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Huge hospital development will swamp us, say residents

13.02.09
A multi-million pound scheme to transform a notorious south London mental hospital has caused outrage in the community... more

Hospital cancels operations after blaze in power plant

12.02.09
Operations were cancelled at a hospital in north-west London after a fire broke out in its basement... more

Psychiatric patients allowed to see violent films on wards

16.01.09
Patients with severe mental health problems were able to watch violent films while being treated at a psychiatric hospital, a report has found... more

Management buyout saves Folio Hotel jobs

12.01.09
Leisure: Two of West London’s most established hotels have been saved after a management buyout of Folio Hotels has secured 18 properties and 1200 jobs... more

MK One stores sale saves jobs sales

25.11.08
Around 800 jobs have been saved after the administrators of perennially-struggling MK One sold on a large part of the discount womenswear retailer.... more

Police tell public not to approach murder suspect on the run from mental hospital

20.11.08
A suspected murderer on the run from a psychiatric hospital would not have broken free if he had been remanded to a jail, his alleged victim's mother claimed... more

Heart gadgets check pupils' anger

31.10.08
London schoolchildren are being given heart-rate monitors to curb anti-social behaviour, it was revealed... more

Olympics host faces £7m loss in Iceland

13.10.08
The main 2012 Olympics host authority has become the latest London borough to face losing millions of taxpayers' money in the Icelandic bank collapse... more

Locked in a car boot and abducted for SEVEN days ... Lily Allen reveals friend's harrowing kidnap ordeal

02.09.08
A friend of Lily Allen was kidnapped, bundled into a car boot and held hostage in London for seven days. The 23-year-old singer revealed the extraordinary ordeal last night.... more

Fuss over Princess Victoria

26.08.08
Although once a splendid gin palace, the Princess Victoria has actually been a fairly rough Irish pub for as long as memory serves.... more

Wad's that in your wallet? £151,000-a-week footballer Frank Lampard steps out

15.08.08
It's clear from this snap that the credit crunch hasn't hit footballer Frank Lampard.... more

Parking badge fraudster ordered to pay £1,250

31.07.08
A fraudster who used a dead woman's disabled parking badge has been fined £750... more

Station work restarts after £7m blunder

03.07.08
Work has finally begun to re-build a railway station - six months after it was due to open... more

NHS failures over killer 'signed death warrant of my son'

02.07.08
The family of a man beaten to death by a mental patient has accused the people responsible for his care of "signing his death warrant"... more

Doctor who let knife killer out of hospital 'to sue for £300,000'

30.06.08
The family of a man stabbed to death by a mental patient have condemned her court action seeking more than £300,000 in damages... more

Kidney patient saved by his perfect sister

10.06.08
A city banker who almost died after suffering sudden kidney failure is alive today thanks to his sister... more

Glamour-puss Natasha blooms five months into her pregnancy

02.06.08
She may have a burgeoning bump to contend with but this has not stopped Natasha Kaplinsky from getting out and about - or wearing heels.... more

Back down to earth with a bump: Lily Allen returns to London ...and gets a parking ticket

01.06.08
She may be a girl about town with the designer clothes, celebrity friends and flashy car to prove it. ... more

The next big thing: WHITE LIES

30.05.08
WHO ARE THEY? ... more

Pictured: Billy Zane and Kelly Brook back together and smiling over lunch date

14.05.08
Kelly Brook and Billy Zane appear to have rekindled their romance just weeks after she called off their engagement. The pair reunited last night for an intimate dinner at a Thai restaurant after the Titanic star flew to London in a desperate bid to win back his former fiancee. Both spent the night at an exclusive West London hotel. However Kelly, who cut short a holiday in Cornwall to meet up with the actor, was not wearing her £35,000 diamond engagement ring... more

Generous Abramovich spends £200,000 on daughter's sweet 16th

07.05.08
Roman Abramovich made sure his daughter had a 16th birthday to remember when he spent more than £200,000 on lavish celebrations last week. The billionaire hired out West End club Paper for his daughter Anna, who is a pupil at West London school Godolphin & Latymer ... more

Size 16 Miss England hop Chloe checks out the competition at bikini photoshoot

04.04.08
Size 16 teenage beauty queen Chloe Marshall met her contenders for the annual Miss England competition. The semi-finalists were joined by the current title holder Georgia Horsley for a photo shoot in West London... more

That's the way to do it

27.02.08
The Mercer - opened in December on the site of a former champagne bar called The Ballroom by manager Jason Bedford and chef Warren Lee - is a truly proficient exercise in good taste.... more

Can't Sienna afford a decent suitcase? Miss Miller shows off her tatty luggage as she heads for LA

11.02.08
Sienna Miller may have dazzled at the Baftas but less than 24 hours later, the actress has failed to make the same impression. Headed for LA, Sienna turned up at Heathrow airport on Monday looking dishevelled, but it was her broken suitcase that stole the show ... more

Try grazing exquisitely

30.01.08
It has a sumptuous, jaw-dropping posh room, but The Landau's terrific staff are where the restaurant really scores.... more

Brand Ramsay riding high

21.01.08
The air of expectation at Gordon Ramsay's gastropub The Devonshire is as heavy as the menu, says Mark Bolland.... more

Great food, shame about the décor

02.05.07
With his Ma Cuisine and La Brasserie, John McClements's colonisation of West London's leafy 'burbs continues apace. Latest to join them is little tapas outfit, El Vino.... more

Jamie's school winner

06.02.07
Aaron Craze, born into a family of London criminals and who dropped out of school at 15, is to be named by Jamie Oliver as his natural successor.... more

Far from veggie heaven

08.01.07
If The Gate has the best vegetarian food in London, Toby Young would hate to sample the worst. Stay at home and eat a banana instead, he suggests.... more

Our pick of the comedy stores

25.10.06
Here is our pick of the best comedy clubs in London.... more

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