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‘Demeaning blonde jokes of sex case City boss’

17.11.09
Millionaire City boss being sued for sex discrimination joked about locking women and dogs in a car boot and told colleagues that Ferraris were cheaper to run than blondes... more

Barrister in £33m race claim: I had to find my own work

16.10.09
Barrister suing her chambers for £33million for race discrimination claimed she had to promote herself to get work because a 'culture of racism' meant clerks stopped her from getting top jobs... more

Nell Gwynne is cosy and full of character

29.07.09
Nell Gwynne has a choice of ales, friendly staff, an excellent jukebox, which all add up to make this a cracking little a place, especially out of peak hours. ... more

City Spy: Your Majesty, we screwed up royally

28.07.09
The British Academy has sent a letter to the Queen to answer her question as to why nobody saw the financial crisis coming. “Many people did foresee the crisis,” says the letter ... more

Westminster could flood in 30 minutes

10.07.09
Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and MI5 are most at risk if the Thames breaches it banks, a study claims... more

Thames hit by 900,000 tons of raw sewage

09.07.09
Staggering 900,000 tons of raw sewage has been dumped in the Thames five days after a smaller overflow in the same area killed hundreds of fish... more

Armchair marathon is the real endurance test

27.04.09
London Marathon: On and on and on it goes, yard after yard, mile after mile, minute after insufferable minute, the boredom relentless, the pain remorseless, every split second an ordeal by excruciation... more

'Booze bus' to run all year as binge drinking rockets

20.03.09
An ambulance for drunks will run all year in London to cope with the growing scourge of binge drinking... more

'Ageism' row raises fears on air safety

27.02.09
Safety fears have been raised after a tribunal ordered the air traffic control service Nats to scrap its "ageist" ban on recruiting trainees older than 35... more

Hong Kong beats London as costliest place to rent offices

26.02.09
For the first time in nine years London's West End is no longer the most expensive place in the world to occupy office space... more

Hotels profit from stranded commuters

03.02.09
Hotels reported a surge in bookings as commuters gave up the battle to get home... more

Squatters quit Mayfair mews and Park Lane group told to go

28.01.09
A group of artist squatters occupying two £15million properties in Park Lane have been ordered to leave by a judge... more

City firm biased against us, claim Muslim twins

29.10.08
Twin Muslim sisters have demanded one of the biggest ever tribunal payouts as they accused their former City broking firm of religious discrimination... more

Drink-related admissions to A&E triple

16.10.08
The number of adults admitted to inner London hospitals with alcohol-related problems has tripled in the past four years, new research shows... more

Mexican street food in Covent Garden

29.09.08
Wahaca serves street food - the kind of food your average Mexican might chomp on dusty byways - although there it is unlikely to be served on the tasteful white rectangular plates... more

£16,000 bill for illegally copying Net pinball

19.08.08
A woman has been ordered to pay £16,000 after a swoop on Britons who illegally share games and films over the internet, lawyers said... more

100,000 new bike spaces needed to cope with cycle boom

11.08.08
Central London needs 100,000 extra cycle parking spaces to keep pace with soaring bike use, campaigners say... more

TfL 'losing its Traffic congestion as bad as it was before C-chargeagainst congestion'

06.08.08
Central London congestion has soared back to levels last seen before the C-charge was introduced, an official report discloses... more

Simple but powerful piece does justice to the dead

01.08.08
Designing memorials is a fraught business. Emotions run high and the task, of representing tragedy in dumb building materials, is essentially impossible. Think, for example, of the traumas of the Diana Memorial... more

Court victory for computer games firm in crackdown on illegal downloads

01.07.08
Thousands of computer users who breach copyright by sharing games and films are facing legal action from producers determined to protect their interests... more

Late Kate steals the show as Rolling Stone Ronnie's daughter gets married

22.06.08
It is a bride’s privilege to be the last person to arrive at the church on her wedding day – but not, it seems, if you invite Kate Moss to the service.... more

Mixed marks for Liberty

06.05.08
Liberty Champagne & Oyster Bar is a bit like the dressing room of a rich, obsessive bachelor, says Mark Bolland.... more

On yer bike for London Freewheel

18.09.07
The Hovis London Freewheel ride is setting up Londoners for a day of very leisurely pedalling this Sunday.... more

The best of British for Gordy's pub

04.04.07
The Narrow - Gordon Ramsay's first foray into pub food - puts the emphasis on traditional British recipes at very reasonable prices - for now.... more

As bars go, it's a corker

19.03.07
Fancy some fizzy? The new St Pancras station could be the place for you when it opens.... more

Dirty Dancing in London

20.10.06
As the Dirty Dancing musical comes to London, we reveal where you can learn how to make all the right moves.... more

Madonna is music's No.1 earner

29.09.06
Madonna is the highest-earning female singer in the world, figures have revealed. The mother-of-two, who turned 48 last month, is making some £26.6million a year.... more

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