The risk of further tragedies like the
Baby P case and the murder of two French students in New Cross will be heightened because of government spending cuts, a London academic says... more
Teenager was murdered in front of rush hour Tube passengers at Victoria station by school pupils including one armed with a samurai sword, the Old Bailey hears... more
First UK festival celebrating Nollywood will be held in south London, giving movie lovers a chance to enjoy the delights of the Nigerian film industry... more
Writing and painting workshops in Wandsworth inspired former prisoner Dean Stalham to pursue his creativity on the outside — and to set up a theatre in New Cross to put on his play... more
Detectives offered a £20,000 reward today for information about the murder of a man who was shot dead as he sat in his car in a residential street... more
So how many of the 10 museums and galleries within spitting distance of the new East London line extension could Liz Hoggard get round in a day?... more
Amid continued talk of a hung parliament, both major parties are today trying to move the debate on to policy issues. All the signs, however, are that the Liberal Democrat poll surge will not be so easily reversed... more
Many of London’s one-way systems are being consigned to the 'dustbin of history' after turning into dangerous and frustrating traffic bottlenecks... more
The new Overground service unites the world’s oldest underwater tunnel with 21st-century air-conditioned trains. Stephen Robinson hopped aboard for a tour through 150 years of train travel... more
Today's unsettling revelation that children as young as 10 are regularly being stopped and searched by police in London raises questions in all directions - some of which need answering far outside the criminal justice system... more
I live in a quarter of London into which the Tube has never ventured. I'm not sure why this should be - I like to imagine that it's the result of some long-forgotten Victorian turf war... more
Failings that left a convicted knife thug free to murder two brilliant French students were the result of "utterly meaningless" prison sentences, the Conservatives have claimed... more
The latest revelations about the weaknesses in London Probation and its failure to supervise offenders adequately - including Dano Sonnex - have led to a political blame game.... more
Two French students who were brutally murdered in London by a pair of sadistic killers would never have died but for a series of appalling blunders by probation staff and police... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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