on the entire Tube network.... more

Commuters flock to new 140mph St Pancras trains

30.07.09

The launch of the 140mph rail service from Ashford to St Pancras International has been so successful more trains are to be introduced... more

Britain's fastest commuter train makes maiden journey

18.06.09

Country's fastest commuter train - the Javelin - makes its public debut, travelling at 140mph between St Pancras International and Ashford on its maiden journey... more

Stephen Webster: the rocks god

05.06.09

Stephen Webster has survived divorce, depression, anorexia and near-ruin to emerge as London's top jeweller... more

Brian Sewell: How I was won over by electric transport

14.05.09

As the world's fastest electric bike goes on sale in London next month, actress Imogen Stubbs goes for her first two-wheel electric spin while Brian Sewell is won over by the new battery-powered Smart car... more

Two million fly off for Easter as airlines offer bargain deals

09.04.09

Airlines are offering last-minute bargain flights as thousands of Londoners prepare to leave the capital for Easter... more

Drugs given to care home girls 'caused birth defects'

07.04.09

Ten girls who were heavily sedated while in a care home during the Seventies and Eighties went on to have children with a range of birth defects... more

Diamond in the rough

03.04.09

Prince Charles’s jeweller Garrard has been through rocky times. Can newly appointed designer Stephen Webster bring back the sparkle and entice William to pop in for that engagement ring?... more

Ł400,000 for Met man who cut his fingers

31.03.09

A Met police mechanic was awarded Ł400,000 damages after cutting his fingers on a knife in a patrol car... more

Cheaper, nicer, better – the train, plane and boat travel alternatives every Londoner should know

27.02.09

Even in the transport black hole that is Britain, there are pockets of travel quality - the Evening Standard reveals how to travel in comfort and style... more

No place like home for Harlequins as they rely on local talent

05.02.09

Harlequins chairman David Hughes believes his club's investment in homegrown players is finally paying dividends... more

Sports boss is jailed for sword attack on bouncer

13.01.09

An irate sports chief who lost his temper at a tournament and attacked a security guard with a samurai sword has been jailed... more

Winners and losers

09.01.09

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140mph Javelin train not as fast as it seems

09.01.09

London's busiest rail operator is planning cuts for hundreds of thousands of commuters as it introduces its 140mph Javelin trains this year... more

Agent Fields is going undiecover...Bond girl Gemma gets caught out by the wind on set in Panama

06.09.08

Bond girl Gemma Arterton who was both shaken and stirred when the wind got up as she was filming a scene of the new 007 Quantum Of Solace in Panama - and she ending up revealing more than she bargained for. ... more

Bullard's debt to Gazza

04.09.08

Football: Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard, England's newest recruit, reveals that his idol is Paul Gascoigne... more

Bullard can become a big noise for Fabio

02.09.08

Fulham coach Ray Lewington says the midfielder won't shy away from making an impression for England... more

What's new on television this autumn? Austen, Hardy and Dickens

20.08.08

You could call them credit crunch classics - reliable dramas for worrying times... more

Potter actor's death inspires shocking film against stabbings

19.08.08

A group of young people horrified by the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old actor Robert Knox are in the running for a Prince's Trust award for their film about knife crime... more

For your size only: James Bond wears stacked heels when he's next to me says co-star

19.07.08

Over the decades 007 has been equipped with an amazing array of secret weapons – and now a new one has been added to his arsenal ... stacked heels.... more

Double oh! Daniel Craig's steamy kiss with new Bond girl Gemma Arterton

30.06.08

New Bond girl Gemma Arterton, 22, wears nothing more than a linen sheet as bare-chested 007 actor Daniel Craig kisses her bare back in the forthcoming adventure Quantum of Solace. ... more

Early holiday promises an easier time on the roads

19.03.08

Drivers are set for one of the quietest ever Easter holidays - but rail and Tube passengers face delays... more

Met plans Ł90m shooting school to fight terrorism

06.03.08

Police are planning a £90 million firearms training centre featuring a mock-up airport terminal and London Underground train carriages... more

Dumbledore and the bed chamber of secrets: Sir Michael Gambon's ménage ŕ trois with his wife and (much) younger lover

22.02.08

Weekends with his wife at their Ł4million country manor in Kent. Weekdays with the lover 25 years his junior, who's had his child. Welcome to Harry Potter star Sir Michael Gambon's ménage ŕ trois... more

Bond's back... don't expect to understand the title

24.01.08

The name of the 22nd James Bond film has been revealed as Quantum Of Solace, taken from an Ian Fleming short story.... more

Fragments of the past turned into artworks

03.09.07

Pieces of medieval clay pipes, anti-aircraft shells, shards of porcelain and discarded bottletops, all washed up by the Thames, make up a new exhibition.... more

Thames whale is back to captivate us again

22.01.07

Almost exactly a year after it captivated Londoners after becoming stranded in the Thames, the skeleton of the bottlenose whale goes on public display in the capital.... more