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Spitfire is not BNP's to use, says Sikh pilot who fought the Nazis

2009-11-23T07:45:35Z

One of the last surviving Indian Second World War fighter pilots has launched an attack on the BNP after it used images of a Spitfire in its campaign

Have you ever had sex on public transport?

2009-08-04T08:53:56Z

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

Commuters flock to new 140mph St Pancras trains

2009-07-30T08:48:35Z

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

Britain's fastest commuter train makes maiden journey

2009-06-18T07:06:06Z

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

Stephen Webster: the rocks god

2009-06-04T16:06:03Z

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

Brian Sewell: How I was won over by electric transport

2009-05-14T09:03:58Z

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

Two million fly off for Easter as airlines offer bargain deals

2009-04-09T13:07:11Z

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

Drugs given to care home girls 'caused birth defects'

2009-04-07T08:30:03Z

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

Diamond in the rough

2009-04-03T08:01:24Z

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?

�400,000 for Met man who cut his fingers

2009-03-31T13:27:07Z

A Met police mechanic was awarded �400,000 damages after cutting his fingers on a knife in a patrol car

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

2009-02-27T09:01:19Z

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

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

2009-02-05T09:10:12Z

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

Sports boss is jailed for sword attack on bouncer

2009-01-13T14:44:53Z

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

Winners and losers

2009-01-09T09:15:35Z

140mph Javelin train not as fast as it seems

2009-01-09T09:06:09Z

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

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

2008-09-06T18:08:22Z

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.

Bullard's debt to Gazza

2008-09-04T09:18:50Z

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

Bullard can become a big noise for Fabio

2008-09-02T09:55:42Z

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

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

2008-08-20T09:38:19Z

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

Potter actor's death inspires shocking film against stabbings

2008-08-19T08:41:08Z

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

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

2008-07-19T21:26:06Z

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.

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

2008-06-30T13:11:21Z

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.

Early holiday promises an easier time on the roads

2008-03-19T09:08:33Z

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

Met plans �90m shooting school to fight terrorism

2008-03-06T09:49:24Z

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

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

2008-02-22T23:57:28Z

Weekends with his wife at their �4million 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 m�nage � trois

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

2008-01-24T16:28:00Z

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

Fragments of the past turned into artworks

2007-09-03T09:56:19Z

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.

Thames whale is back to captivate us again

2007-01-22T14:54:55Z

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.