http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/rss-clean/ London news, politics, columnists, polls, campaigns, international news, and your views from the London Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803951-broadwater-farm-murder-man-held.do A man has been arrested over the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock during the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803951-broadwater-farm-murder-man-held.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Pc Blakelock, a father of three, was murdered by a machete-wielding gang 20 years ago during riots in Tottenham, north London http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803630-8500-toyota-cars-in-brakes-recall.do Beleaguered Japanese motor company Toyota suffered further embarrassment when it ordered a recall of 8,500 cars in the UK due to a brake problem. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803630-8500-toyota-cars-in-brakes-recall.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Around 8,500 Toyota Prius cars are to be recalled http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803952-kraft-reverses-cadbury-factory-vow.do Food giant Kraft has signalled the loss of up to 400 jobs by announcing the closure of a Cadbury factory - despite earlier promises to keep it open. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803952-kraft-reverses-cadbury-factory-vow.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Food giant Kraft has signalled the loss of up to 400 jobs by announcing the closure of a Cadbury factory - despite earlier promises to keep it open http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803954-afghanistan-deaths-soldiers-named.do Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan as Britain's death toll in the conflict matched that of the Falklands War have been hailed for their bravery. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803954-afghanistan-deaths-soldiers-named.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Private Sean McDonald who was killed in Afghanistan alongside Corporal John Moore http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803936-lords-watchdog-to-probe-expenses.do A House of Lords standards watchdog is to look into a complaint over the expenses of former Labour chairman Lord Clarke of Hampstead, it has been announced. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803936-lords-watchdog-to-probe-expenses.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z A House of Lords standards watchdog is to look into a complaint over the expenses of former Labour chairman Lord Clarke of Hampstead http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803874-bbc-stars-paid-pound-54m-figures-show.do The BBC spends £54 million on its top-earning stars, according to new figures. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803874-bbc-stars-paid-pound-54m-figures-show.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z The BBC spends £54 million on its top-earning stars, according to new figures http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803905-380-jobs-set-to-go-at-drugs-giant.do Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is to cut up to a third of jobs at one of its UK research and development sites. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803905-380-jobs-set-to-go-at-drugs-giant.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is to cut up to a third of jobs at one of its UK research and development sites http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803943-arrest-amid-playgroup-sex-probe.do A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at a playgroup, police have said. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803943-arrest-amid-playgroup-sex-probe.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Dyfed-Powys Police arrested someone as part of a sex assault probe at a playgroup http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803633-temperatures-set-to-plunge-again.do A blast of wintry weather sweeping the country is expected to send temperatures plummeting to as low as -5C, bringing more snow and icy conditions, forecasters said. Eastern and south-east England will be the worst affected over the next couple of days, with Kent likely to see the heaviest falls. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803633-temperatures-set-to-plunge-again.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z A fresh blast of cold weather is set to hit Britain in the coming days, forecasters say http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803859-labour-phone-campaign-broke-rules.do Labour breached privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls to almost half a million people without their consent, the Information Commissioner's Office has ruled. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803859-labour-phone-campaign-broke-rules.do 2010-01-09T00:02:00Z Labour breached privacy regulations by using pre-recorded phone messages using Coronation Street actress Liz Dawn's voice http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803680-bbc-pays-stars-pound-229million-a-year.do BBC accused of having a 'culture of secrecy' after it refused to reveal how much it pays its top presenters and stars Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:52:18 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803680-bbc-pays-stars-pound-229million-a-year.do 2010-02-09T10:52:18Z High valuation: Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce is believed to earn about £500,000 while Jeremy Paxman clashed with Boris Johnson over his pay http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803772-ali-dizaei-stripped-of-his-pound-90000-met-salary-as-he-begins-jail-term.do Disgraced police chief Ali Dizaei was stripped of his £90,000 