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Vince Cable leads boundaries backlash

13.09.11
Vince Cable is leading a backlash against plans to radically redraw London's parliamentary map... more

I was petrified, says pregnant mother who woke to face fox

08.09.11
A pregnant woman told how she woke up to find a fox face-to-face with her in bed... more

700 pubs closed by smoke ban, supermarket beer and tax rises

24.06.11
More than 700 pubs in Greater London have closed since the start of the smoking ban, research has revealed... more

G20 death Pc will go on trial next year

20.06.11
The policeman accused of killing newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protest in the City in 2009 will stand trial at the Old Bailey next year... more

Boy, 14, found hanged after being bullied on Facebook, inquest told

13.04.11
Inquest into the death of a boy found hanging in his bathroom heard claims that he had been bullied on Facebook... more

MP claims £11 from taxpayer for video of her maiden speech

03.12.10
London MP claimed expenses for a video of her maiden speech to the Commons, documents from the parliamentary watchdog reveal today... more

Hardest workers in London found in ... Sutton

25.11.10
Sutton is the borough with 78 per cent of its residents in work — more than any other in Greater London. Sophie Morris ventures down south towards Croydon, with fascinating results ...... more

£52,000 bill for benefits cheat

13.10.10
Woman who falsely claimed more than £52,000 in benefits while hiding £50,000 of savings has been ordered to repay it all... more

Cricket probe football chairman 'shoots himself'

04.10.10
Police investigate the death of the chairman of a London football club embroiled in an alleged cricket match-fixing scandal... more

I wanted a water birth but hospital said my weight put staff at risk

24.08.10
Mother has accused a hospital of discrimination after she was branded too fat to use its birthing pool... more

Eight get the chance of new lives from organs of drink-drive victim

24.08.10
Four adults and four babies have received organs from a man killed by a drink driver... more

Father furious at ‘maniac’ killer driver’s sentence

04.08.10
Father of a man killed by a drink-driver describes the sentence given to the motorist responsible as disgraceful and inadequate... more

Londoner held in Iraq on terrorism charges for more than a year speaks of ordeal

09.02.10
London businessman locked up in Iraq for more than a year on terrorism charges has spoken of his ordeal for the first time after being reunited with his family... more

Four London hospitals in the frame for closure of units claim Lib-Dems

26.01.10
Row over London NHS cuts deepened with claims that a maternity unit and an accident and emergency unit in the capital are secretly earmarked for closure... more

Man killed and friends injured by car fleeing police van

22.01.10
Man killed and his two friends injured when a car being chased by a police van ploughed into their vehicle as it waited at a junction... more

MPs demand reform as selective London schools turn away local children

21.01.10
Bright local children are being turned away from 'super-selective' schools in London because of a surge in out-of-borough pupils gaining places, warn MPs... more

Unemployed man throttles mother of pregnant girlfriend

05.11.09
An unemployed man who strangled the millionaire mother of his pregnant girlfriend was convicted this afternoon after being bugged praying to God for forgiveness... more

Lib-Dem supertax on £1million London homes

21.09.09
Latest: Queen and tens of thousands of Londoners would be hit by a planned Liberal Democrat tax on homes worth more than £1million... more

Policeman stabbed in neck with bottle

26.05.09
A fairground reveller was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a police officer in the neck with a bottle... more

Policeman stabbed in neck with bottle

26.05.09
A fairground reveller was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a police officer in the neck with a bottle... more

Cleared Iraqi fromLondon is last US prisoner in Baghdad camp

29.04.09
A businessman from south London is the last detainee from Britain to be held by US forces in Iraq, it has emerged... more

Strangled grandmother found on her kitchen floor

25.03.09
Police have launched a murder hunt after a grandmother was found strangled on the kitchen floor of her south London home... more

Stations can be frightening late at night, admits minister

18.02.09
A transport minister admitted that waiting for a train late at night in London in a poorly lit and unmanned stations can be a "frightening experience"... more

Holidaymakers left stranded in passport strike

23.07.08
Holidaymakers faced a frantic wait for their passports as staff at London's main office began a threeday strike... more

'Care was top notch, the problem was space'

16.06.08
Sarah Harvey's baby son Joshua died shortly after having to travel more than 120 miles from London to Bristol because of a lack of intensive care cots... more

Only 20 MPs turn up for Commons debate on violence

05.06.08
Only 20 MPs turned up for a Commons debate on the menace of knife crime... more

Only 20 MPs turn up for Commons debate on violence

05.06.08
Only 20 MPs turned up for a Commons debate on the menace of knife crime... more

Mother 'killed her children after row'

02.06.08
The family of a mother suspected of stabbing her two children to death told how they fear she snapped after a row with her husband... more

Student's meningitis death: hospital pays £80,000 to family

21.05.08
The family of a student who died from meningitis have won their battle for compensation... more


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