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Walking tall: the 1948 Games veteran who has inspired a movie

21.10.11
An Olympic veteran who introduced the splits to international gymnastics at the 1948 London Games will walk the red carpet next week at the BFI London Film Festival... more

Ex-olympics girl in court

21.09.11
A former Olympic ambassador faces jail after she admitted smashing up a police car during the London riots... more

Squatters invade house as fears grow of Romanian network targeting capital

24.08.11
Squatters have invaded the home of two sisters who are away on holiday as fears grow that an organised network of eastern Europeans is targeting London properties... more

Mother fearful over her 2012 Olympic ambassador teen's fate in court

17.08.11
The mother of a teenage Olympic ambassador accused of rioting tells of her anxiety as her daughter was remanded in custody again... more

Gipsy squatter gang 'targeting empty homes and moving in'

17.08.11
Fears are growing that a network of Romanian squatters is targeting homes in east London... more

Nursery staff 'left toddlers unattended so they could play on the swings themselves'

06.07.11
Staff left young children unsupervised on a climbing frame while they pushed each other on swings, a mother claims... more

Teenagers arrested in raids to take lethal 'pen gun' off streets

10.02.11
Two teenage gang members were arrested during a series of raids today over a dangerous new weapon being used on London's streets... more

Commuters suffer as Tube cable thieves cause chaos on Central line

02.02.11
Thousands of Tube commuters suffered major disruption today after thieves stole copper cable on the Central line overnight... more

Grandmother killed by lift

28.10.10
A grandmother crushed to death in a lift when the brake mechanism failed, an inquest hears... more

Leave a tip for visitors in the 2010 Visit London Awards

08.10.10
Elephant Parade and Anthony Gormley’s forth plinth project in Trafalgar Square have been nominated by Evening Standard readers as two of their favourite attractions for the BT Visit London Awards 2010... more

Empty Leytonstone police station is taken over by squatters

07.10.10
Squatters have taken over an empty police station just days before it was due to be sold for redevelopment... more

I wanna be elected...to support Alice Cooper

10.08.10
Veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper judged a talent show with a difference - in the bowels of the London Dungeon.... more

Thugs face jail after 'honour' revenge acid attack turned man into 'zombie'

10.05.10
Three thugs who poured acid over a man's face in an 'honour' revenge attack for dating a married woman face severe sentences at the Old Bailey... more

Record winter vomiting bug outbreak hits capital

15.01.10
Hospitals, schools and care homes in the capital have suffered a record number of winter vomiting bug cases... more

Girl, 12, dragged off the street and raped on way to school

10.12.09
12-year-old girl was snatched from the street and raped in a random attack as she was on her way to school in east London... more

Rooftop protest halts traffic for 9 hours

02.12.09
Rooftop protest caused traffic chaos across London as police were forced to close a major commuter route for more than nine hours... more

Man in court over Jermain Defoe's brother killing

16.10.09
A 34-year-old man appeared in court to deny the manslaughter of the half-brother of England footballer Jermain Defoe... more

Keeping the city alive: Landlords turn over 'slack space' to creative projects

24.08.09
Property owners are loaning or cheaply leasing empty retail space or buildings on stalled development sites - known as "slack space" - to galleries and creative enterprises... more

Gang throws acid in man's face and stabs him twice

02.07.09
Man critically ill in hospital after acid was thrown in his face by a masked gang in east London... more

Woolies pops up again as art gallery

29.06.09
A defunct Woolies store in east London has been requisitioned by local artists as part of the craze for “pop-up” art galleries across the city... more

Three offers of £1million for first home of baby Beckham

20.11.08
The house where David Beckham lived as a baby has attracted three offers of £1million... more

On sale at £1m, the terrace house where Becks grew up

17.11.08
From the outside, there appears nothing special about this three-bedroom terrace house in Leytonstone to merit the astonishing £1million price tag... more

Bendy fleet banned from bridge over fear of collapse

24.06.08
A fleet of bendy buses is having to be diverted because their weight is threatening Tube lines below... more

League table names and shames capital's dirty hospital kitchens

05.06.08
Hospital kitchens and canteens in London are among the most unhygienic in the country... more

Rare to find

30.10.07
Although perhaps not outstanding in any way, pubs like the North Star are getting rarer to find and if this were your local, you'd be happy. ... more

Tate 'crack' has Londoners falling over themselves

10.10.07
The crack in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall floor proved a hit with visitors on the opening day of Shibboleth, an installation by Columbian Doris Salcedo - despite three people falling into it.... more

Essex cowboys show promise

30.08.06
Self-styled cowboys of Romford, Ragmop, bring their sweltering soup of funk-licked swampy twang and back-porch soul to Leytonstone High Road, and it's set to be a barnstorming evening.... more

Havana Affair

08.08.06
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