salary as he starts a four-year prison term on a wing for vulnerable prisoners at Wandsworth jail Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:18:11 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803772-ali-dizaei-stripped-of-his-pound-90000-met-salary-as-he-begins-jail-term.do 2010-02-09T12:18:11Z Jailed: Ali Dizaei with his wife Shy before being sentenced yesterday http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803627-eight-behind-bars-for-tube-and-bus-attacks.do Eight teenagers in a gang called the 'Smooth Money Makers' have been sentenced to between two and four years each for attacking and robbing terrified Tube and bus passengers Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:02 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803627-eight-behind-bars-for-tube-and-bus-attacks.do 2010-02-09T10:00:02Z Preyed on passengers: Top row, left to right, Gasconi Lingomba, Fhazio Mulwinda, Earl Webb, Reece Gray. Bottom row, Lekan Awoskia, Katakyie Addae-Kodua, Dimitri Kasongo and Dwayne Mattison http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803716-drunk-train-guard-ignored-red-light-and-refused-to-let-passengers-get-off.do Drunken train guard signalled his driver to go through a red light and refused to open doors to let passengers on or off during a terrifying journey between Waterloo and Kingston Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:33:45 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803716-drunk-train-guard-ignored-red-light-and-refused-to-let-passengers-get-off.do 2010-02-09T11:33:45Z Patrick Coyne was sacked by South West Trains http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803854-tories-break-smell-test-pledge-to-repay-hundreds-in-expenses.do David Cameron’s pledge to 'smell test' the expenses of Tory MPs is undermined today by the disclosure that some have yet to make repayments that were announced seven months ago Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:52:11 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803854-tories-break-smell-test-pledge-to-repay-hundreds-in-expenses.do 2010-02-09T12:52:11Z Labour launch poster campaign seeking to portray David Cameron as two-faced http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803576-heavy-snow-in-london-and-south-east-to-be-worst-hit-as-britain-braces-for-more-snow.do London warned to expect snow showers tonight and tomorrow with up to four inches forecast for Kent Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:29:07 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803576-heavy-snow-in-london-and-south-east-to-be-worst-hit-as-britain-braces-for-more-snow.do 2010-02-09T08:29:07Z Snow on train tracks during the big freeze last month http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803855-lover-battered-garden-expert-to-death-after-sex-in-woods.do Gardening expert at the centre of a love triangle was killed with a rock after one of her partners found out about the other, the Old Bailey hears Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:52:50 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803855-lover-battered-garden-expert-to-death-after-sex-in-woods.do 2010-02-09T12:52:50Z Victim: Linda Casey’s naked body was discovered in Banstead Woods http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803771-gordon-brown-takes-firm-stand-on-voting-reform.do Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:49 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803771-gordon-brown-takes-firm-stand-on-voting-reform.do 2010-02-09T12:17:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803624-pensioner-killed-after-bus-mounts-pavement.do Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:44:07 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803624-pensioner-killed-after-bus-mounts-pavement.do 2010-02-09T09:44:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803682-five-british-soldiers-held-over-lanzarote-brawl.do Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:55:23 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803682-five-british-soldiers-held-over-lanzarote-brawl.do 2010-02-09T10:55:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803872-labour-breaches-rules-on-privacy-with-phone-call-campaign.do Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:26:36 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803872-labour-breaches-rules-on-privacy-with-phone-call-campaign.do 2010-02-09T14:26:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803381-teenage-pedestrian-killed-in-bmw-smash.do Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:31:25 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803381-teenage-pedestrian-killed-in-bmw-smash.do 2010-02-08T13:31:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803812-pollution-is-taking-10-years-off-the-lives-of-londoners.do Londoners are having up to 10 years wiped off their lives by poor air quality, a leading academic warns Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:35 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803812-pollution-is-taking-10-years-off-the-lives-of-londoners.do 2010-02-09T12:34:35Z Dirty: City of London covered in smog http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803949-25-years-on-scotland-yard-make-significant-arrest-over-pc-blakelock-murder.do 40-year-old man arrested in connection with murder of Pc Keith Blakelock in Broadwater Farm riots 25 years ago Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:19 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803949-25-years-on-scotland-yard-make-significant-arrest-over-pc-blakelock-murder.do 2010-02-09T17:12:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803780-david-camerons-a-lister-twitters-against-party-dinosaurs.do Tory party scrambling to rescue career of one of David Cameron’s favourite