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After Kate and Chelsy, ethical label wants Pippa's custom sewn up

24.10.11
When the Duchess of Cambridge wore a gown by ethical fashion label Beulah London to St James's Palace Gala sales of the long, red silk number soared. ... more

Happy birthday Roundhouse

21.06.11
Since it reopened after a £30 million refurbishment in June 2006, Camden's most versatile venue has hosted a vibrant mix of live spectacle. Here we relive the highlights of the past five years…... more

Calcutta's £60 million bid to look like London

06.06.11
Calcutta is to be turned into a 'new London' after its government agreed a £60 million redevelopment plan... more

Campaigners slam Met police for issuing dumdum bullets

12.05.11
Campaigners have condemned the Met's decision to issue police marksmen with hollow-point bullets similar to those that killed Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes... more

Met Police say new 'dumdum' bullets will help stop injuries to bystanders

11.05.11
All Met marksmen are to be issued with hollow-point "dumdum" bullets similar to those used to kill Jean Charles de Menezes... more

BAA suffers double whammy

30.03.11
Heathrow owner BAA suffers a double blow today as the Competition Commission rules the airport operator must be broken up - just as an authoritative international survey ranks London's top airport as only 99th in the world... more

Dickens given a smooth passage to India

23.02.11
The tumult of 31 scenes bounces past pleasantly enough, even though Gupta has managed to strip a large part of the majesty from this great novel... more

Prince Charles’s Indian Poundbury

11.01.11
Prince Charles offers to create a “model village” in India similar to Poundbury to give slum-dwellers a new life... more

Bodies of India pilgrims found after boat crash

02.11.10
Indian rescue workers and naval divers recover 69 bodies three days after a boat crowded with Muslim pilgrims capsized near the Bay of Bengal... more

India begins terror inquiry after 61 are killed in two-train crash

19.07.10
An express train collides with a stationary passenger train at a station in eastern India, killing 61 people... more

71 dead as terrorists plant bomb on India train track

28.05.10
At least 71 people are killed when Maoist guerillas derail a passenger train in India by blowing up a section of the track... more

Indian doctor 'tortured British wife for dowry'

08.02.10
Doctor due to appear in an Indian court charged with attacking his British wife after her family refused to give in to his dowry demands... more

The talented Mr Ganguli, one of London's best connected people

04.01.10
Aged 17, he seduced the 51-year-old Deputy High Commissioner in eastern India. Now 25, Pablo Ganguli has become a surprising cultural tsar... more

Wasps stadium ruck could end up being the capital's gain

16.10.09
The debate at Adams Park could turn out to be a blessing for the club and rugby as a whole... more

Girl sees gang beat up her grandfather

07.09.09
The family of a Muslim pensioner left for dead in an attack outside a mosque have told how his three-year-old granddaughter has been left deeply disturbed after seeing the assault... more

‘Real Slumdog’ film with five-year-old star is tipped for Oscar

26.08.09
An award-winning film dubbed “the real Slumdog” is being tipped to collect an Oscar.... more

CDs of the week

07.08.09
James Yorkston's Folk Songs gets stronger as it goes on and Joshua Radin's record needs a little more substance.... more

£50m family home nearly finished after 10-year delay

03.08.09
One of London's grandest private residences is due to become a family home this year after a decade of delays caused by a mountain of red tape and an embarrassing law suit... more

Orgy of animal spirits in Raqib Shaw show

21.05.09
If you ever wanted to see a lobster having sex with a man with the head of a plucked bird, you won’t want to miss the Raqib Shaw exhibition.... more

Airlines slash fares to lowest levels since 1980s

23.12.08
A price war broke out as major airlines slashed fares to their lowest levels since the Eighties... more

Bollywood comedy with genuinely good moments

18.09.08
Canadian-born Shona Urvashi’s Bollywood comedy attempts to contrast the old India with the new with its story of a mother and daughter... more

Calendar Girls set date for West End show

04.08.08
Not since the heady days of Oh! Calcutta! and Hair will there have been so much naked flesh freely on display in the West End. ... more

Calendar Girls set a date for West End show

04.08.08
Not since the heady days of Oh! Calcutta! and Hair will there have been so much naked flesh freely on display in the West End... more

You take your life in your hands on the Underground

14.03.08
The scene, a station on the London Underground, the time mid-afternoon, the platform crowded... more

A head-turning Salome but dance is out of step

22.02.08
David McVicar's new production of Richard Strauss's Salome is an operatic masterpiece but not, you might say, to all tastes.... more

An Indian Midsummer Night's Dream

06.03.07
Featuring actors, dancers, martial arts experts, musicians and street acrobats, this Indian version of a Shakespeare classic is causing a sensation.... more

Empress cares for subjects

06.12.06
A 'pubby' feel has eluded the makeover of The Empress of India. But at least other diners looked more comfy than Fay Maschler felt on her unexpectedly hard banquette.... more

Where to eat modern Indian

23.08.06
It's not all flock wallpaper and dishes swimming in grease, you know. Today's modern Indians are bright, fresh and brimming with new ideas. Have a look at five of the capital's best.... more


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