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Miliband 'can split the Coalition if he backs a poll on EU membership'

27.09.11
Ed Miliband came under pressure to back a referendum on Britain's EU membership as a way to split the coalition government... more

I don't want foxes culled but they're still a menace

22.07.11
I used to worry that Londoners didn't experience the countryside enough. Now my worry is that the countryside has come to us, and that we cannot cope with it. I'm talking about the increasing number of foxes roaming our city... more

Politicians praise our literacy campaign

29.06.11
The Evening Standard's literacy campaign has been recognised in Parliament on the same day it was nominated for its first award... more

Campaign wins reprieve for oldest playground in capital

11.05.11
The oldest working adventure playground in London has secured a new lease following a fierce campaign to keep it open... more

Stay firm on prisoner votes, Boris Johnson tells David Cameron

11.02.11
The Mayor waded into the row over prisoner votes today, telling David Cameron to 'stick to his guns' in a showdown with European judges... more

Number of Londoners taking part in regular sport is falling

20.12.10
Proportion of Londoners regularly playing sport dropped last year to confound predictions that hosting the Olympics would boost participation... more

Police to guard stand-in crews from 'intimidation' by firemen

28.10.10
Police escorts could be provided for stand-in firefighters on Bonfire Night after crews suffered 'intimidation' during the last fire strike... more

East End could miss chance of 2012 Olympic park legacy

08.09.10
City Hall admitsthat one of its own key legacy targets for the London Olympics may be missed... more

Sports groups still waiting for share of £15m Olympics fund

06.08.10
Boris Johnson’s flagship Olympic scheme to boost sports participation and train hundreds more coaches hits major delays... more

Cash cuts won’t wreck sports legacy of Olympics, vows Kate Hoey

14.07.10
City Hall hits back amid concerns that the sports legacy for the London Olympics was being lost... more

Internet Bill ‘pushed through in stitch-up’

08.04.10
Politicians are accused of a 'stitch-up' to pass a law cracking down on digital piracy... more

Workers lifted my car, painted yellow lines under it, then wardens came and towed it away

28.05.09
Ruth Ducker had legally parked her cherished Volkswagen Golf round the corner from her house for two years so it came as a shock when she discovered it had disappeared from its regular spot - and in its place was a set of double yellow lines.... more

2012 and all that

27.05.09
Olympics: Our round-up of the latest Olympic news... more

The legacy begins: £30m boost for sport at grassroots

28.04.09
Six community projects are to become the first beneficiaries of Boris Johnson’s £30 million scheme to boost sports participation as a legacy of the London Olympics... more

2012 organisers launch search for new generation of umpires

24.03.09
Hundreds of Londoners are being invited to train as referees, umpires and scorers in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics... more

Kate Hoey attacks choice of 2012 shooting venue in Woolwich

20.03.09
A decision to keep the Olympic shooting venue at Woolwich barracks was today attacked by Kate Hoey, the London Mayor's commissioner for sport... more

£30m Olympic legacy fund for ‘local’ sports

05.03.09
Up to £30 million will be available for grassroots sports in London to help the 2012 Olympics deliver a legacy... more

Children learn to swim in temporary pool in 2012 legacy bid

13.01.09
Up to 1,000 schoolchildren are being taught to swim in a temporary pool under a scheme to deliver a legacy from the London Olympics... more

London 'in danger of missing out on legacy from Games'

30.10.08
Londoners are "sorely" at risk of missing out on a lasting sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympics, the Mayor's Commissioner for Sport has warned ... more

Hoey: £10m needed for grassroots sport

14.10.08
Boris Johnson needs to invest at least £10million in funding for grassroots sport to kick-start London's sporting legacy from the Olympics... more

Hoey faces Labour demands to quit as Johnson adviser

22.07.08
Labour MP Kate Hoey faced fresh pressure to quit as an adviser to Mayor Boris Johnson... more

Video: Are the Olympics good for London?

09.07.08
Click on the links below for video highlights of the Evening Standard's Influentials debate on 'Are the Olympics good for London?' featuring Tessa Jowell, Will Self, Andrew Gilligan, Sebastian Coe and Kate Hoey...... more

2012 Games 'will fail to boost grassroots sport'

09.07.08
The London Olympics may fail to deliver on its key pledge to boost the nationwide popularity of sport, it has been claimed... more

Mayor reveals details (and wages) of his key advisers

21.05.08
Boris Johnson has delivered on a key election promise by publishing the details - including salaries - of his senior team of advisers... more

Lee Jasper: I'll fight to gain Kate Hoey seat

07.05.08
Former mayoral aide Lee Jasper makes an audacious bid for a safe Labour seat in the capital ... more

They said it - quotes from the mayoral campaign

02.05.08
"They need to drop Ken Livingstone into the Thames." Who said that? Here are some memorable quotes from the London Mayoral campaign.... more

I'll work for Boris as sports adviser says Labour MP... to her party's fury

29.04.08
Former sports minister Kate Hoey has declared she will act as an adviser to Boris Johnson if he becomes Mayor... more

Comment: voter confusion over polling

29.04.08
With less than 48 hours to go until the day of the Mayoral elections, Londoners should be preparing to cast their votes confident that all is well with the electoral process... more

Labour rebellion on post offices slashes majority

20.03.08
Five senior London Labour MPs rebelled last night in a vote against the closure of post offices... more


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