Six teenagers have been charged with deliberately starting a massive blaze at a scrapyard that caused a busy section of the M1 to be closed for days... more
The suspicions of Alec Guinness loyalists towards the new film version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy can be laid to rest. The line-up of contemporary actors is superb, and there is the added potency of nostalgia... more
Princess Eugenie has been held up as a role model by teenage patients she visited at London's world-renowned Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital... more
A faith school has apologised for the 'inconvenience and stress' it caused to a family it rejected after it was ruled the school valued religious commitment over its duties under disability discrimination laws... more
Housebuilder Galliford Try unveil a clutch of new contracts across the capital as housing associations bid to get to grips with London's affordable housing shortfall... more
Residents hit with draconian rules: No late-night TV, no whistling while you wash early in the morning, no prams in the building — and make sure your net curtains are shining white... more
‘Multicultural London English’ is now recognised as the parallel street language of the young — but how important is it that we can speak properly too, asks broadcaster Lindsay Johns
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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
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
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
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
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