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New rules on breaks could ruin us, say cab drivers

17.08.09

Black cab drivers warn that proposals to limit their working hours would force them out of business... more

Denise Van Outen has a dig at Blondes

10.08.09

Edinburgh Theatre: Denise Van Outen's show turns out to be an astonishingly mean-spirited dig at nearly every blonde who isn’t Denise Van Outen... more

25 reasons to go to The Edinburgh Festival

01.07.09

After last year's letdown, the world's largest arts festival has got its act together to offer a thrilling array of entertainment next month.... more

Official who put her neighbours on jury is jailed

18.06.09

A court official who fixed the selection of jurors has been jailed for nine months as it emerged that a convicted tobacco smuggler is launching an appeal... more

Diversity get their first gig

01.06.09

Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity have been lined up to perform in front of thousands of people at a major London festival this summer.... more

Court official ‘got friends lucrative jobs on juries’

20.05.09

A court official fixed jury selection so her friends could sit on trials and claim thousands of pounds in expenses, a court heard... more

Drip bags found 'sabotaged' at hospital after girl, 3, dies

22.04.09

Detectives are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl at a hospital where intravenous drip bags were found to have been punctured, apparently on purpose... more

Protests grow in battle to save car jobs

02.04.09

Nationwide protests against job cuts at a car parts firm were set to continue... more

Workers enter factory in cutbacks protest

01.04.09

Workers at a car parts firm attempted to occupy two factories in London and Essex in protest over job cuts... more

Disabled patients 'dying of NHS abuse and lack of care'

24.03.09

Dozens of vulnerable patients may have died of neglect in NHS hospitals and care homes, it was revealed... more

From scandal to tragedy, the life and troubled times of Natasha's family

17.03.09

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Sorry, Tube station is closed... the trains are too screechy

11.03.09

One of London's busiest Tube stations was partly closed during rush hour because the trains were too noisy... more

Mandelson is right to raise the alarm on crisis tactics

18.02.09

It is a recurring foible of politicians that they are far more candid in the speeches they make overseas than they ever seem to be in the set pieces they deliver at home... more

Flood alert for central London as Thames waters rise

11.02.09

Parts of central London were at risk of flooding as the Thames threatened to burst its banks, government experts warned... more

After the snow the deluge - flooding hits homes in the South

10.02.09

Severe storms continued to cause chaos across Britain with increased flood warnings around London... more

Lottery winner jailed for growing cannabis

09.02.09

A father-of-three who had won Ł1.25 million on the Lottery in 1999 has been jailed for growing cannabis at his home after a failed business venture... more

1,000 travellers face eviction

22.01.09

More than 60 traveller families face eviction from unauthorised sites on green belt land after a ruling by the Court of Appeal... more

Three plead guilty to Sol Campbell abuse

20.01.09

Three men have pleaded guilty to shouting indecent chants at Portsmouth footballer Sol Campbell during a match against Tottenham Hotspur ... more

Fans charged with hurling abuse at ex-Spurs hero Sol

13.01.09

Eleven fans, including a 13-year-old boy, have been charged with indecent chanting directed at Sol Campbell during Tottenham's match against Portsmouth... more

Does Gordon Brown need to be likeable to win the next election?

03.12.08

The Queen’s Speech today will play to the Prime Minister’s strengths but Labour’s deep unpopularity nags away at his revival... more

Allergic reaction to penicillin jab killed pensioner

28.10.08

A London hospital trust has tightened its checking systems after an elderly woman died following an allergic reaction to penicillin... more

Hospital staff under guard after doctor is kidnapped

23.10.08

Staff at a London hospital have been given personal security guards after a junior doctor was allegedly kidnapped at knifepoint and robbed during a terrifying three-hour ordeal... more

'Nightmare' of giving birth on filthy wards

03.09.08

Traumatised new mothers have revealed the "terrifying and demeaning" state of London's maternity wards... more

Hit-run girl's parents condemn killer driver jailed for cover-up

14.08.08

The family of a schoolgirl killed in a hit-and-run accident criticised the "callous" driver and her relatives for plotting to cover up the fatal crash... more

Tube bomb still a danger

06.06.08

A painstaking operation to disarm a German bomb that is threatening east London continues... more

Jubilant Tories: We're no longer nasty party

02.05.08

David Cameron has buried the Conservatives' "nasty party" image, a jubilant new Tory council leader claimed... more

Broker reveals cocaine-fuelled lives of stressed City high fliers

15.02.08

A former City stockbroker told how his life was ruined after he started dealing in cocaine because of the pressures of his job... more

CDs of the week

26.10.07

Britney Spears makes a comeback, Unklejam serve up some Seventies-style electrofunk and jazz man Herbie Hancock all feature in the CDs of the week.... more