Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was among a string of former Labour ministers set to be given a peerage in the Dissolution Honours list, the Standard learns... more
Widow of Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe was joined by the Prince Charles as her husband was given a full military funeral at the Guards Chapel in St James’s... more
More than 300 barristers are to gather tomorrow to protest over cuts to the family legal aid budget, which they warn could leave hundreds of children exposed to the risk of abuse... more
The London council that failed to protect Baby P is at the centre of another abuse scandal after claims a five-year-old boy was beaten while in its care... more
The head of the Army has come out against the plan to hold the Olympic shooting at Woolwich Barracks in a blow likely to be terminal to the venue... more
Claims of "dirty tricks" and "black ops" by Downing Street were rife as allies of Ruth Kelly feared she had become the latest victim of a campaign to flush out Labour rebels... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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