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New Manchester United deal for Tom Cleverley

10.10.11
Young midfielder has signed a new four-year contract at Old Trafford... more

Buy-to-let investor is back as Barratt returns to profit

14.09.11
The British buy-to-let investor is back from the dead, according to the chief executive of housebuilder Barratt Developments... more

Genus boss bows out on crest of wave

06.09.11
Richard Wood, departing boss of animal genetics company Genus, presents record results for his last year in charge... more

Choose your heroes to carry Olympic torch

04.08.11
Nominate your very own Olympic hero to carry the 2012 torch - pick an extraordinary person you know who makes the capital a better place... more

Briton, 19, knifed to death after laser pen row in Greece

13.07.11
A British teenager was stabbed to death after leaving a nightclub during a holiday on a Greek island... more

Arrest threat to stranded commuters after they broke free from carriages

10.06.11
Rail commuters were trapped on a train for up to six hours and then threatened with arrest when they tried to escape overheated carriages ... more

Jury out in trial of British businessman accused of fake drugs scam

06.04.11
Jury resumes deliberations in the case of five men allegedly embroiled in the most serious fake medicine scam ever seen in the European Union ... more

Vodafone raid leaves thousands hanging on

28.02.11
Break-in at a Vodafone exchange brings the mobile phone giant's network crashing down, cutting off hundreds of thousands of customers in the South-East ... more

Bellowhead are the best live band you've never heard of

11.02.11
The 11-piece Bellowhead have been winning folk awards for the past five years - but their stomping folk-jazz-chanson-cabaret-rock is about to burst into the mainstream... more

60% of doctors 'disagree with NHS reforms'

01.02.11
More than half of doctors disagree with the Government's controversial reforms of the NHS and many do not believe they will improve patient care, according to a poll... more

Comics meet their mini-me

08.12.10
A London teenager is to star as a young Kathy Burke in a new season of short British comedies for Christmas... more

De La Rue in new slide as the worries persist

23.11.10
De La Rue shares take another clobbering after the banknote printer failed to explain the 'paper production' issues that claimed the chief executive's head in August... more

London hospital blunders ‘led to stillbirth and death of a mother’

23.09.10
A mother and her new baby would still be alive today if they had not been failed by three hospitals, a coroner rules... more

Bogus Chelsea tenant jailed for £1m sale of house

27.08.10
Conman tenant was jailed for three years today after fraudulently attempting to sell a four-bedroom, three-storey house in Chelsea... more

Tenant in luxury homes con

29.07.10
Conman moved into luxury homes in Britain’s most expensive neighbourhood as a tenant, stole the owners’ identities and sold their properties to net a fortune, a court hears... more

How the ‘flat white’ is knocking the froth off our cappuccinos

04.03.10
It is stronger than a latte, less frothy than a cappuccino and the new big thing for London’s coffee drinkers... more

Premier League hold back £2million Portsmouth transfer cash

02.02.10
The Premier League will hold on to more than £2million from Portsmouth's player sales in January to cover money owed to other clubs... more

‘Rain washed away grit’ on gridlock night when even the AA got stuck

22.12.09
Councils insist they were well prepared for the rush-hour snow that brought gridlock to the South-East and even forced AA staff to spend the night in their office... more

Thousands stranded as snow brings chaos to airports, stations and roads

22.12.09
Hundreds of thousands of commuters and holidaymakers stranded as snow and ice causes major disruptions... more

Sporting Miscellanies

04.12.09
To prang one car may be regarded as a misfortune. To prang both looks like carelessness. No, not Tiger Woods, but our very own Nasser Hussain... more

Try all that's in this fun city - for just a tenner

06.05.09
An American travel website is warning travellers off our fair city on the grounds that it's "dirty" and the cuisine isn't all it might be... more

Property trio seek to build up finances

19.03.09
Three property firms took steps to bolster their finances as the embattled sector fights for survival... more

Zavvi fading out as 18 more stores close

14.01.09
Retail: Music chain Zavvi is a step closer to vanishing from the High Street, after the firm’s administrators announced the immediate closure of a further 18 stores ... more

Oysters for all trains unless you take SWT

09.01.09
Passengers will be able to use their Oyster cards on almost all London's rail network by the end of the summer, the Standard has learned... more

Influentials 2009

02.01.09
From finance to fashion and politics to property, the past 12 months have seen dramatic changes in who wields influence in the capital. So who are the up-and-coming power players in London this year?... more

Commuterland bears the brunt of rise in jobless

19.12.08
The impact of soaring unemployment on commuter towns, cities and suburbs in the South-East was revealed... more

Cameron accused of plugging donors

23.07.08
David Cameron is being accused of rewarding Tory donors with free publicity... more

By road or rail, millions of travellers face delays over holiday weekend

02.05.08
Travellers are warned to expect severe delays as millions head off for the May bank holiday... more

Bank holiday rail chaos on the way as stations and lines face shutdown

29.04.08
Hundreds of thousands of rail passengers face major disruption over the May Day bank holiday weekend with the closure of large sections of the mainline network... more

UK tax burden forces Shire to quit for Ireland

15.04.08
Pharmaceuticals giant Shire will become the first FTSE 100 company to quit the UK for tax reasons... more


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