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What was that you said? Boris calls for quieter spaces in the capital

09.10.09
Boris Johnson calls for more 'tranquil spaces' to provide an escape from the noise of the city... more

Boris Johnson wants us to grow our own vegetables

11.08.09
Food shopping in supermarkets is out; digging is in. Imported food is so pre-crisis; local produce is the thing — even, improbably, in London... more

Tackling the scourge of London’s gangs

10.08.09
Gang warfare in London has taken an even uglier turn: our report shows that increasing numbers of children are being caught up in turf wars... more

Swallow this: organic food is no better for your health

30.07.09
Most organic agriculture is now no closer to Blackberry Farm than a can of Stella is to home brewing ... more

From red light to green: vice district blooms into gardens

15.07.09
One of London's worst red-light districts has been transformed by a community garden where residents grow their own food and flowers... more

Show reveals how to turn your balcony into a garden

02.07.09
Visitors to Hampton Court Palace's spectacular gardens at this year's flower show are being encouraged to create displays in slightly more modest spaces... more

London is full of people growing their own produce

02.07.09
London is full of people wanting - and succeeding - to grow their own. Whether it's in a window box or by turning previously derelict stretches of land into vegetable growing plots where people can garden together, food is a great uniter... more

Grow food anywhere - I've eaten radishes from roof tops

29.06.09
Anyone who thinks that London is waste land where you can't grow food should think again... more

The allotment in a teapot

29.06.09
Every Londoner should grow their own "mini-allotment" using window boxes, kitchen walls and even teapots, experts said... more

Gordon Brown's new promises are empty

29.06.09
Lord Mandelson's admission that the Government may delay plans to part-privatise Royal Mail is a foretaste of the Prime Minister's coming difficulties. The legislation had been timetabled for next month but with only a few weeks left before Parliament recesses and fierce backbench opposition to the plans, it seems ministers may have lost their nerve. That does not bode well for the new direction which the Gordon Brown will today attempt to set for the Government's approach to public services.... more

Rosie Boycott's grow-your-own food revolution

11.06.09
Rosie Boycott, Boris’s Food Tsar, is a born- again gardener whose mission is to convert Tesco-buying metropolitans to the joys of grow-your-own food... more

Boris Johnson under fire for too few women in senior jobs

06.03.09
Boris Johnson has been criticised over the lack of women in senior positions in his administration... more

Westminster gets first new street market in 50 years

20.10.08
The first new street market in the borough for 50 years will open at Christmas, selling fresh food, clothes and household goods... more

'Suffragette' Tamsin held in Parliament climate protest

14.10.08
Hundreds of environmental campaigners laid siege to the Palace of Westminster after they failed to storm Parliament... more

Designers show ideas for a stylish capital carafe

15.09.08
Plans for a "London carafe" to serve tap water in thousands of restaurants across the capital were unveiled as a shortlist of 10 designs went on show at City Hall... more

Rooftop rebel plans her next Parliament protest

12.09.08
Eco-activists are planning to storm Parliament in a mass protest against global warming, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Couch potatoes offered allotments for just £10 a year

06.08.08
Allotments could offer the solution to London's obesity epidemic... more

Make Asbo yobs work in allotments, says new food czar Rosie

05.08.08
Young people with anti-social behaviour orders could be made to work in allotments, Boris Johnson's new food czar says... more

Murder mystery that led to Holmes and Morse is £30,000 winner

16.07.08
An account of a gruesome Victorian murder which sparked our obsession with detective novels has won the world's most lucrative non-fiction book prize... more

BBC urged to sack Jeremy Clarkson after he boasts over speeding at 186mph on public road

28.05.08
The BBC faced calls to sack Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson today after he admitted driving at an incredible 186mph on a public road.... more

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