Images shown to jurors at the Old Bailey today show murder suspects Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale after they allegedly murdered soldier Lee Rigby. One image shows Adebowale pointing his gun at police after he had been shot twice. Armed officers told the jury they 'feared for their lives' when the suspects 'launched at them'.
A teenager was stabbed to death in north London in the early hours of today, the second knife murder in the capital in the space of 24 hours.
An off-duty doctor battled at the roadside to save a man who attempted to drive himself to hospital following a vicious knife attack.
Boris Johnson is to freeze London’s bus and Tube fares in real terms, the Evening Standard can reveal.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested over a violent incident on a bus that left a young woman unconscious.
Slavery is rampant and most people are likely to have met a slave without realising it, a conference on women’s rights in London was told today.
Former England football captain John Terry’s father will stand trial next year after denying he hurled a tirade of racist abuse before allegedly head-butting a man outside a pub. Ted Terry, 59, was allegedly heard shouting “black c***” and “f***ing Paki" before the alleged brawl with Amarjit Talafair earlier this year.
A father-to-be tormented by his fear of noise may have thrown himself to his death in front of a tube train, an inquest heard today.
One man has died and another is in hospital after a shooting at a house.
Research today revealed how the “Stamp Duty Dilemma” forced 14,000 UK homeowners to sell properties at a huge loss last year.
An Italian mother who had her baby taken away from her after a forced caesarean section begged a judge to allow her to care for her daughter.
South London’s notorious Elephant & Castle shopping centre - once famously painted bright pink to make it less depressing - has been sold to developers for £80 million.
A convict who broke out of prison has been found guilty of committing a string of sexual and violent offences against women while on the run.
Police are hunting three men suspected of hitting a victim twice over the head with a glass bottle in a violent assault.
An Arctic blast of freezing winds will batter Britain during a short, sharp cold snap which will include snow, forecasters have warned.
Mark Duggan was holding a mobile phone when he was shot dead by police, an inquest heard.
A tax holiday for bosses who take on unemployed under-25s is being considered by the Chancellor for this week’s Autumn Statement.
A policewoman told a court today how she Tasered Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo as he ran at her waving a meat cleaver.
Friends of a City legal clerk murdered outside a busy pub are raising money to help the four-year-old daughter he left behind.
Last week the Mayor suggested some people were simply not intelligent enough to progress in life. Today he was put on the spot on live radio and failed to answer a single question correctly in an IQ test constructed specially for him by Nick Ferrari.
Cheryl Cole was one of a host of TV stars who picked up phones alongside the Duchess of Cornwall today at ICAP's 21st annual global charity day.
Last night saw the British Fashion Awards at the London Coliseum, with everyone-who-is-anyone in attendance - including Pixie Geldof in a spaghetti-strap silver number with a furry green handbag in tow.
VIDEO: A bemused Harry Styles, dressed in black jacket and skinny jeans, was named Britain’s favourite style icon at the British Fashion Awards last night.
VIDEO: The title of Model of the Year was pinched from Cara Delevingne by Edie Campbell - who then dedicated the award to her horse.
Kate Moss was the star turn at the Playboy 60th anniversary party at the Playboy Club in Mayfair last night, having hot-footed it there from the British Fashion Awards.
Rita Ora has landed her first major film role after landing a part in the highly-anticipated movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey.
A tearful Laila Morse has become the second contestant to be voted out of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! - but said the experience made her "a better person".
As the January transfer window looms, Standard Sport takes a look at how Chelsea's summer signings have fared so far this season.
Sienna, Alexa, Kate and the Delevingnes are putting in some old-fashioned hard partying where boys are NFI (not f****** invited).
Tis the season to raise the roof - so here are the top places to head upstairs, grab a drink and dance the night away in the clubs high above London’s streets.
We all now know the Osborne family have a new addition in the form of bichon frisé Lola - but it appears that in the dog-eats-dog world of Westminster, the Chancellor is not alone in hoping to gain kudos through his canine.
We're used to hearing about adult-on-child sexual abuse but every day teenage girls are being raped and abused by boys not much older than themselves - in schools, in parks, in stairwells and in toilets. We meet Carlene Firmin, the PhD student lifting the lid on a harrowing issue that needs to be addressed.
Edward J "Babe" Heffron, whose Second World War service as a member of the US army's famed Easy Company was recounted in the book and TV miniseries Band of Brothers, has died aged 90.
The Menier has been pumping out hit musicals for some years now, but its latest is glittering yet empty
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger today admitted Thomas Vermaelen is “suffering” during his spell out of the first team but insists he will not push to leave the club.
Oil giant BP has won a major court victory in the US that will limit the amount of compensation it has to pay following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.
Don't do your Christmas shopping with the crowds on the high street, head to one of London's Christmas markets for unusual gifts, artisan bargains and festive food and drink
Few know how to work the floral trend as well as Miranda Kerr.
The roots of the PM’s rivals, both Miliband and Johnson, are in Primrose Hill. So do such tribes tell us anything?
Few know how to work the floral trend as well as Miranda Kerr.
Man, 26, arrested after woman knocked unconscious on London night bus
Boris Johnson red-faced after failing IQ test live on air
Stabbed student, 17, dies on north London pavement in second killing in 24 hours
The stylish, the not-so-stylish and Harry Stylish: all gather for the British Fashion Awards
I'm A Celebrity... Amy Willerton makes her bid for best bikini moment - in pictures
Bin bags and battered cases: Eastern European beggars back at Marble Arch as Mayor warns of more to come 
Thousands of cyclists lie down in the road for rush hour protest outside TfL's Blackfriars HQ 
'Give everyone the best chance': George Osborne's reply to Boris Johnson's IQ elite speech 
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson unveils London Underground and bus fares freeze 
City pay explosion leaves London with 2,700 bankers earning more than a million
Man, 26, arrested after woman knocked unconscious on London night bus 
Jack the Ripper: Best-selling author Patricia Cornwell prepares to publish evidence of 'Royal conspiracy' 
David Mitchell gets his revenge on David Starkey for slight on the missus 
Business is blooming for Cath Kidston as she opens her new London store 
Hutching up: why Generation Rent are squashing in the housemates 
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for the British Fashion Awards 2013, a glamorous celebration of the biggest names in fashion hosted by David Walliams.
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