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Boris: 50,000 cheap homes on the way
Boris Johnson has announced plans to create 50,000 affordable homes and kickstart the housing market Comments- RBS bail-out plan is approved
- Baby P review will not be released
- Speeding plan 'too little and late'
- Policeman on BNP list is suspended
- Firms announce major job cuts
- JobCentre closures to be reviewed
- Tanker owners in talks with pirates
- Mortgage lending increases by 7%
- Tougher targets on saving water
- Accused 'took girl on park trips'
F1 tycoon in £2bn divorce battle
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is facing a multi-billion-pound divorce battle Comments
Data protection means Baby P social workers can’t be named
Data protection rules are preventing ministers from naming all the Haringey social services staff in the Baby P case, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls revealed CommentsBusiness
Up to 2000 more face axe as crisis takes toll on RollsEngineering giant Rolls-Royce is to axe as many as 2000 more jobs
Sport
Arsenal turmoil exposed as Gallas reveals bust-upCaptain reveals furious row in Arsenal dressing room
What kind of threat does the BNP pose?
Once people live with others of a different race, they learn not to fear them
Are Christmas carols really 'noise pollution'?
Debenhams banned from playing carols because of nuisance to shoppers
Why people power has led Strictly such a merry dance
Scores of people who would never normally vote created merry hell
Strictly star Sergeant to cash in on public's adoration
John Sergeant may have quit Strictly Come Dancing but he will be waltzing all the way to the bank CommentsBritain lends Iceland £2.2bn in deal to pay back investors
Britain has lent Iceland £2.2 billion as part of a deal to compensate savers hit by the Nordic banking collapse Comments
Ambulance clamped as patient is helped into clinic
A private clamping firm has defended its decision to clamp an ambulance while its driver helped a seriously ill patient into a hospital clinic CommentsBoroughs given £168m by Boris to develop transport
Boris Johnson has announced a multi-million-pound plan to improve transport in London's boroughs, including no-strings-attached grants to councils Comments
New drivers to face ban for speeding only once
New drivers could be banned from the road if they commit a single offence of doing 45mph in an 30mph zone Comments
Madonna and Guy Ritchie reach divorce deal
Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reached agreement on their divorce - with the British film director refusing to take a penny of the pop star's cash Comments
FTSE plunges as Republicans bid to block US bail-out plans
The FTSE-100 Index tumbled below the 4000 barrier as traders sold shares across the world Comments
Mayor's hopes of cutting 2012 costs dashed by report
Boris Johnson says he is "disappointed" after review concluded that no further significant savings could be made on Olympic venues Comments
Even M&S has discount day
Marks & Spencer is offering everything at 20 per cent off for one day only in an attempt to boost pre-Christmas sales CommentsOsborne backed by big beast Clarke
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has won a much needed boost from Tory heavy-weight Kenneth Clarke CommentsTax cuts are essential to beat crisis says minister
The recession will be "longer and deeper" without urgent government action to boost the economy with tax cuts and higher borrowing, Treasury chief secretary Yvette Cooper warned CommentsCouncil chased blind 'driver' for £571 parking fine
A man was mistakenly hounded by bailiffs for a parking fine on a car that did not belong to him - and despite the fact that he is blind CommentsCrime victim payouts 'too complicated', say MPs
Government claims to prioritise victims of crime were questioned as MPs delivered a damning report into compensation for people injured in violent attacks CommentsPolice tell public not to approach murder suspect on the run from mental hospital
A suspected murderer on the run from a psychiatric hospital would not have broken free if he had been remanded to a jail, his alleged victim's mother claimed CommentsFire Haringey managers and doctors, say social workers
Four out of five social workers are calling for new managers to be brought in at Haringey council following Baby P's death, according to a survey CommentsJamie to go Italian at Canary Wharf
Jamie Oliver has announced that he is to open a restaurant in Canary Wharf CommentsIndian navy blows Somali pirate ship out of the water
A pirate "mothership" has been blown up and sunk by an Indian warship as the piracy crisis off the coast of east Africa escalates CommentsPolice warn of Triad gangs recruiting in schools
Police have warned headteachers of the dangers of Triad gangs recruiting teenagers in schools across London CommentsThree offers of £1million for first home of baby Beckham
