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Top Tory facing suspension for calling blogger poisonous

07.09.09
One of London’s most outspoken politicians faces censure and £10,000 legal bill after describing an internet blogger as an 'obsessive, poisonous individual'... more

Gangsters and muggers fuel gun crime surge

03.09.09
Gangland shootings and armed muggers are fuelling a surge in gun crime in London, Scotland Yard has warned... more

Hunger strike girl back at US embassy after hospital scare

13.08.09
Teenage girl on hunger strike outside the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square returned to begin a third week without food after being rushed to hospital... more

London couples left in lurch by Relate closures

06.07.09
The collapse of a leading counselling service has left hundreds of London couples to cope with marriage problems on their own... more

Long, profitable life of vaccines means it's not just the ill clamouring for them

01.06.09
A dirty-brown brick building close to Northern Line station Mill Hill East is an unlikely place to find the saviour of the pharmaceuticals industry... more

Through the keyhole at the £1.5m house of jailed gangster

20.05.09
Who would live in a house like this? Well let’s consider the evidence. The big clue is the portrait hanging in the living room showing Al Pacino in The Godfather... more

Head, deputy and the bursar suspended over £1m bonuses

13.05.09
A leading London headteacher was suspended today over allegations that he received £200,000 in illegal bonuses, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

The Secret Millionaire who’s betting that property will recover

13.05.09
The City can’t get enough of Nick Leslau and has already pledged to back his new £200 million listed property investment vehicle ... more

London student fighting swine flu ‘in a bad way’

01.05.09
A 22-year-old London man with swine flu was “in a bad way” in hospital... more

Super-tax and the age of envy ... let's not go there again

27.04.09
I was once sunbathing next to Britain's most envious woman. We were on holiday in Italy, near Amalfi, in the late Seventies, relaxing under stripy umbrellas... more

State head on £130,000 bonuses puts his family on the payroll

07.04.09
A leading London headteacher who took home at least £130,000 in bonuses employed three family members at his school, a whistleblower claimed... more

Window of opportunity for Dragons' Den blindmakers

19.03.09
Three entrepreneurs who appeared on Dragons' Den have scooped a deal worth tens of thousands of pounds with Argos after the show's experts backed their business... more

Man who brought newspapers into the future dies at 80

10.03.09
Bert Hardy, one of the most powerful figures in the newspaper industry in a career spanning 65 years, has died after a long illness at the age of 80... more

Schools play safe by barring younger pupils

04.02.09
Thousands of children were given a third day off lessons as schools shut again because playgrounds were judged to be too icy... more

Snow chaos round-up

04.02.09
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Late Christmas present for Caterham as they win award

07.01.09
Caterham School have been awarded the Evening Standard 1st XV Team of the Month award for December after eight straight wins, including a 17-15 victory at previously undefeated Cranbrook... more

Men-only slimming clubs open in capital

23.12.08
Men-only slimming clubs are being rolled out across London. The classes will be aimed at men who feel intimidated and outnumbered by women at traditional dieting groups... more

The Rabbi has a point but Otto is no Fagin

18.11.08
A leading London rabbi, Yitzhak Schochet of Mill Hill United Synagogue, has suggested that there are anti-Semitic elements in David Hare's new play, Gethsemane. Are there? ... more

Parents pay for advice on schools

17.10.08
Desperate London parents are paying a consultant to help them find a good school for their children... more

Big Brother's Nikki Grahame: 'For years I was a walking skeleton'

08.09.08
Behind the vulnerable, hysterical persona Nikki displayed on Big Brother lies a horrifying battle with anorexia. She tells Liz Jones about the effects.... more

Diet? What diet? Just show me the way to 'Fatfighters'

19.08.08
Writer and mother Viv Groskop found her post-baby weight hard to lose. Here she reveals how Rosemary Conley's common-sense approach restored her figure... more

Ex-wife of Tory councillor ran family brothels

06.08.08
The former wife of a local politician made up to £200,000 a year running a string of vice dens with her brother and son... more

Balls names schools that broke rules

02.04.08
More than 30 schools in London have been named and shamed for breaching admissions rules... more

Brixton teenager aims to be first black jockey to win the National

01.04.08
A teenager from a Brixton council estate has set his sights on becoming the first black jockey to win the Grand National... more

Essential Notting Hill Carnival guide

18.08.06
Here's your complete guide to all the essential info to make sure you're not left high and dry over the bank holiday weekend.... more

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