Ticket office workers on the busy West Coast line are to stage three rush-hour strikes in a row over closures, threatening disruption to passengers... more
These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9... more
Don't you feel bad? We don't have Ken - we've got Boris." That was the conclusion of a fan of the ex-Mayor of London after Livingstone raised the spirits of 300 architects gathered on Wednesday evening in the arched splendour of the Caesar Pelli-designed East Wintergarden at Canary Wharf. ... more
A train company's website is advising rail users to undertake a whopping 18 hour journey from their East Midlands home town to London, it has emerged... more
She may have cleaned up for the second leg of the weekend's V festival. But it was a frail looking Amy Winehouse who returned home after her dismal performances at both the Chelmsford and Stafford legs of the festival in Essex.... more
As Gladiators returns to TV, our writer takes on a 15st, 6ft tall Royal Marine Commando called Tornado - and the crowd chant: 'Where's your muscles gone?'... more
Morrissey was only a qualified success as he closed the 10th V Festival despite belting out a few classics from The Smiths. The night really belonged to Faithless, says Chris Elwell-Sutton.... more
American rapper Pharrell’s £250 hoodies are top sellers at Harvey Nicks and London’s home grown rap artists are launching their own ranges amid massive demand
It was an iconic moment in the Iraq War when those huge statues of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad were toppled from their pedestals in 2003. Now I hear that parts of the melted-down Iraq dictator and his henchmen will be recycled as an Irish Guardsman
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