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Police 'abandoned' the streets for 90 minutes as looters ran amok

06.10.11
One of the areas worst-hit by the London riots was left without a single police officer for 90 minutes as looters ran amok... more

Fancy dress shop devastated by arsonists rises from the ashes

06.10.11
A fancy dress shop destroyed by fire in the riots is due to start trading again this Saturday... more

Cooper praises eight police who confronted 350 rioters

28.09.11
Yvette Cooper praised the bravery of London police who confronted yobs during the summer riots... more

Sainsbury's: We will not claim £1m riot payout

23.09.11
Sainsbury's refuses to claim £1 million in compensation for the London riots - so that it does not deprive police of money to protect the high streets... more

Standard readers help police name suspects from rogues' gallery

21.09.11
Police investigating the London riots have identified up to 11 more suspects after a rogues' gallery of looters appeared in the Evening Standard... more

Recognise a rioter? Police call on public to catch the culprits

20.09.11
Exclusive: Police hunting hundreds of suspects still wanted over last month's London riots have released the biggest ever gallery of suspects and told them: 'We will find you'... more

My emergency dash through riots to hospital, by woman in labour

16.08.11
A pregnant woman was forced to drive through crowds of looters to get to hospital after she went into labour during the riots... more

Shopkeepers tell their stories as they face an uphill struggle to survive following the riots

11.08.11
Stores and small businesses bore the brunt of the damage inflicted by rioters. Shopkeepers now tell their stories as they try to survive... more

Carry on up the Junction: as Clapham gets stuck in the great clear-up spreads

10.08.11
Shopkeepers and residents across London take to the streets for a second day to clean up and help local businesses to reopen... more

I left Paris because it wasn't safe... now this is a war zone

09.08.11
Clapham: Residents weep as they survey the damage done by hundreds of teenage yobs who stormed shops, burned cars and robbed homes... more

The thin blue line: is the Met fit for purpose?

09.08.11
Feature: Police have been overstretched and outnumbered during three days of rioting, but Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin says there are finite resources. So is the Met fit for purpose?... more

Stay off the streets

09.08.11
The biggest force of police ever put on the streets of London is braced for another night of mob violence... more

Name of Asda store rekindles the ‘Clapham or Battersea’ row

29.10.10
It is an unlikely place for a battleground. But a row has erupted over the ownership of a shopping street in Battersea. Or possibly Clapham... more

All fright on the night: What to do for Halloween

19.10.10
From devilish rides to haunted houses, put on your most spine-chilling costume and seek out some ghoulish entertainment... more

Stalker guilty of stabbing ex-girlfriend to death in 'brutal' attack

16.03.10
Stalker who carried out a 'frenzied' knife attack on his ex-girlfriend after a campaign of harassment was found guilty of murder... more

Ex-lover ‘stalked and killed girlfriend after sex taunt’

08.03.10
Jilted lover who stabbed his ex-girlfriend after allegedly stalking her tells Old Bailey it happened when she called him a 'pathetic small man'... more

‘Woman killed by ex-boyfriend as fiancé waited for her’

02.03.10
Woman was stabbed to death by an infatuated ex-boyfriend outside a restaurant as her fiancé waited inside, the Old Bailey hears... more

Police told man to walk two miles with a loaded gun

26.10.09
NEW: Man who found a loaded gun linked to a gangland shooting was told by Scotland Yard to carry it across south London to a police station... more

Good Indian food without fuss

10.09.09
Noiya Indian Kitchen and Bar is neither conventional nor pretentious, and makes an intelligent addition to the city’s stock of Indian restaurants... more

Best Pizza in London

20.05.09
After years of putting up with unappetising ham and pine­apple toppings and greasy stuffed crusts, Londoners can at last enjoy real Italian pizza.... more

‘I could hear footsteps, I started to panic’

26.03.09
Tewnty-six of Kirk Reid’s victims gave evidence in court and their “strength and courage” in helping to secure his conviction were praised by police today... more

Battersea joins list of winter skate rinks

29.10.08
Battersea is to get its own rink, as the ice skating season gets under way in the capital... more

More than just a breach of taste

29.10.08
THE BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, has finally surfaced, taking shows presented by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand off the air while complaints over their offensive messages to actor Andrew Sachs are investigated... more

Woman stabbed to death in street 'by jilted ex-lover'

01.08.08
A manhunt is under way after a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death in a crowded street in south London... more

'Suicide' Pc had been grieving for mother

29.07.08
A popular policeman twice named the Met's community constable of the year was said to have been trying to come to terms with the death of his mother when he apparently took his own life... more

Sounds like a Kew for a song

23.07.08
The partner of Who guitarist Pete Townshend is spending a week in Kew to produce an album of songs inspired by the area... more

143 London nurseries condemned for 'failing'

22.07.08
Dozens of childcare groups in London have failed to properly safeguard children... more

Unique welcome at Enak Enak

28.01.08
Enak Enak is a real tardis of a restaurant and made critic Mark Bolland ridiculously glad to be back in London.... more

Shadowy tale of star-crossed lovers

26.07.07
This is a vibrant production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet steeped in shadowy darkness and simmering violence. ... more

A novel take on gothic Gormenghast

02.04.07
What David Glass's adaptation of Gormenghast occasionally lacks in finesse, it makes up for with bucket loads of charm, romance and a real sense of fantasy.... more


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