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BNP councillor banned over video blog

25.09.09

Senior BNP member has been suspended as a councillor and ordered to undergo ethics training, but escaped suspension from the Greater London Authority... more

BNP man blames dyslexia for murders claim

24.09.09

BNP councillor facing suspension for falsely claiming three people were murdered within three weeks in Barking and Dagenham claimed he mixed his words because he is dyslexic... more

Wall of silence greets police hunting boy's knife killer

09.09.09

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New scanners could ease liquid restrictions on planes

08.09.09

Restrictions on taking liquids on planes introduced after the terror plot to blow up transatlantic airliners could be eased if trials of new scanners prove successful... more

Millwall fan 'stabbed for going to the wrong gate'

28.08.09

'Innocent family man' stabbed during brawl between West Ham and Millwall supporters made mistake of going to the wrong stadium entrance... more

Next stop Cambridge for pioneering boy from the East End

20.08.09

A-level students across London were celebrating their results today - or just the relief that the wait was over... more

Capital gains as South Africans get set to make St Mary's their Olympic base

12.08.09

The Olympic squad of South Africa look poised to choose St Mary's College in Twickenham as their training base for the 2012 Games... more

Also-rans try to get in the running for 2012 Olympics

20.07.09

London Olympics are three years away, but these athletes are already getting ready by training on an East End running track... more

Boy killed by 'silent' police car in chase

01.06.09

A 16-year-old cyclist has been knocked down and killed by a police car answering an emergency call... more

Circle line changes shape and heads off to Hammersmith

05.03.09

The Circle line is to be extended to Hammersmith for commuters on one of the Tube's most unreliable routes... more

Phantom mask killer is sent to mental hospital

03.03.09

A jealous killer who stabbed a college receptionist 65 times while wearing a "Phantom of the Opera" mask has been locked up indefinitely... more

He lives in a B&B and is classified as local by 2012 chiefs: Meet Arturas the 'British' builder from Lithuania

16.02.09

A Lithuanian labourer has told how he is considered a "local" by bosses of the 2012 Olympic site as pressure mounted over jobs for London workers... more

Stabbed teen 'tried to protect friend'

27.01.09

Stabbing victim Stephen Lewis was trying to help a friend when he became the first teenager to be killed in London this year, his sister said... more

Stabbed teenager died in the arms of his sister

26.01.09

A teenager was repeatedly stabbed in front of his 13-year-old brother before dying in his sister’s arms during a weekend of violence... more

Cyclist is killed in collision with council rubbish lorry

14.01.09

A cyclist died after he was in collision with a refuse lorry... more

Talk of a new England but our houses tell a different tale

14.01.09

Commentators have been quick to seize on the information now online in the 1911 census to paint a picture of a vastly different England - but I'm not so sure... more

Reason to be cheerful, Dury gets West End show

09.12.08

Punk is to blast its way into the West End with a show commemorating the life and music of Ian Dury... more

Motorcyclist left in road with severed leg by hit-run van driver

14.10.08

A motorcyclist has told how he was left dying by two van drivers after losing his leg in a hit-and-run accident... more

'Phantom' stab victim wanted a career as a radio presenter

25.09.08

Stabbed graduate Sehrish Waqar Sheikh dreamed of being a radio presenter, her former boss said... more

College stabbing victim was preparing to marry

24.09.08

A woman stabbed to death at a college by an alleged stalker wearing a Phantom Of The Opera-style mask was due to get married in Dubai, it was claimed... more

Stalker in a Phantom mask stabs receptionist to death

23.09.08

A stalker wearing a Phantom Of The Opera-style mask stabbed a woman to death and injured another before turning the knife on himself in an east London college... more

Teenager murdered for 'not showing respect'

24.06.08

An A-level student was murdered for failing to show his killer respect during New Year's Eve celebrations, the Old Bailey heard... more

Tube bomb still a danger

06.06.08

A painstaking operation to disarm a German bomb that is threatening east London continues... more

'We saw boy fleeing gang the night Martin, 14, died'

30.05.08

A pack of teenagers was seen chasing a lone youth through the streets on the night a 14-year-old was stabbed to death, the Old Bailey heard... more

Teenager was 'stabbed to death for a dirty look', court hears

29.05.08

A teenager was stabbed in the back after gang warfare was unleashed by a dirty look, the Old Bailey has heard... more

Shopkeeper set on fire in arson attack

06.05.08

A shopkeeper suffered horrific burns in a fire at his off-licence in what is believed to have been a revenge attack by a gang of youths he had caught stealing.... more

Wealthy Londoners among the laziest

11.04.08

Affluent Londoners are among the laziest in the capital, according to a survey conducted for the Evening Standard on the eve of the Flora London Marathon... more