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Friendly vibe at J&A Cafe

16.02.09
The J&A Cafe felt friendly, local and very cosy with that villagey atmosphere London does so well.... more

Forget mega-projects - now is the time to improve local London

16.02.09
Crossrail, the Olympic park, the East London line extension: London's grands projets would appear to have come into their own in the new era of Keynesian spending on public projects... more

East London railway extension to Clapham is given the go-ahead

12.02.09
The planned extension of the East London rail line has been given the go-ahead by Boris Johnson and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon ... more

Dozens of bean counters but nobody in charge of snow chaos

09.02.09
The list of top jobs provided to the Standard includes many with apparently overlapping job titles and descriptions... more

Mayor: London can benefit from recession

05.01.09
The Mayor has urged Londoners to see past the gloomy economic outlook for this year... more

BA returns to fray at City Airport with 11 jets

22.12.08
British Airways takes the dogfight over East London to new levels after announcing the £240 million acquisition of 11 new state-of-the-art jets for City Airport... more

Loud suit for Nick Cave

01.12.08
Nick Cave's fad for noise before beauty will surely pass. Flaws, warts and all, he remains a master.... more

Thames Gateway 'will miss target for 160,000 homes'

26.11.08
The Thames Gateway project will fail to meet Labour's target of 160,000 new homes by 2016, the Government's own regeneration chief predicted... more

Boris begs for cash to rescue south London rail link

19.11.08
A crucial extension of a major rail link through south London is facing the axe in a dispute over funding... more

Now for the East London Line

19.11.08
Judging from the Prime Minister's rhetoric after the G20 summit, governments should be spending their way out of recession... more

Migrant builders threat to Olympic 'skills legacy'

13.11.08
Promises of a "skills legacy" from the London Olympics were in doubt as it emerged that 20,000 migrant workers had registered for jobs in the main 2012 borough in th past year... more

Boris scraps £3billion of Ken’s transport projects for London

06.11.08
Plans for £3billion worth of new transport links across London have been scrapped because of a lack of funding, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Capital projects for recession

15.10.08
UNEMPLOYMENT is on the rise again. Today's figures from the Office of National Statistics are likely to show an increase to 1.75 million; some economists think that by Christmas it may rise to the psychologically significant figure of two million. This is not just a short-term result of the crisis in the banks but the result of a slowdown in manufacturing and services too.... more

NHS Champions: Dedicated support gives hope to those losing their sight

14.10.08
Jo Driscoll works with visually impaired patients who need special help and practical advice... more

Crossrail bill set to soar by £4billion, say experts

12.08.08
Fresh fears over the future of Crossrail emerged as building costs threatened to soar by up to £4 billion... more

Torture of Olympic addiction is bringing tears of joy to my eyes

11.08.08
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Pete Doherty faces arrest after he misses court date AGAIN

17.07.08
Magistrates have issued a warrant for the arrest of troubled rocker Pete Doherty today after he failed to attend a court hearing on criminal damage charges - for the second time.... more

Helen Mirren the bikini queen reigns supreme at 63

15.07.08
Dame Helen looked fabulous as she holidayed in Puglia, on the southern tip of Italy, with her film director husband Taylor Hackford, 63.... more

Laing O'Rourke shakes off UK gloom with Gulf jewels

15.07.08
Laing O'Rourke says it is seeing off the current slump in the British and European construction industries through contracts to work on some of the most opulent residential developments in the Gulf... more

Not ready for my close up: Tipsy Agyness Deyn legs it home after a night on the tiles

10.06.08
Model of the moment Agyness Deyn can pull off almost any look, but worse for wear isn't one of them.... more

Amy's husband faces jail as he admits to attack on pub landlord and perverting course of justice

09.06.08
The husband of Amy Winehouse is facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting brutally beating a pub landlord and trying to pervert the course of justice... more

A bridge too complicated

29.05.08
This was not the first time that Bridge GE19 - to give it its official title - has caused trouble... more

100 GP sites facing axe under polyclinic plans

28.05.08
Londoners are being conned into accepting hospital closures under plans to develop "polyclinics", an NHS expert claims... more

Commuter rail franchise to go to safest bidder

22.05.08
One of London's biggest rail franchises went out to tender with train bosses told to come up with dramatic improvements in order to win the right to run services from Victoria... more

From Dr Nikki to Emilia Foxy - the Silent Witness star talks about her strip club lessons

13.04.08
It is the sort of look that might stir even the corpses she normally presides over. This is Silent Witness star Emilia Fox, wearing nothing more than leather boots and skimpy lingerie, in a raunchy scene from her new film Cashback, to be released on May 9 ... more

Curbishley 'in limbo' as owner calls for wage cut

08.04.08
Alan Curbishley faces a major headache following decision to cut wage bill at West Ham... more

Hammers in talks over training HQ

04.04.08
West Ham are close to deciding on the site of a new training ground... more

Comment: Architects of PPP prosper and we face £1.7bn bill

13.03.08
To say that Metronet is a disgrace is an understatement, yet like so many fiascos that beset our public life, those who were instrumental in the spectacular foul-up have not suffered a jot... more

'We don't need this Olympics mosque'

04.03.08
A leading Muslim figure has spoken out against plans for a 12,000-seat mosque next to the Olympic site... more

Stations shut each week because of Tube crush

22.02.08
London Underground was forced to close and evacuate at least one Tube station every week last year as it struggled to cope with overcrowding... more

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