The BBC faced growing anger after Jonathan Ross was cleared to return to his £6 million-a-year job
The number of homes repossessed soared by 12 per cent in the third quarter of this year, with the full year total on track to be the worst since 1995
Children's Secretary Ed Balls could be forced to share with MPs a secret report on the Baby P case, the Evening Standard has learned
Banks facing fury from ministers over their refusal to boost lending were warned to act before the “lid is blown off”
Former paymaster general Geoffrey Robinson predicted that Monday's pre-Budget report would mark a widening of the "clear blue water" between the two parties
A senior security officer at the US embassy in London is being investigated after accusing Barack Obama of brokering secret deals with terrorists
Madonna took a sideswipe at Guy Ritchie even as they divorced - branding suggestions that he had not taken a penny as "fantasy land"
Boris Johnson was accused of letting Tory boroughs off the hook over affordable housing by Labour council chiefs
Homeowners who fail to meet their mortgage payments are set to avoid repossession action for at least three months
London will be a big winner in next week's pre-Budget report as the Government moves to protect jobs, families and businesses in the capital, Cabinet minister Harriet Harman said
Mediha Ting has decided to make a living from her paintings after losing her job in a recent cull
More than 50 suspected criminals have been hit by Taser guns in the last year, figures revealed
A female state governor with a reputation for being tough on illegal immigration - and Republicans - has emerged as frontrunner for the key job of US Homeland Security Secretary
China revealed that almost 20,000 people killed when a massive earthquake struck Sichuan province have so far been identified
The wealthy and glamorous gathered in Dubai for a credit crunch-defying, £20 million celebration of the opening of the world's most expensive hotel
Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson has called on young Londoners to overcome the barriers in front them and revealed the troubles he faced as a teenager
The 2012 Olympic shooting event may be moved to Barking after the estimated cost of staging the event at Woolwich barracks doubled to £40million
A teenager was due to appear in court following an attempted smash-and-grab raid on a jeweller which was foiled by a brave pensioner
David Tennant is to join this year's star-studded Evening Standard Theatre Awards
A leading figure in British Olympic sport slammed a government scheme to find £79million to help boost medal hopes at London 2012
Plans to turn the Kensington Odeon cinema into a £92 million housing development have been given the go-ahead
Cancer sufferers in many parts of London are losing out on life-enhancing treatment, figures reveal
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has claimed he was unaware his wife was planning to divorce him
A picture painted in a hot air balloon above London Bridge during the First World War is set to fetch up to £150,000 at auction next month
Tabloid favourite Sadie Frost is returning to the stage after 24 years
The last sit-down restaurant car on London's commuter network has been axed.
A portrait of a London society lady by her lover, Sir Anthony van Dyck, is to go on show for the first time in more than a century
A cabinet minister waded into the row over Strictly Come Dancing after John Sergeant's decision to walk out
The growing hole in the nation's finances was underlined when new figures showed stamp duty receipts had collapsed by nearly £2billion
John Lewis stores in London have suffered one of the biggest drops in sales in their history
The Prime Minister dramatically upped the stakes in the battle to make banks boost lending by refusing to rule out full-scale nationalisation
Police have smashed a drugs gang that made £1million a week by running a cannabis distribution racket with a fleet of wholesale flower delivery vans
Details emerged of how a London sailor survived four days adrift at sea after his boat sank
Two men have been arrested after police swooped on a barber's shop in north London suspected of being a crystal meth factory
Hackney has become the "forgotten Olympic borough", with a promised legacy of 8,000 skilled jobs falling victim to the recession, local politicians claim
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
All visitors to the 2012 London Games will be offred free tap water, organisers said
Lorry and bus drivers working for a London council are to receive training in cycling road safety in a bid to prevent road deaths
Forty-one more stations in London will be manned until the last service at night from next year after ministers ordered safety improvements
Government officials have abolished train overcrowding by changing the definition of what constitutes overcrowding
A study into the future of London's street markets is to be commissioned by Boris Johnson