women candidates after her campaign for a key London seat descended into chaos Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:10 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803780-david-camerons-a-lister-twitters-against-party-dinosaurs.do 2010-02-09T12:30:10Z Tory contacts: Octavius Black and Joanne Clash are close to David Cameron http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23803575-john-terry-chelsea-fans-support-has-been-incredible.do Embattled Chelsea captain praises the backing he has received from the club's fans Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:47 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23803575-john-terry-chelsea-fans-support-has-been-incredible.do 2010-02-09T08:26:47Z Skipper John Terry broke his silence to thank home support http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803579-crash-land-piliot-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die.do Hero BA pilot who averted disaster when his plane crash-landed at Heathrow airport tells of his fear that all 152 people on board were going to die Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:38:14 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803579-crash-land-piliot-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die.do 2010-02-09T08:38:14Z Hero pilot: Captain Peter Burkill http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803741-schoolgirl-faces-community-work-for-scratching-oyster-card-photo.do An 11-year-old girl faces a one-year free travel ban after she was stripped of her Oyster card because it was 'scratched' Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:13:40 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803741-schoolgirl-faces-community-work-for-scratching-oyster-card-photo.do 2010-02-09T12:13:40Z Rough justice: 11-year-old Elliz McKenzie had her Oyster card seized by a TfL inspector http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803584-border-agency-under-fire-as-hundreds-of-immigration-errors-highlighted.do Britain's immigration system is not operating effectively and faces a damaging loss of public support, a report warns Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:48:13 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803584-border-agency-under-fire-as-hundreds-of-immigration-errors-highlighted.do 2010-02-09T08:48:13Z Immigrants pictured at Calais from where they try to enter Britain http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803714-paul-gascoigne-arrested-twice-in-two-days.do Former England football star Paul Gascoigne is held by police again, just after being bailed for another arrest Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:18:48 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803714-paul-gascoigne-arrested-twice-in-two-days.do 2010-02-09T11:18:48Z Arrested: Paul Gascoigne http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803735-boys-10-accused-of-raping-eight-year-old.do Two 10-year-old boys appear in court in their school uniforms accused of raping an eight-year-old girl Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:00:03 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803735-boys-10-accused-of-raping-eight-year-old.do 2010-02-09T12:00:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803899-restaurant-boss-testifies-over-workers-river-death.do Restaurateur tells the Old Bailey of the night an employee plunged to his death in the Thames after a fancy dress party Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:17:28 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803899-restaurant-boss-testifies-over-workers-river-death.do 2010-02-09T15:17:28Z Court evidence: Allegra McEvedy http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23803694-fsa-chief-hector-sants-to-quit-in-summer.do The City’s top regulator, Hector Sants, is quitting as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:19:08 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23803694-fsa-chief-hector-sants-to-quit-in-summer.do 2010-02-09T11:19:08Z Time to go: Hector Sants said he never planned serving longer than three years http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803570-harriet-harman-attacks-bbc-over-disappearing-older-women.do BBC needs to 'wake up' to the dearth of older females on its programmes, Women and Equality Minister Harriet Harman said Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:55:14 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803570-harriet-harman-attacks-bbc-over-disappearing-older-women.do 2010-02-09T07:55:14Z Outrage: Harriet Harman says the BBC has a lack of older women on TV http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803671-banks-urged-to-pay-robin-hood-tax-to-raise-pound-250bn-a-year-to-fight-poverty.do Charities launched a campaign calling for a 'Robin Hood Tax' on banks to raise £250 billion a year to tackle poverty. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:19:07 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803671-banks-urged-to-pay-robin-hood-tax-to-raise-pound-250bn-a-year-to-fight-poverty.do 2010-02-09T10:19:07Z Cash plea: the 10-metre-high projection on the Bank of England invites commuters to support a tax that could raise £250 billion a year to tackle poverty and climate change http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803641-rugby-player-set-fire-to-clubhouse-after-disabled-mother-died.do Rugby player who burned down Feltham Rugby Football Club's clubhouse is spared jail after a judge hears his disabled mother died in his arms Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:32:50 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803641-rugby-player-set-fire-to-clubhouse-after-disabled-mother-died.do 2010-02-09T09:32:50Z Alcohol: rugby player Brendan Burke