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Council tax bills cut for millions of Londoners

2009-11-02T09:03:02Z

NEW: Londoners stand to benefit as authorities compete to freeze or cut council tax bills in the run-up to the general election

Kebab house closed after salmonella poisoning outbreak

2009-09-22T07:15:25Z

West London kebab house has closed while a major salmonella poisoning outbreak is investigated

Hammersmith Palais is set to be turned into student flats

2009-09-10T07:15:26Z

The Hammersmith Palais is likely to be knocked down and replaced with a students' hall of residence

50 per cent in capital still take no exercise, warns health watchdog

2009-07-28T06:45:38Z

Standing still is simply not an option

2009-07-10T04:59:16Z

�Many council estates have become what they were fighting in the first place - social ghettos.�

Standing still is simply not an option

2009-07-10T04:59:15Z

�Many council estates have become what they were fighting in the first place - social ghettos.�

�Plot to rid council estates of poor�

2009-07-09T10:26:14Z

David Cameron's favourite Tory town hall is being accused of planning a "social cleansing" programme of demolishing council estates

Organ donor blackspots

2009-07-07T08:38:31Z

Alcohol ban on streets that are magnet for drunks

2009-05-20T07:40:47Z

Drinking is to be banned from some of London�s wealthiest streets amid worries they are attracting a growing number of drunks

Residents demand end of parking restrictions

2009-04-30T09:41:43Z

Residents living next to Westfield are still suffering parking problems six months after it opened, it has emerged

Town halls pay for 350 more bobbies on the beat

2009-04-14T07:36:05Z

Councils in the capital are spending millions of pounds on extra police to calm residents' fears of crime

Thousands join trend to extend in bid to beat property slump

2009-03-27T08:55:27Z

Tens of thousands of London families are choosing extensions instead of moving house to protect themselves from the property slump, figures show

Councils keep taxes down by cutting costs

2009-02-26T09:31:06Z

Average council tax rises in the capital will be just 1.2 per cent this year - less than half the national figure - it was revealed

Campaign for west London Crossrail stop

2009-02-24T08:48:51Z

An extra Crossrail station could be added for residents in west London

Day Three and rubbish piles up on the streets

2009-02-04T09:30:21Z

A huge backlog of uncollected rubbish is mounting on London�s streets in the wake of Monday�s snow storm

Campaigners put post office back on the map in Olympia

2009-01-30T09:05:58Z

The only postcode in London without a post office will have service restored almost a year after the last one closed

Hammersmith has capital's worst record for alcohol problems

2008-12-18T09:07:05Z

A west London borough has been identified as having the capital's worst problem with drinkers, figures reveal

Council urges Mayor to abolish C-charge extension before 2010

2008-11-28T08:57:00Z

Westminster council has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to exercise "emergency powers" to scrap the congestion charge zone's western extension immediately

Fight is on to save comedy venue from a concrete-filled fate

2008-08-29T07:27:45Z

One of London's best-loved independent music and comedy clubs is set to be closed down and filled in with concrete

Crater for sewer 'will stink out most of borough'

2008-07-15T07:42:20Z

Plans to dig a 30-metre wide crater as part of a £2 billion "super-sewer" will destroy a park and blight much of a London borough with its stench, it was claimed

Trials for cancer drug that helps 40% of women

2008-07-01T12:26:27Z

A breast cancer drug which can prolong the life of sufferers is being tested in London - with 40 per cent of women responding positively to treatment

Patients' fears ignored as polyclinics increase

2008-06-04T08:41:00Z

Health bosses are pressing ahead with polyclinics despite widespread opposition from Londoners

Comment: C-charge change

2008-06-03T09:11:40Z

One of the Mayor's election pledges was to consult the public on whether to keep the western zone of the congestion charge. He says he is working with Transport for London to establish the timetable for a consultation as a "matter of urgency"

Boris Johnson told: give people a say now on western zone of C-charge

2008-06-03T08:10:40Z

Boris Johnson was under pressure from a Tory council to hold a referendum on the western extension of the congestion charge zone

Parents fight plans for bilingual city academy

2008-05-27T07:35:09Z

Parents are fighting plans to turn a London comprehensive into the country's first bilingual city academy

Post office serving flats for the blind is spared axe

2008-05-06T13:48:04Z

A post office serving a block of flats for the blind has been saved. It is one of two in Hammersmith and Fulham that will be given a reprieve following protests from residents and councillors.

Drug arrests soar in first year of 24-hour policing experiment

2008-04-29T07:37:33Z

Trials of round-the-clock policing have led to an increase in the number of drug dealers and addicts being taken off the streets, Met figures show

London's burglary hot spots

2008-03-25T08:34:29Z

A residential district of Kentish Town is London's worst burglary hot spot, according to Met figures

My council makes mincemeat of butcher Syd

2008-06-16T13:43:22Z

Syd, our local Armenian butcher, sells high-quality, good-value meat to chefs like Skye Gyngell and Simon Hopkinson, the local council estate and the groomed mothers of Brook Green. But on Saturday, he is packing up his unpretentious shop after 34 years, having failed to agree a sale price for it from Hammersmith and Fulham council.

Look back to see what lurks ahead in banking

2008-03-03T08:24:48Z

Finance is human nature, someone once said, which is why things never change. Each generation gets up to the same old tricks, makes the same old mistakes, and is always surprised when things don't turn out as planned