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UPDATED: Armed robbers targeted a store in Brent Cross Shopping Centre today. Police said six men riding three motorbikes wielding axes and bats attempted to storm a jewellers in front of shocked shoppers. The men targeted the Fraser Hart jewellery shop.
Knightsbridge neighbours aghast at millionaire’s plan for a three-storey basement
Plans for a huge three-storey basement extension that will treble the size of a Knightsbridge house have sparked an angry campaign from neighbours, including novelist Edna O’Brien.
Jimmy Savile was 'questioned over Yorkshire Ripper murders'
Jimmy Savile was quizzed by detectives investigating the Yorkshire Ripper murders, a senior officer who worked on the inquiry said today.
Claws are out as Nadine Dorries shouts 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'
The Conservative Party today suspended the whip from MP Nadine Dorries after it emerged she was planning an extended absence from Westminster to appear on TV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
In the line of duty: Met police officer collapsed and died chasing suspected mugger
A police officer who collapsed and died while on duty in London last night was pursuing a robbery suspect at the time, it emerged today.
Cross Channel cheat! Woman with homes in London and Paris - both paid for by the tax-payer
A dole cheat claimed more than £13,000 for a Notting Hill flat while receiving a further £45,000 in benefits for a home in Paris, a court heard.
Azelle Rodney's mother asks armed officer who shot dead her son: 'How many more lies?'
A mother whose 24-year-old son was gunned down by armed police interrupted the inquiry into his death to ask the officer who shot him: "How many more lies are you going to tell?"
Conman who ripped off Manchester City star and cancer patients alike led 'extravagant lifestyle'
A conman who stole £7 million from hundreds of investors including a Premier League footballer has been jailed.
£46,000-a-year Tube drivers threaten third Boxing Day strike in a row
Tube union barons today threatened strike action on Boxing Day.
Cameron: Give Assad safe passage to flee Syria
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad should be given safe passage out of the country if that would end the bloodshed, David Cameron said today.
Police order Croydon Morris men to stop dancing in interest of 'community relations'
VIDEO: Morris dancers who were forced to abandon a performance after a complaint to the police say they were treated “like the Ku Klux Klan”.
Mitt Romney campaigns to the bitter end as polls favour President
Mitt Romney defied convention today and continued campaigning as Americans queued up to vote with the presidential result on a knife edge.
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Obama's family in Kenya 'hoping and praying' for re-election victory
The family of Barack Obama today told how they are “hoping and praying” for a re-election victory.
Heathrow plea over four runway super-hub
Heathrow bosses today called on a major inquiry into airport capacity to examine plans for not only a third runway but a fourth as well.
Tesco fined for employing illegal foreign workers
Supermarket giant Tesco has been handed a £115,000 fine for employing illegal foreign workers at a south London warehouse.
Crowning moment in Melbourne for racegoer Camilla
The royals’ favourite hat maker today backed Camilla to be the “next Queen of England”, as he helped her win the fashion stakes at Australia’s biggest horse race.
'Tough love' sees sickness benefit stripped from those who refuse treatment
Sickness benefit will be stripped from claimants who refuse to get treatment for their problems under a crackdown to be tested in a £25 million Government trial.
'I have faith in British justice,' says businessman who lost £1m to Ponzi City broker
An Iranian businessman defrauded by a City stockbroker who lavished millions of pounds of other people’s money on himself today welcomed the 13-year prison sentence handed down to the fraudster.
Londoners turned out in their thousands to see Robbie Williams, Emma Bunton and Lawson turn on the Oxford Street Christmas lights, sponsored by Marmite.
Mamma Miller! Sienna poses naked … with her baby bump
Not every woman would be willing to be pictured naked only weeks away from giving birth. But actress Sienna Miller was captured on canvas by artist Jonathan Yeo shortly before the arrival of her first baby, Marlowe.
Supper was gr8! Esp. swan’s neck on brioche... the Dave and Rebekah txts
A Downing Street mole has alleged that up to 150 texts exist between David Cameron and Rebekah Brooks. Here's how one of those exchanges from last year might have gone...
How to catch an iPhone robber (and stop him nicking your data as well)
If you own an iPhone, you’re twice as likely to be the victim of phone mugging as the user of any other mobile phone. That’s one fact about the iPhone that Apple omits from its glossy advertising campaigns.
All the action.. where to watch the US elections
Whether you're a hardened politico, an American ex-pat or just looking for an excuse to party, tonight's presidential election is a must. Here are the best places across the capital to watch the action unfold:
Cake or a brownie? Heston's mixed-up Christmas pud
When Heston Blumenthal is in charge, you know you’re not going to get an ordinary Christmas cake, and his latest offering is certainly going to challenge the purists.
Party people - roses all the way for Pixie
Singer Pixie Lott was looking exceptionally fragrant with a headdress of lemon yellow blooms at a fashion awards party at the Savoy last night.
The London best: Bangers and mash
Since it's National Sausage Week (honestly) and the weather is damn cold, we've rounded up the best place to tuck into some warming bangers and mash.
We're going to wash that pollution right out of our air
Sick of breathing in pollution, dust and other people’s germs? Jasmine Gardner on the office technology which could usher in a new clean air act.
Spot the lady's maid... Downton's Anna dazzles
Downton Abbey’s Joanne Froggatt, who plays Anna Bates, singer Pixie Lott and presenter Cat Deeley dazzled at the WGSN Global Fashion Awards at The Savoy.
Made in Britain... traditional fabrics are ruling the roost this winter
London, Milan, Paris and, er, Hawick. The sleepy Scottish Borders town found itself added to the list of global fashion capitals last week. Not, I hasten to add, because it has designs on staging its own bi-annual fashion week — although how wonderful would that be — but because the town’s knitwear industry was hailed the best in the world by none other than Mr Karl Lagerfeld.
Frost and mist: stunning pictures of Hyde Park as the temperature plummets
As temperatures dropped below zero this morning and London woke to a world of frost and mist, our photographer Jeremy Selwyn was in Hyde Park to capture some magical images. With predictions of more cold snaps to come, bookmakers have slashed the odds of a white Christmas in London to 7-2.
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£46,000-a-year Tube drivers threaten third Boxing Day strike in a row
A Tube union today threatened strike action on Boxing Day.
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It’s like the old quip about buses: you wait ages for a West End production of Uncle Vanya, then two come along in as many press nights.
Schalke 2-2 Arsenal: Gunners blow early lead
Arsenal, who were “so bad it was frightening” in their game against Manchester United last Saturday (according to the BBC's Alan Hansen), improved considerably on that performance but still lost a two-goal lead here last night and with it the top position in Group B that they had technically regained at half-time.
Cull of City jobs set to be even greater than feared
The scale of the bloodbath in City jobs looks set to be even greater than feared it emerged today.
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Romola Garai: I’m too fat for Hollywood
Romola Garai says her size 10 figure is too large to be acceptable in Hollywood.
The election is a side issue for battered New York
Electing a President is the last thing on most New Yorkers’ minds today.
Made in Britain... traditional fabrics are ruling the roost this winter
We’re in for a woolly winter and from Karl Lagerfeld’s love of Scottish knitwear, to Jigsaw’s appreciation of Northamptonshire shoes, traditional British fabrics have never looked better, says Karen Dacre
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