The house where David Beckham lived as a baby has attracted three offers of £1million CommentsProtesters win fight to scrap polyclinic
Plans to set up a polyclinic in a London hospital have been scrapped after protests CommentsIT shutdown brings delay for patients
Hundreds of patients face delays in getting critical test results after an NHS computer system went into meltdown Comments
'I felt safer giving birth in Hungary after first child died in NHS error
A mother whose newborn baby died in a botched hospital delivery has told how she has lost faith in the NHS CommentsPoison gas alert at restaurants after 13 diners fall ill
Restaurants are being warned to check gas equipment after 13 people were taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Comments
Smaller art galleries paint bright picture as visitors rise
Smaller art galleries in London have recorded a dramatic increase in visitors CommentsGang boy, 13, is youngest prosecuted for firearms
A BOY of 13 has become the youngest in London to face firearms charges after he admitted storing a gun and bullets for older gang members CommentsBillionaire's body stolen from Austrian cemetery
The remains of a billionaire whose family fortune was built on Nazi slave labour have been stolen from an Austrian graveyard Comments
Bill reveals files to move Hillary closer to top job
Hillary Clinton took a step closer to being appointed US Secretary of State after her husband agreed to reveal the identities of his major cash donors CommentsThai protest under fire as grenade kills one, hurts 23
A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office in Bangkok killed one person and wounded 23 Comments
First view of private photos of the Queen on holiday
It's a charming, impromptu snapshot of the Queen, showing her as she's never been seen before - wearing a pair of flared trousers CommentsProtesters win fight to scrap polyclinic
Plans to set up a polyclinic in a hospital have been scrapped after protests CommentsStewardess 'helped land Canada plane'
A co-pilot suffering a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit of a Boeing 767 before a flight attendant helped the pilot make a safe landing Comments
I wasted my time with drugs, says Marianne Faithful
Marianne Faithfull has claimed that her one regret in life was taking drugs CommentsRoyal designer Allegra Hicks goes bust
Allegra Hicks, the fashion retailer founded by a royal in-law, has gone bust Comments
Sheikh: I lent Jacko $1m ... and I gave his brother a Rolls
An Arab sheikh lent Michael Jackson $1million during the fallen pop superstar's child abuse trial, the High Court heard CommentsBoy, 14, stabbed at skills fair
A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed at the ExCeL centre in east London as government minister Tony McNulty opened a skills and careers fair for young people at the venue Comments‘Lift tax in North but not South’ London
London businesses blasted a minister for suggesting that a property tax should be abolished in the North but was “appropriate” for the capital Comments
Scholar thief faces jail for £1m damage to rare books in libraries
A businessman is facing jail after admitting stealing rare pages and plates from books in the British Library CommentsAnger as anti-gay reggae singer is granted UK visa
The Home Secretary was criticised for granting a visa to a controversial Jamaican reggae singer, allowing him to perform in London this weekend Comments
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Fears over legacy in the 'forgotten Olympic borough'
Hackney has become the "forgotten Olympic borough", with a promised legacy of 8,000 skilled jobs falling victim to the recession, local politicians claim Comments
Knife victim’s friend: I use a coffin to shock pupils out of crime
The best friend of murdered 16-year-old Kodjo Yenga has launched an anti-knife campaign in schools to try to shock pupils away from a life of violence Comments
Free tap water for visitors will be offered at all venues during Games
All visitors to the 2012 London Games will be offred free tap water, organisers said Comments
Lessons in cycle safety for lorry and bus drivers
Lorry and bus drivers working for a London council are to receive training in cycling road safety in a bid to prevent road deaths Comments
41 more stations to be staffed at night in rail safety drive
Forty-one more stations in London will be manned until the last service at night from next year after ministers ordered safety improvements Comments
Rule change 'abolishes' overcrowding on trains
Government officials have abolished train overcrowding by changing the definition of what constitutes overcrowding Comments
Mayor sets out his stall on future of street markets
A study into the future of London's street markets is to be commissioned by Boris Johnson CommentsOpinion, comment, your views
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