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Ł6.93 redundancy package for paper boy

30.10.09

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Nigerian suicide girl wins bid to stay in Britain

23.10.09

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Father of three shot in the head

03.09.09

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Murder hunt launched after man dies in shooting

02.09.09

A murder hunt is under way after a man died in a shooting incident, police said... more

Give your mind a rest - how to declutter the brain

02.09.09

Multi-tasking is essential to modern living but can lead to burnout. Sophie Goodchild looks at the best ways to declutter the brain... more

Police hunt Burkha bandits

27.08.09

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Swine flu vaccine is three months away, claims world health director

15.07.09

Government claims that a swine flu vaccine will be ready in Britain by next month have been challenged by the head of the World Health Organisation... more

Swine flu helplines are flooded with panicked callers

14.07.09

Health chiefs call for calm as more than 50,000 patients overwhelm NHS Direct with calls about swine flu... more

Extremists could escape charges in new police tactic

10.07.09

Police will be told not to charge Islamist extremists who are in the “grey area” of criminality in an attempt to stop them becoming radicalised further... more

WHSmith sorry for Josef Fritzl Father's Day promotion

19.06.09

High street chain WH Smith apologises after promoting a book on cellar rapist Josef Fritzl as a Father's Day gift... more

Lib-Dems and Tories gain ground as Labour is hit heavily at polls

05.06.09

Labour suffered a fresh blow as the first local election results showed it was sustaining heavy losses across the country ... more

Nervous wait for Brown as future hangs in balance

04.06.09

Gordon Brown faces a nail-biting wait which could see him propelled from Number 10 in the wake of a voter backlash at the polls... more

Esther Rantzen: I will stand if Moran does

26.05.09

Broadcaster Esther Rantzen says she would stand for election in Luton if the current MP stood again... more

The family wiped out in U-turn crash as they planned weddings

21.04.09

This is the London family who were killed in a car crash on the M1 when a motorist driving in the wrong direction hit them head-on... more

Luton paint town white and orange

06.04.09

Football: As Luton Town's players celebrated their Johnstone's Paint Trophy victory into the small hours today, the significance of the venue would not have been lost on manager Mick Harford... more

Spring into life in London

03.04.09

It's time to get out and delight in the joys of spring, whether it's at Kew Gardens or on a farm, admiring the bulbs or baby lambs.... more

Ex-Met chief Ghaffur says Luton chants and placards incited hatred

13.03.09

A former Met officer who was Britain’s most senior Muslim policeman has condemned this week’s protest against troops returning from Iraq... more

Hat shop to stars may be tipped out after a century in Jermyn St

13.02.09

A store that is a favourite of Eric Clapton faces extinction in redevelopment... more

Snow havoc returns to roads and we’re running out of grit

05.02.09

Heavy snow showers swept across central and southern England again, causing travel disruption and a fourth day of school closures... more

Hospital food that’s healthy for patients and the environment

05.02.09

A London hospital has been shortlisted for an environmental award for its food... more

Administrator in at car dealer Camden

04.02.09

Transport: One of Britain’s biggest car businesses has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, putting 800 jobs at risk... more

Shopkeeper sees off robbers with a cuppa

11.12.08

A shopkeeper did not hesitate when knife-wielding robbers confronted her - she threw a scalding cup of tea over them... more

The Lord Mayor, his third wife and a furious row over Fat Cat

13.10.08

London's new Lord Mayor, Ian Luder, is caught up in a bizarre feud with his neighbours over a now-dead cat... more

Go wild this summer

09.07.08

You don't have to fly to Africa to go on safari. There are plenty of places to get up close to wildlife in and around London. ... more

Places worth leaving London for...

09.07.08

You don't have to go far to discover everything from miniature villages to Willy Wonka.... more

No, Nadine - these perks just look like a scam to us

11.06.08

That the rules in Westminster and Brussels are so broadly drawn and so feebly enforced that freeloading is not technically theft in no way makes the behaviour of politicians more palatable... more

Ealing to turn all waste food into electricity

18.04.08

Ealing has become the first London borough to recycle all its residents' food waste into electricity... more

The best places to enjoy Spring in London

17.03.08

Watch ducklings and chicks hatch, stroke baby bunnies, explore the forest and even camp in the open air as Spring arrives in the capital.... more

Colleges blamed as a quarter of students drop out

20.02.08

London universities have been criticised by MPs for failing to cut student drop-out rates as new figures reveal one in four fails to complete their course... more