With Wagamama, Hakkasan, Yauatcha and now the relaunch of Sake No Hana Alan Yau has transformed London’s restaurant scene. So why is he abandoning the high life for the spartan regime of a Buddhist monk, asks Lydia Slater... more
London's most impressive black role models were named by the Government as ministers urged young British people to follow the examples of Barack Obama and Lewis Hamilton... more
Lakshmi Mittal and Srichand Hinduja are being asked to wear jeans instead of black tie to a charity ball after the event was scaled down because of the credit crunch... more
While London’s property market stalls, the Candy brothers are forging ahead with jaw-dropping projects that include £100m apartments. Here, they answer the critics who have attacked their plans for Chelsea Barracks and Knightsbridge... more
Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng is to help choose 20 black male role models as part of a government drive to combat under-achievement among Afro-Caribbean boys... more
A photographer whose teenage brother was stabbed to death in London is to stage an exhibition honouring the 27 young people killed in the capital in 2007... more
Amy Winehouse was spotted shopping for alcohol and sweets today instead of joining her pop contemporaries at a photocall for Friday's Nelson Mandela concert.... 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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