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City boss 'sent jobseeker vile sexually explicit email in Latin'

2009-11-23T16:25:44Z

A hedge fund boss being sued for �4 million by a female employee sent a sexually explicit email in Latin to a young woman looking for work, a tribunal heard

�Demeaning blonde jokes of sex case City boss�

2009-11-17T12:55:37Z

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

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

2009-10-16T13:31:18Z

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

Accountant fails to widen �40m case

2009-09-17T09:11:19Z

SAS Muslim 'called Paki and terrorist by comrades'

2009-09-11T09:22:43Z

Nell Gwynne is cosy and full of character

2009-07-28T23:00:00Z

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.

City Spy: Your Majesty, we screwed up royally

2009-07-28T06:10:48Z

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

Westminster could flood in 30 minutes

2009-07-10T06:40:17Z

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

Thames hit by 900,000 tons of raw sewage

2009-07-09T13:48:42Z

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

Armchair marathon is the real endurance test

2009-04-27T10:05:40Z

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

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

2009-03-20T09:17:12Z

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

'Ageism' row raises fears on air safety

2009-02-27T14:27:39Z

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

Hotels profit from stranded commuters

2009-02-03T09:36:08Z

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

Squatters quit Mayfair mews and Park Lane group told to go

2009-01-28T15:07:20Z

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

Today's hot news: invest in bargain bricks and mortar

2008-11-07T14:17:49Z

City firm biased against us, claim Muslim twins

2008-10-29T16:22:48Z

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

Drink-related admissions to A&E triple

2008-10-16T15:32:11Z

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

Mexican street food in Covent Garden

2008-09-28T23:00:00Z

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

�16,000 bill for illegally copying Net pinball

2008-08-19T07:32:53Z

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

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

2008-08-11T08:17:55Z

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

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

2008-08-06T09:13:10Z

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

Simple but powerful piece does justice to the dead

2008-08-01T08:38:50Z

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

Court victory for computer games firm in crackdown on illegal downloads

2008-07-01T10:44:03Z

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

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

2008-06-21T23:05:16Z

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.

Mixed marks for Liberty

2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

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

On yer bike for London Freewheel

2007-09-18T12:10:16Z

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

The best of British for Gordy's pub

2007-04-03T23:00:00Z

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

As bars go, it's a corker

2007-03-19T10:00:24Z

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

Dirty Dancing in London

2006-10-20T13:44:35Z

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

Madonna is music's No.1 earner

2006-09-29T07:58:46Z

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.