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'Slumdog effect' boosts mela crowd

17.08.09

Record crowd of 83,000 turned out for the London Mela - one of the largest Asian festivals in Europe ... more

Germaine Mason's mission to tackle gang culture driven by jailed brother

23.07.09

Britain’s Olympic medallist is using his profile to send out a warning to youths as sibling serves sentence for his part in the horrific murder of a student... more

Return of the summer smoker

20.07.09

Oh, the guilty pleasure of sweet, al fresco cigarette smoke on a balmy summer evening. Nick Curtis reminisces.... more

Brothers stole Ł600k with credit card 'factory'

15.07.09

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Scout, six, dies in river plunge

17.06.09

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Abu Hamza's sons jailed over Ł1million car scam

28.05.09

Three sons of jailed hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza were jailed today for their involvement in a Ł1million luxury car scam... more

Your view: ‘It’s sturdy and fast, but costly’

13.05.09

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I’ve had my fill of brown toast, too

27.04.09

When I first moved to Acton a year ago, I got into trouble with the locals for claiming that the only café in the neighbourhood serving "ethical" coffee had closed... more

Gang in attack on 11 Tube trains

23.04.09

Terrified Tube commuters cowered in their seats as a gang of youths threw a fusillade of bricks and rocks which smashed carriage windows... more

The joys of Easter are quite lost on me

06.04.09

What two words do parents of small children dread more than any other? Chicken pox? Indoor playcentre? Club Penguin? All of these pale into comparison next to "Easter holidays"... more

Greedy parking spies are killing our streets

23.03.09

When I first moved to Acton last year, I was relieved to discover that the area isn't as run down as I expected... more

MP broke rules by writing to voters in next-door seat

25.02.09

A Labour MP has been accused of breaking Government rules by delivering campaigning letters on Commons notepaper to residents in a neighbouring constituency... more

Heathrow runway battle in Commons

15.01.09

The battle for Heathrow erupted as a third runway got the go-ahead... more

Taxpayer still forking out for mother of seven in Ł1.2m house

23.12.08

A family who were moved into a Ł1.2 million home at taxpayers' expense are still there for Christmas despite the government promising a crackdown on housing benefits... more

D-Day for Wasps over out-of-contract stars

18.12.08

Wasps will find out today how many of their 19 out-of-contract players intend to stay at the cash-strapped club... more

The Rocket is better second time round

10.12.08

A change of management and a substantial refurbishment has transformed The Rocket for the better.... more

MK One stores sale saves jobs sales

25.11.08

Around 800 jobs have been saved after the administrators of perennially-struggling MK One sold on a large part of the discount womenswear retailer.... more

MPs call for ban on happy hours

10.11.08

A pub with a Ł10 "all you can drink" night was attacked by health campaigners for encouraging binge drinking... more

Boy in court after school attack

10.11.08

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court after a pupil was stabbed at the gates of a school in west London... more

Officials approve bar’s Ł10 ‘all you can drink’ night

07.11.08

A Ł10 all-you-can-drink promotion has been given the green light by a London council as a police commander questioned government plans for a crackdown on the alcohol industry... more

Our Ł1m council house? You just take what you're given

08.10.08

A family living on benefits in a £1.2 million house in west London told how they felt they had won the lottery... more

Stabbed teenager was preparing to become a fireman

29.09.08

The latest victim of London's teenage knife epidemic had hoped to become a fireman, his mother said... more

Stabbed teenager staggers dying into police station

26.09.08

A 19-year-old died after being stabbed only yards from a police station, bringing the number of teenagers killed so far in London this year to 27... more

The glamour of sexy Soho? Not on my street, thanks

06.03.08

When I worked in Soho a couple of years back I enjoyed the way flickering neon signs in sex shop windows sat happily beside the area's trendy cafés and boutiques... more

Top notch food at George & Dragon

03.12.07

Every aspect of the décor at St George & The Dragon is well thought out and designed - as is the food, which was top notch.... more

Prepare to be thrilled by Scouts

06.06.07

Scouting For Girls are the latest young band to start out with huge expectations, but rather than sinking without trace, they look destined for stardom... more

One man, his guitar, and a lot of fun

24.04.07

Sensitive Seventies troubadour James Taylor was the unlikely source of a lot of big laughs at Hammersmith Apollo, as he made a late bid for a career as a stand-up, or rather sit-down, comedian.... more

Frantic energy without focus

08.01.07

Dustin's Bar Mitzvah require some original ideas if the band are to survive 2007, says Lisa Verrico. They have no lack of energy, though.... more

Rules works its magic

16.10.06

When Toby Young had a meeting with his mortgage broker he discovered that Rules, London's most upper-class restaurant, is just the ticket when you're out to impress.... more

The hottest new downloads

06.10.06

From country music via Tom Waits and a new singer-songwriter to a site that's more indie than indie, David Smyth checks out the week's best downloads.... more