I wandered awestruck through Westfield Stratford City's 1.9 million square-foot mega-mall on Tuesday morning. After lunch in the shell of Aspers Casino, it was out to a terrace overlooking the Olympic Park.... more
Number 10 has been forced to consider two ticklish options in relation to the future of the 513-acre Olympic Park. Option one: stand back and allow the Olympic Delivery Authority to accept the highest of three bids for half the Olympic village, allowing the Treasury to pocket a quick £500 million ... more
Labour-controlled Southwark decreed last week that the rich need no longer suffer from poor neighbours in new housing developments in the north of the borough... more
The Wellcome Trust has made a £1billion bid to buy the freehold for the Olympic Park in a proposed deal that would pay off a large chunk of public debt on the 2012 Games... more
Building giant Laing O'Rourke is awarded the £400 million deal to build a new "cathedral of science" at St Pancras, as tipped by the Evening Standard last week... more
The UK's biggest privately-owned builder is expected to land a £400 million deal to build a laboratory dubbed a "cathedral for science" in central London... more
Campaigners against a maximum security 'superlab' in the heart of London are calling for a parliamentary inquiry claiming that there was political interference in the bidding process... more
Security around a “superlab” planned next door to a major London railway station will be among the tightest in the capital amid fears of “domestic extremism”... more
Shares in pharma firm Summit rocket 15%, after research into its new antibiotic targeting the lethal hospital superbug C. difficile found it to be more effective than existing treatments... more
Paintings that hung for decades in a former London hospital are the centrepiece of a new exhibition profiling the forgotten British artist who produced them... more
The Wellcome Trust could be the newest player in Britain’s banking sector after making a joint bid with private equity group Blackstone to buy 320 Royal Bank of Scotland branches... more
Many of us are prone to feeling low at this time of year. Reasons include dark days, grey skies, broken New Year resolutions and recession-related anxiety... more
The Wellcome Trust's exhibition of portraits showing people shortly before and after their deaths finds both dignity and beauty in its subjects, says Brian Sewell.... more
An exhibit of a bisected body of a woman is to go on permanent display at a London gallery - the artwork has been created by Professor Gunther von Hagens.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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