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The 20 people who keep London leading the world

10.11.09
Simon Cowell, Stella McCartney and Dizzee Rascal were named among the 20 most influential people in London... more

Third of gang rape victims are aged under 15 and attacks are increasing

05.11.09
Scotland Yard has launched an inquiry into gang rapes after new figures revealed a massive rise in the number of incidents and that victims were getting younger... more

Prince Charles's day on the other side of the tracks

11.09.09
In an exclusive interview, the Prince reveals how he is leading research into the brain trauma of abused children... more

It is still right for us to be in Afghanistan

11.09.09
Eight years on from the attacks on New York and Washington of 11 September, 2001, experts say al Qaeda has been greatly weakened... more

Sew your own: activist takes ethical clothing to the bus stops

19.08.09
He makes yarn from plastic bags and sews his clothes on a Twenties treadle-powered Singer machine. Now he wants to take on climate change and anti-social behaviour with the crochet needle... more

Tackling the scourge of London’s gangs

10.08.09
Gang warfare in London has taken an even uglier turn: our report shows that increasing numbers of children are being caught up in turf wars... more

Brain scans on street gangs to trace reasons for life of crime

14.07.09
Teenage gang members will have their brains scanned in experiment to find out why they are so violent... more

Spare us Madonna's adoption tourism

02.04.09
In 2006, Madonna got David, her Malawian adoptee. Now she is back again, this time bidding for Mercy, a four-year-old orphan... more

Climate of fear

08.01.09
Teenagers talk for the first time about shocking new levels of sexual violence in London as a charity chief says post-code gangs are now using multiple rape as a weapon to enforce their will... more

Rate cut brings limited relief

08.01.09
THE Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has cut interest rates by half a per cent, down to an historic low of 1.5 per cent... more

The rotten borough of Haringey?

21.11.08
The dreadful death of Baby P has brought the wrath of the nation down on one London locality, already notorious for Victoria Climbie. But a leading expert says there are hundreds of other children across London who could suffer the same tragic fate... more

Society

08.10.08
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

The Art of Giving

02.10.08
As the Evening Standard launches its new Eros Charity Card, we introduce the people you will be helping every time you buy the paper... more

Hirst is all heart as children's charities are boosted by £111m sale

17.09.08
Two London children's charities were celebrating a £1.4 million windfall after Damien Hirst gave them a slice of his record-breaking £111 million art auction... more

The zebra and the unicorn spearhead Hirst's new £65m sale

28.07.08
The sale of new works by Damien Hirst in September is expected to raise more than £ 65 million... more

What the people who work with troubled teenagers think

03.06.08
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Troubled youths put on art show

04.07.07
Five hundred vulnerable children from around London have contributed to a new art exhibition at Shoreditch Town Hall... more

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