Millions of sports fans will be unable to enjoy a late-night meal or a drink in London next summer after ministers ruled out allowing late-drinking licences. ... more
Thousands more Londoners will be able to use their local playing fields for sport after seven sites in the capital were given more than £300,000 from an Olympics legacy fund... more
Police vow to make London a 'very uncomfortable place' for pickpockets in the run-up to the Olympics as they raided the base of seven Romanians... more
A London council has become the first town hall in the capital to pledge that its highest-paid employee will earn no more that 10 times that of its lowest-paid worker... more
When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are off duty and in town, it seems they like nothing better than cycling around central London on Boris bikes... more
Shoreditch is set to be home to a "mini Bond Street" as luxury fashion houses Christian Louboutin, Ralph Lauren and Vivienne Westwood home in on London's east end, setting the stage for a possible doubling of rents over five years... more
Seminal rock band the Stone Roses are expected to announce a comeback tour today after sending invitations to journalists for "a special press conference" ... more
They've got qualifications coming out of their ears, speak lots of languages and have been 'prepped' for success by the experts. Helen Kirwan-Taylor meets the latest recruits to the top jobs... more
A row has broken out after a piece of mangled metal from Ground Zero, presented to Britain as a symbol of peace, was removed from a London park... more
Wealthy Greeks have pumped some £250 million into the London property market in the past year as they flee the nation's economic chaos, industry estimates suggest... more
In his new play David Hare draws on his own schooling to argue that today's children need more than political grandstanding from the Education Secretary
BBC business editor Robert Peston tells Alison Roberts that the super-rich mystify him, how the City needs to change and why he persuaded his contacts to give inspiring talks to state schools