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Reed dives after major share placing to slash Ł5bn debts

30.07.09

Publisher Reed Elsevier has launched a major share placing to cut its $8.3 billion (Ł5 billion) debts ... more

Sunderland target Lorik Cana

24.07.09

Steve Bruce is hoping to make Marseille captain Lorik Cana his third signing for Sunderland after admitting the Albania international is "right up his street"... more

Beleaguered British Airways rocked by sky-high loss

17.07.09

British Airways has slumped to its worst ever first-quarter loss as it announced plans to raise more than Ł600 million to keep the carrier afloat ... more

Newcastle's Utrect-turn

14.07.09

Newcastle are angry that their friendly in Holland has been scrapped because of fears over violence with Sunderland fans who will be at a match 30 miles away.... more

Royal Academy to exhibit 800 Van Gogh letters

09.07.09

First major exhibition on Vincent van Gogh in London for more than 40 years will include rarely seen correspondence in which he gives glimpses of his thought processes... more

We need more cycle racks at railway stations

30.06.09

Cycling facilities at London's busiest railway stations are so dire that there is only one parking space for every 700 daily passengers, an Evening Standard investigation has found... more

Bruno goes soft in Berlin premiere

22.06.09

Bruno stayed clear of any racial stereotypes in the German capital.... more

Brussels sprouts wings

03.06.09

The city centre has been revamped, its bars and shops transformed, and the Magritte Museum has just opened: it's official - Brussels is suddenly hip... more

Locations get star role in Pinewood’s Ł200m plan

01.06.09

Pinewood Studios today submitted its planning application for a Ł200 million expansion to give film-makers access to one of the biggest selections of ready-made locations in the world ... more

Two million fly off for Easter as airlines offer bargain deals

09.04.09

Airlines are offering last-minute bargain flights as thousands of Londoners prepare to leave the capital for Easter... more

Relative of Madrid bomber held over Amsterdam plot

13.03.09

Dutch police have arrested seven people suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Amsterdam, including a relative of one of the attackers who died in the 2004 bombings in Madrid... more

Let’s have an Olympic legacy like this

17.02.09

London should take inspiration from Stockholm, Amsterdam, or even Dubai if the benefits from 2012 are to amount to more than fantasy... more

Have your say on London's 2012 legacy

13.02.09

Londoners will be able to speak out on plans to transform the Olympic Park into six neighbourhoods by 2040... more

Mars migrants found in Slough

04.02.09

Fifteen chocolate-covered stowaways were arrested after they were found in more than 20 tonnes of cocoa powder destined for a Mars Bar factory... more

Holiday-makers stranded in London due to poor visibility

14.01.09

Thousands of holidaymakers were stranded at London's airports after more than 100 flights were cancelled due to thick fog... more

Cannabis grown by the state

24.11.08

Holland is pioneering cannabis plantations to supply the drug to coffee shops in a bid to cut out criminal gangs... more

Mixing it with a musical relay

10.10.08

Diesel, the fashion label, is 30 years old and to celebrate it is throwing 18 parties at the same time. One of which takes place at the O2.... more

Maddy: the e-fits kept secret

05.08.08

Portuguese police withheld two e-fits - possibly of the same man - seen watching the McCanns' apartment intently just before Madeleine vanished... more

Tonight's W.I. lecture: brothels of the world

28.07.08

It's a long way from jam-making and knitting - two members of the Women's Institute have just returned from a tour searching for the world's best brothel... more

Big Amsterdam hotels no dopes

15.07.08

Amsterdam's big hotels are yet to suffer any major fall-off in business from the new marijuana smoking laws... more

Trumpeting a maestro in Let's Get Lost

05.06.08

Bruce Weber's black-and-white tribute to the trumpeter Chet Baker is musically one of the most evocative jazz movies made in recent years.... more

Gilbert O'Sullivan's Not Getting Any Younger...but his face and trademark frizzy perm haven't aged a day

30.05.08

It is almost 40 years since he shot to stardom but it seems Gilbert O'Sullivan has barely aged a day. ... more

Cafe Royal to be given a six-star makeover in Ł90m hotel deal

14.04.08

The historic Cafe Royal is to be transformed into a "six star" hotel after the Regent Street building changed hands in a £90 million deal... more

Kate Moss 'announces' she's getting married to her rocker boyfriend Hince

26.03.08

Kate Moss is set to marry her rocker boyfriend Jamie Hince, it has been claimed. The supermodel, who is on tour with her musician boyfriend in Amsterdam, has apparently shared the news with fans, that she's 'getting married' ... more

Kate Moss isn't so sheepish about wrapping up warm

24.03.08

Even world famous style icons have their off days especially when facing the Easter cold snap. Kate Moss is no exception as her latest super-sized woolly coat demonstrates ... more

Turning to taxpayer to pick up the bailouts tab

17.03.08

It has been this column's view for some time that we would not get through the financial crisis without the collapse of an investment bank, and probably a commercial bank... more

It's Coldie Hawn: Actress Goldie dresses up like an Eskimo

11.03.08

She's known for her kooky sense of humour, but it's her kooky sense of style that's raising eyebrows as American actress Goldie Hawn, arrived in Amsterdam dressed in a coat which made her resemble an Eskimo... more

A world-class jazz saxophonist

24.01.08

Tineke Postma is a sensual young saxophone stylist who brings a feminine aspect to world-class improvisation.... more

Close encounter with a Rolling Stones obsessive

06.08.07

If Phil Nichol's latest Edinburgh set does not top last year's turbo-charged tale, which culminated in the sweaty Canadian body-surfing naked over the audience, it is a pretty serviceable sequel.... more

Magnificent Mahler

11.01.07

The Dresden Staatskapelle turned up the heat for Mahler Nine, producing an edgy - but dramatic and touching - performance, says Barry Millington.... more