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Schools fail to sign up for 2012 tickets

17.10.11
Tens of thousands of children are set to miss out on free Olympic tickets, according to figures obtained by the Standard... more

Only 1 in 3 winners to see biggest events in Olympic ticket giveaway

01.09.11
Only one in three winners in Boris Johnson's London 2012 ticket giveaway for schoolchildren will get to see a core event... more

Schools' £850 bill for visit by Games mascots

13.07.11
Schools are being charged £850 to be visited by Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville, it has emerged... more

'2012 VIP tickets should be offered to the public' after ballot leaves people empty-handed

07.06.11
Politicians and councils have come under pressure to hand back thousands of VIP tickets after it emerged as many as 13,000 seats would not be made available to the masses... more

Taxpayers foot £4,000 bill for council's VIP Olympic tickets

27.04.11
Council bosses under fire for taking £4,000 of VIP Olympic tickets at taxpayers' expense... more

Child traffickers exploit London Eurostar loophole

21.03.11
Human traffickers are using Eurostar to smuggle vulnerable children into Britain for use in domestic slavery and benefit fraud, it is claimed... more

Huge rise in anti-gay attacks sparks call to fight hate crime

10.02.11
The number of racist and homophobic incidents in London has shown a 'disturbing' rise over the past four years, according to new figures... more

Call to Name £2m 2012 Olympics ticket sponsor

06.12.10
The Mayor is under pressure to reveal how he plans to fund a £2 million scheme to provide free Olympic tickets to London children... more

Police chief accused of 'con' over local squads

28.10.10
Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Stephenson was accused of trying to 'con' Londoners today over plans to change the way the capital is policed... more

East End could miss chance of 2012 Olympic park legacy

08.09.10
City Hall admitsthat one of its own key legacy targets for the London Olympics may be missed... more

Met sergeant doubles his salary with £58,000 pay for overtime

11.08.10
London’s police officers are earning large amounts of overtime pay with some getting close to £60,000 a year on top of their salaries, it was revealed... more

Olympic chiefs urged to defy European law and give free tickets to Londoners

17.03.10
Olympic chiefs should offer Londoners free seats at the 2012 Games, says the Liberal Democrats’ Olympic spokeswoman... more

‘Island of prosperity’ fears for 2012 Olympic Park

16.02.10
The Olympic Park risks being an “island of prosperity” in the deprived East End unless efforts are made to spread its benefits, a report warns... more

Londoners ‘must have say in who gets 2012 Olympics tickets’

11.02.10
City Hall is to review ticketing plans for the 2012 Olympics amid fears that ordinary Londoners could miss out... more

Boris Johnson attacked over planned police cuts

10.02.10
Mayor comes under fire over plans to cut five per cent from the operational budgets of Met borough commanders... more

Met chiefs face questions over armed police

28.10.09
Senior Scotland Yard officers are facing questions over why they were kept in the dark that armed patrols had been used in London since June... more

Boris to axe Met's £2m-a-year car perks

14.10.09
Senior police officers face being stripped of their chauffeur-driven cars under a City Hall economy drive... more

Yard 'slow to act' on missing ID badges

17.09.09
Scotland Yard chiefs were accused of dragging their feet over disciplining officers for failing to wear identity numbers... more

Victoria Beckham’s Armani ad won’t help make laws to stop the camera lying

06.08.09
Did you see Victoria Beckham in the new Armani ad? Guess what: she doesn’t really look like that... more

Olympic Games bosses find jobs for only 115 of the unemployed

10.06.09
Only 115 unemployed east Londoners have had jobs on the construction of the Olympic Park, it has emerged... more

Brake now, my lollipop stick is watching you

23.02.09
Lollipop men and ladies in London are to have spy cameras fitted in their sticks in a move which will reignite the debate about the spread of a "surveillance society"... more

Tasers fired at more than 50 suspects over the past year

21.11.08
More than 50 suspected criminals have been hit by Taser guns in the last year, figures revealed ... more

Treats to reward children joining in sports

10.11.08
Children could receive trips to the cinema as a reward for participating in sport under recommendations revealed today... more

Games 'could leave no sporting legacy'

14.10.08
The 2012 Olympic Games could leave little or no sporting legacy unless major investment is put into grassroots organisations now, an influential committee warns... more

'Londoners won't have more public swimming pools by 2012'

07.10.08
Olympics chiefs' plans for the sporting legacy of the 2012 Games took a blow as the provision of public swimming pools in London was revealed... more

Mayor to reconsider Fashion Week grant in size zero storm

11.09.08
Boris Johnson is to reconsider withdrawing funding for London Fashion Week in a row over sizezero models... more

The £4.5 million threat to London Fashion Week

15.08.08
The British Fashion Council's decision not to bring in health certificates and random drug testing for catwalk models could put funding for the capital's fashion showcase at risk... more

Grass-roots sports are losers in £440m Olympic cash grab

25.02.08
Voluntary and grass-roots organisations in London stand to lose £440 million of Lottery funding as a result of the 2012 Olympics, a report claimed today... more

London's cinemas are most expensive in Europe

17.10.06
Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to £17.50.... more


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