London-based photographers Laura Woolnough and Ginny Jory give an exclusive preview of an exhibition, opening next year, that captures our Olympic hopefuls at training grounds and in homes across the country... more
Rural families are struggling to make ends meet and typically need up to 20 per cent more than city dwellers for an acceptable standard of living, research shows... more
Nelson Mandela has 56, Orlando Bloom has just got his first. Kim Cattrall was also a recipient. On Friday this week, Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady will pick up another... more
Manufacturer of the World Cup football today laid the blame for England’s draw squarely with underfire goalkeeper Robert Green, saying he made 'a massive error'... more
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is ready to showcase Chris Smalling for the rest of the campaign after losing the "diamond" unearthed from non-league football less than two years ago... more
Chris Smalling is struggling to come to terms with the meteoric rise which has seen him go from non-league footballer to Fulham's hottest prospect in 18 months... more
George Gandy, the coach of world championship silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey, has been appointed national event coach for endurance by UK Athletics... more
Cricket: Victory for South Africa over Pakistan at Trent Bridge today will ensure there is an English presence in the World Twenty20 Final at Lord's... more
Plans for a university on the site of the London Olympics will take a step forward next month with the launch of a viability study backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson... more
The banker who orchestrated an antidrinking ban party on the Tube is to quit London for South America while bosses consider his future, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Organisers behind the Tube drink ban protest which spiralled out of control are planning further demonstrations, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Monaco-based multimillionaire Jon Wood is an unlikely champion of the dispossessed - and even allies in the fight against nationalisation seem wary of him
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The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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