http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803590-gordon-brown-urged-to-concentrate-on-spending.do Gordon Brown should forget about reducing the budget deficit and continue spending to speed up recovery from credit crunch, leading economist says Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:03:42 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803590-gordon-brown-urged-to-concentrate-on-spending.do 2010-02-09T08:03:42Z The Prime Minister has been encouraged to concentrate on spending http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803616-rio-ferdinand-stars-in-national-portrait-gallerys-latest-pitch-to-public.do England football captain Rio Ferdinand is the new face of the National Portrait Gallery — in a campaign which has coincided with his rise to the role after John Terry’s fall from grace Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:26:35 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803616-rio-ferdinand-stars-in-national-portrait-gallerys-latest-pitch-to-public.do 2010-02-09T09:26:35Z Armchair sports: Rio Ferdinand, who went to ballet school, in the new campaign http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803856-prius-is-still-safe-to-drive-says-toyota-amid-recall.do Toyota is overwhelmed with more calls from worried drivers after it recalled 8,500 Prius cars over brake problems Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:56:55 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803856-prius-is-still-safe-to-drive-says-toyota-amid-recall.do 2010-02-09T12:56:55Z 'Safe to drive': Toyota Prius http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803628-oldest-swingers-in-town-pound-40000-playground-for-pensioners-in-hyde-park.do London is to get its first 'pensioners' playground' in the heart of Hyde Park after approval was given for an outdoor gym for the over-sixties Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:27:45 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803628-oldest-swingers-in-town-pound-40000-playground-for-pensioners-in-hyde-park.do 2010-02-09T09:27:45Z Play time: the outdoor gym’s equipment will be designed to give gentle exercise http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803617-tate-displays-arshile-gorky-art-remembering-his-mother.do Two haunting paintings of artist Arshile Gorky and his mother can be seen together for the first time at the Tate Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:31 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803617-tate-displays-arshile-gorky-art-remembering-his-mother.do 2010-02-09T09:29:31Z Haunting: Arshile Gorky’s The Artist And His Mother, and his photo http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803629-chelsea-fans-to-get-free-health-checks-on-matchdays.do Chelsea fans are being offered health checks before weekend home matches in a mobile screening unit at the ground Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:27:54 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803629-chelsea-fans-to-get-free-health-checks-on-matchdays.do 2010-02-09T09:27:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23803823-barclays-bank-chief-barack-obama-may-harm-global-recovery.do Barclays chief executive John Varley warns that Barack Obama’s plans to cut the size and limit risk-taking by banks could damage the global economic revival Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:46:03 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23803823-barclays-bank-chief-barack-obama-may-harm-global-recovery.do 2010-02-09T12:46:03Z Message: John Varley addressing today's meeting of the Treasury Select Committee http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803891-man-pulled-alive-from-rubble-27-days-after-haiti-earthquake.do Man pulled alive from a collapsed building in Haiti’s capital 27 days after the earthquake struck and 18 days after the government gave up looking for survivors Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:13:09 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803891-man-pulled-alive-from-rubble-27-days-after-haiti-earthquake.do 2010-02-09T15:13:09Z Ordeal over: Evan Muncie was taken to hospital emaciated and hallucinating http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803672-back-with-family-londoner-held-in-iraq-for-over-a-year-speaks-about-his-ordeal.do London businessman locked up in Iraq for more than a year on terrorism charges has spoken of his ordeal for the first time after being reunited with his family Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:23:36 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803672-back-with-family-londoner-held-in-iraq-for-over-a-year-speaks-about-his-ordeal.do 2010-02-09T10:23:36Z Innocent: Kadhum Ridha Al-Sarraj was held on terror charges after his degree project was mistaken for a bomb http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803739-lawyers-seize-abu-hamzas-home-to-pay-bills.do Hate preacher Abu Hamza’s west London house has been seized and will be sold to pay his £300,000 legal aid bill Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:09:22 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803739-lawyers-seize-abu-hamzas-home-to-pay-bills.do 2010-02-09T12:09:22Z Abu Hamza's home has been seized http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803640-bnp-to-contest-borough-mayoral-elections.do Politicians show their anger at the British National Party's decision to field candidates for the May mayoral elections in three London boroughs Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:31:13 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803640-bnp-to-contest-borough-mayoral-elections.do 2010-02-09T09:31:13Z The BNP has not yet released details of who will stabnd for the seats http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803334-womans-mobility-scooter-death-fall.do Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:58:49 