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All mod cons for convict Hamza. Preacher of hate gets £650 taps for his prison cell

16.11.09
Prison officials criticised for fitting new taps costing £650 in the cells used by extremist Muslim preacher Abu Hamza... more

Met targets break-ins and rise in car thefts

08.10.09
Scotland Yard launches major operation to tackle a surge in break-ins and car thefts in London, fuelled by the recession... more

Key leads after pregnant rape victim’s appeal

30.09.09
Police receive valuable leads following TV appeal in which a woman told of her ordeal when she was raped at gunpoint by a burglar while heavily pregnant... more

Pregnant woman tells of rape by gun raiders in London home

29.09.09
Latest: Mother-to-be tells how she was raped during terrifying gunpoint burglary as balaclava-clad gang threaten boyfriend with shotgun... more

Call for talks to prevent week-long rail strike

09.09.09
Rail bosses have demanded urgent talks with union leaders to prevent a week-long strike on National Express East Anglia... more

Rupert Goold is the director with the golden touch

07.08.09
Move over Mendes, watch out Nunn, Rupert Goold's production of Enron is the critical hit of the summer, and his Kubrick-inspired take on Shakespeare thrills modern audiences... more

Wobbly performance from Katy Brand

13.07.09
Katy Brand's best moments at her Udderbelly show were her over-the-top pop spoofs.... more

Emergency travel plans unveiled as Tube strike looms

08.06.09
Mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled emergency measures to keep London moving in the event of the 48-hour Tube strike going ahead... more

Police chase teacher over cigarette butt on street

05.06.09
A teacher claims he was removed from a bus by police after he stubbed a cigarette out on the pavement... more

First pictures of toddler killed in rollercoaster accident

13.05.09
The two-year-old boy killed after being struck by a rollercoaster has been named as Erjon Hyseni... more

Lunch out at Villiers Terrace

29.04.09
Villiers Terrace is trying hard, if not yet getting it all right.... more

Free gigs and iPods tempt under-25s to take sex disease test

10.03.09
Health bosses are spending tens of thousands of pounds on gifts for young people to encourage them to take a sexual health test... more

Snowball duel at 10 paces, Pushkin-style

03.02.09
"The destruction," said The Today programme as I sloped into the kitchen yesterday morning, "is widespread."... more

London bike park 'one of the safest in world'

17.12.08
A London bicycle park has been selected as one of the world's best examples of cycle safety... more

That's Capital - village pubs make a comeback

02.12.08
Capital Pub Company pubs are a class above. Perhaps they will show others the way back to the future... more

Police smash £1m-a-week drugs ring

21.11.08
Police have smashed a drugs gang that made £1million a week by running a cannabis distribution racket with a fleet of wholesale flower delivery vans... more

Police raid crystal meth factory in barber's shop

21.11.08
Two men have been arrested after police swooped on a barber's shop in north London suspected of being a crystal meth factory... more

Blow to flagship NHS policy as 'first polyclinic' is too costly to keep open

06.08.08
A forerunner of the new polyclinic style health centre is being shut because it is too expensive to run... more

New trees destroyed by dogs training for fights

14.07.08
Fighting dogs have been blamed for destroying more than 100 trees in a park used by their owners for training and illegal bouts... more

Boris Johnson under fire after Rise festival alters its message

17.06.08
Boris Johnson has been criticised by campaigners for dropping the central anti-racism message of the Rise music festival... more

The World's End has a new look

10.06.08
Although the designers have hardly broken the mould for recent pub refurbishments, there are plenty of reasons to visit The World's End.... more

Ready for the festival season?

14.03.08
With little to choose between the line-ups, it's the added extras that will count at this year's festivals. David Smyth guides you through the best summer festivals.... more

Chaotic end of an era

21.01.08
Last Night at the Red Rose trod a gloriously chaotic line between sentimentality and anarchy, bringing the curtain down on the Finsbury Park club after two decades.... more

Stars mourn legendary Red Rose Comedy Club

14.01.08
One of London's oldest and most respected comedy clubs, where some of the country's best comedians cut their teeth, is to shut down after 20 years.... more

Hard-hitting stuff

08.10.07
Artist Polly Morgan's work is taxidermy with a twist and her first solo exhibition challenges our perceptions of death and nature.... more

Line up for Freewheel

12.09.07
Londoners will be able to don their lycra and get on their bikes for the Hovis Freewheel Event on 23 September.... more

Good vibes, hard rain

16.07.07
A gloriously mixed crowd kept on smiling at the anti-racism Rise festival despite some horribly mixed weather.... more

Free music festival to fight racism

11.07.07
Over 100,000 people are expected to attend a free anti-racist music festival featuring Jamelia, Kelis and The Noisettes this weekend.... more

Legend helps us through

29.01.07
Willie Nelson generated barely any excitement from a small Wembley crowd. His band was too quiet to control the enormous space, but simply being in his presence helped raise spirits.... more

South London's one-man pasanda

25.09.06
It may not be much to look at and doesn't have much in the way of atmosphere but, says Toby Young, the food at Hot Stuff cannot be faulted.... more

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