Shaun Russell, the father of Josie Russell, who survived a frenzied hammer attack in which her sister and mother were killed, is suing News International over alleged phone hacking by the News of the World... more
Feature: As allegations of corruption engulf Scotland Yard over phone hacking, the job of restoring trust has fallen to one of the Met's growing band of senior female officers... more
Transport for London is to create a souvenir-edition Oyster card to mark the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton next April, the Standard can reveal... more
The killings by Robert Napper of Rachel Nickell, Samantha Bisset and Ms Bisset’s four-year-old daughter Jazmine might have been averted if police had not blundered in their response to a crucial phone call in November 1989. ... more
A senior detective who once led the ill-fated inquiry into former royal butler Paul Burrell is to head a task force tackling London's gang and knife crime epidemic... more
Polls show Ken ahead of Boris on most issues but behind on voting intentions and trust. As Tony Blair found - if people don't trust you, not much else matters
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Since we are used to seeing images of Prince Harry staggering drunkenly out of Boujis with a blonde on his arm, the pictures of the prince in military fatigues on the front line in Helmand come as something of a shock... more
Mohamed Fayed's claims over the deaths of his son Dodi and Princess Diana are looking more outlandish than ever in court. And in the process he is the real loser... more