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803334-womans-mobility-scooter-death-fall.do 2010-02-08T11:58:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803317-one-armed-bandit-steals-single-cufflink.do Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:15 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803317-one-armed-bandit-steals-single-cufflink.do 2010-02-08T12:00:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803621-london-dungeons-new-scent-of-history-burning-flesh.do Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:33:01 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803621-london-dungeons-new-scent-of-history-burning-flesh.do 2010-02-09T09:33:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803860-its-outrageous-to-say-i-murdered-my-friend-alexander-litvinenko-says-oligarch.do Oligarch Boris Berezovsky tells the High Court it is 'outrageous' to claim he was responsible for the death of his friend Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:32:48 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803860-its-outrageous-to-say-i-murdered-my-friend-alexander-litvinenko-says-oligarch.do 2010-02-09T14:32:48Z Putin opponents: Alexander Litvinenko, right, and Boris Berezovsky http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803607-nash-show-reveals-artists-missing-landscapes.do Curator spends five years tracking down missing works by the artist Paul Nash for the first major exhibition of his paintings in London for 35 years Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:23:56 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803607-nash-show-reveals-artists-missing-landscapes.do 2010-02-09T09:23:56Z “Visually gripping”: Paul Nash’s Totes Meer (Dead Sea) 1940-41, will appear in the Dulwich show http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803148-jack-straw-faces-more-questions-at-iraq-inquiry.do Tony Blair tells American TV viewers that Britain is fixated by 'conspiracy' theories over the Iraq war Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:43:44 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803148-jack-straw-faces-more-questions-at-iraq-inquiry.do 2010-02-08T08:43:44Z Jack Straw at the Iraq inquiry http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803618-pub-bars-grandmother-for-wearing-beret.do Bayswater gastro pub refuses to serve 77-year-old after she refuses to take off her purple beret Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:30:37 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803618-pub-bars-grandmother-for-wearing-beret.do 2010-02-09T09:30:37Z Safety first: Shirley Phelan, 77, was asked to leave the Prince Alfred in Bayswater http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803847-pound-12000-for-korea-trip-but-bbc-boss-gives-free-camera-to-charity.do BBC executives spent more than £12,000 of taxpayers' money on a trip to Korea, according to the latest figures on staff expenses revealed today. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:12:20 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803847-pound-12000-for-korea-trip-but-bbc-boss-gives-free-camera-to-charity.do 2010-02-09T13:12:20Z Big spender: Director-General Mark Thompson http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803709-miserable-millionaire-raffles-his-lifestyle-for-charity.do An Austrian who is giving away his £3million fortune because it makes him unhappy has launched an online raffle for his Alpine villa Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:50:33 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803709-miserable-millionaire-raffles-his-lifestyle-for-charity.do 2010-02-09T11:50:33Z Wealthy trappings: Karl Rabeder will give cash from the villa sale to charity http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803574-michael-jacksons-doctor-pleads-not-guilty-to-manslaughter.do Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter over the death of the King of Pop Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:23:30 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803574-michael-jacksons-doctor-pleads-not-guilty-to-manslaughter.do 2010-02-09T08:23:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23803696-uks-goods-trade-deficit-widens-to-worst-in-a-year.do Hopes of a strong, export-led recovery in the UK are dashed after the trade deficit unexpectedly swelled to its widest level in almost a year Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:27:43 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23803696-uks-goods-trade-deficit-widens-to-worst-in-a-year.do 2010-02-09T11:27:43Z All at sea: Despite the weaker pound, exports were outstripped by imports in December http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803778-london-graduates-face-salary-and-job-cuts-as-employers-freeze-recruitment.do Graduates in London are facing a struggle for jobs as leading firms cut salaries and freeze recruitment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:26:24 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803778-london-graduates-face-salary-and-job-cuts-as-employers-freeze-recruitment.do 2010-02-09T12:26:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803734-french-accuse-tony-blair-of-soviet-style-propaganda-in-run-up-to-iraq-war.do Tony Blair was accused by the French government of 'Soviet-style' black propaganda in the run-up to the Iraq war, secret memos obtained by the Iraq inquiry have found Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:57:16 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23803734-french-accuse-tony-blair-of-soviet-style-propaganda-in-run-up-to-iraq-war.do 2010-02-09T11:57:16Z Tony Blair said the French were making clear they would use their Security Council veto 'no matter what'