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Firefighters and bus drivers begin strikes

23.10.09
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Don't listen to the whingers - London needs immigrants

23.10.09
Amid the sound and fury over Nick Griffin, there's a sad but unnoticed fact: it has taken this fiasco to make politicians talk about the impact of immigration... more

Revealed: Car crime capital of the UK

15.10.09
Car crime capital of the UK is Chislehurst in south-east London, according to an analysis of insurance claims... more

Search on for unclaimed Lottery millions

11.09.09
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UK Coal eyes golden future despite loss of £81 million

27.08.09
Widening half-year losses - at £81million eight times worse than they were a year ago - are just the prelude to a profitable new era for UK Coal, chief executive Jon Lloyd has promised... more

FA may postpone Paddy Kenny's disciplinary hearing

17.08.09
The Football Association are considering a request from Sheffield United goalkeeper Paddy Kenny's agent to have his FA disciplinary hearing postponed... more

Barnsley sign Hammill from Liverpool

10.08.09
Barnsley have completed the permanent signing of winger Adam Hammill after agreeing "a significant six-figure deal" with Liverpool... more

Government 'committed' to helping Hillsborough families

20.04.09
Football: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today the Government is "committed" to helping those who lost loved ones in the Hillsborough Disaster ... more

Charged: ‘torture’ boys aged 10 and 11

07.04.09
Two young brothers have been charged with the attempted murder of a nine-year-old boy and his 11-year-old uncle... more

Driver knocked down by peer was over drink limit

02.04.09
The motorist who died when he was hit by Labour peer Lord Ahmed as he stood on a motorway by his crashed car had been drinking, using his mobile and driving at more than 100mph, an inquest hear... more

Jailed Labour peer to walk free after winning appeal over M-way texting

12.03.09
Labour peer Lord Ahmed has won his appeal against a 12-week sentence for sending and receiving text messages shortly before a fatal motorway accident... more

Scott demands action over horror clash

09.03.09
Football: Brentford manager Andy Scott has demanded justice for Nathan Elder after a challenge by Rotherham midfielder Pablo Mills left the striker unable to see from his left eye... more

Texting peer in death crash is jailed for danger driving

25.02.09
Labour peer Lord Ahmed was jailed for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages shortly before a motorway accident left a man dead... more

Girl, 16, is killed in sledging accident

04.02.09
A 16-year-old girl died after crashing through a barbed wire fence on a sledge... more

Teenager in sledge tragedy hoped for Oxbridge place

04.02.09
A gifted student who died after she crashed through a barbed-wire fence at high speed on a makeshift metal sledge was hoping to study at Oxford or Cambridge... more

Burberry axes up to 290 to guard profits

20.01.09
Retail: Fashion house Burberry said it is axeing up to 290 UK jobs to protect profits... more

Watch out, JK's Beedle is about

04.12.08
Hundreds of Harry Potter fans packed into bookshops across London early today in a bid to be the first in the world to buy JK Rowling's latest book.... more

Celebrating the small and near

02.12.08
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Come on, Boris - London's economy needs you

18.11.08
The capital’s jobs and wealth have been through tough times before and come back. But this time especially they need the Mayor’s help... more

Hayley set to show the boys who's boss

07.11.08
Leading lady rider to crown a great season with victory on The Betchworth Kid at Doncaster... more

Labour's eco-towns are shrinking rapidly

19.08.08
Labour's flagship "eco-towns" plan has been delayed amid fears that there is a lack of applicants for the housebuilding expansion... more

If it's racism you want, head out of town

10.07.08
This city was awarded the Olympics for its energy, diversity and irrepressible optimism - and there was a welcome reminder of that this week... more

Fears for ref Webb after death threats

13.06.08
Premier League referee Howard Webb has been offered police protection after death threats were made by Poles furious at his Euro 2008 penalty decision... more

'Dance version of Rocky' George Sampson is crowned winner of Britain's Got Talent

30.05.08
There were 50,000 auditions and millions of votes, lots of laughter and plenty of tears.... more

Jamie Oliver to teach the poor how to cook 'the basics' in town where mums opposed his school dinners campaign

28.03.08
Jamie Oliver is on a mission to banish ready-meals in his next TV series. After shaming the Government into adopting his healthy school dinners and exposing the plight of intensively-reared chickens, he now hopes to revive home cooking. The series begins in Rotherham, where the chef faced opposition to his school dinners campaign from mothers who passed junk food to their children through the school railings... more

'Everything shook... I was terrified'

27.02.08
It lasted 15 seconds but for those woken by it, the largest earthquake to hit Britain for almost 25 years was terrifying... more

Fellows proves there is still life in comic creation

19.06.07
John Shuttleworth, the creation of character funnyman Graham Fellows, is comedy with a large helping of niceness... more

Large scale police operation to put out Fire

04.05.07
After last week's police raid on Fire nightclub in Vauxhall, Scott Manson discusses the Met's attitude towards the capital's clubbers.... more

Super-sized Arctics still looking good

13.04.07
Arctic Monkeys are back. And, says John Aizlewood, it's a case of mostly as you were for this showcase of the band's second album.... more

London's gastropub boom...

05.09.06
Gastropubs in London are becoming so expensive they are becoming restaurants in disguise, says the editor of Michelin's eating in pubs guide.... more

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