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What has become of the promise hat London 2012 would revive East London’s fortunes with a massive redevelopment on a scale not seen since the great days of Empire?
Sir Alf Ramsey was left a 'broken man' when he was sacked and shunned eight years after winning the 1966 World Cup, his widow has revealed, as she slammed his 'disgraceful' treatment.
An evocative black and white photograph perfectly captures the heady mood of the nation on the glorious weekend, 50 years ago, when England claimed its solitary World Cup victory.
The young Spaniard was given a hero’s send-off: mourners cheered as his jewel-encrusted coffin was carried. But the death of Victor Barrio has raised questions about the 'sport' of bullfighting.
Chris Evans' biographer David Jones writes that the former Top Gear host first exposed himself when he was 13 and added that his behaviour convinced a friend he was 'fascinated with nakedness'.
Clement Freud often chronicled his summer exploits in Praia da Luz; and given how he chose to befriend the McCanns, we might find these jottings quite pertinent.
Avni Metra, 53, was in a defiant mood as he appeared at an extradition hearing in London, where it emerged that he is currently on police bail facing an accusation of rape.
We were told that he seldom spoke to the other residents in the flat in Hertfordshire, and would come and go from his rented digs at irregular hours in a battered, green Ford saloon.
Last night Avni Metra, a 53-year-old gangster who gouged out the eyes of one victim, was finally in custody after we alerted Scotland Yard to his whereabouts in Hertfordshire.
Married four times and a serial adulterer, Ali's train-wreck private life could lead to another titanic rumble as his wives and children do battle for his legacy.
Danny Willett, pictured with wife Nicole, may not seem like the archetypal golfing gent, but he is as admirably uncomplicated and reliable as his swing, writes DAVID JONES.
Sister Frances Dominica will speak out for people wrongly accused of sex abuse claims and said she believed the accused should have the same rights as victims until proven guilty.
Chris Eubank Sr and his son give their account of the latter's fight with Nick Blackwell, who was left in a coma fighting for his life. Eubank Sr's actions have sparked huge controversy.
With just seven games of the season remaining, Leicester City — who were bottom of the league this time last year and seemed certain to be relegated — have become odds-on favourites to win it.
Sharapova’s childhood was troubled to the point of dysfunction, writes DAVID JONES. Her parents Yuri (pictured) and Yelena hail from Chernobyl, but they moved to Siberia shortly before her birth, in 1987.
Not only do David Cameron and George Osborne seek his advice on business matters, he is also a valued Tory Party benefactor who contributed £22,350 last year.
This week in Oxford, there was understandable consternation when it emerged that a bright young man had sneaked off to Syria, perhaps becoming the first white British man to join ISIS.
Some believe that Adams (pictured) - who was spotted drinking in a Hatton Garden cafe this week - may have ordered the heist to obtain something that police could use to put him away.
Commander Richard Walton plans to quit the Metropolitan Police, in a move that would allow him to avoid answering a misconduct case relating to the family of Stephen Lawrence (pictured).
Hermione Farthingale was a beautiful dancer and actress who stole David Bowie's heart and is thought to be the inspiration behind numerous of his greatest hits.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48 (inset, with son Amon, four) had 'no morals' and snorted cocaine according to his ex-wife. Sian Blake, 43 (pictured) wanted to leave him over Christmas, her sister said.
Spanish investigators have attempted to implicate the couple in a huge corruption scandal in Marbella, where they once spent long, glorious summers in another of their seaside villas.
Milky skin, opal eyes and perfectly straight nose, she smiles seductively from street posters and into the TV cameras, defying the bloodied and besieged French public not to adore her.
The mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, grew up in Brussels, where his father owned a flourishing second-hand business. But in his mid-20s he joined ISIS.
Molenbeek has gained such an appalling reputation for radicalising and sustaining Islamic fanatics that it is regarded among politicians as the cradle of European terrorism.
GRAPHIC CONTENT: As the strobe lights flashed, silhouetting the Eagles of Death Metal drummer, a volley of cracks rang out — so loud they cut right through the thrumming heavy metal music.
Britain’s last Guantanamo Bay detainee is receiving medical treatment at a private clinic where he is said to have had an emotional reunion with his wife Zinnara and seen his four children.
Former Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer will be interviewed by the police over claims British officials were complicit in torturing him in prison. Mr Aamer is likely to pursue significant compensation for his ordeal.
Britain's final Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer was flown home on a chartered jet with his journey costing taxpayers as much as £70,000. He was flown in on a £23million Gulfstream jet.
The more 52-year-old Jose Mourinho protests his relaxed state of mind, the more he appears to be psychologically unravelling - and very publicly, at that, writes DAVID JONES.
Father-of-four Shaker Aamer, 46, the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay, is due to leave the infamous camp 'within a matter of days', according to a Whitehall source.
Briton Shaker Aamer, who has been held and allegedly tortured in the notorious Guantanamo Bay for nearly 14 years, last saw his now A-level pupil daughter Johina when she was four.
Shaker Aamer, the Saudi born Guantanamo Bay inmate, will be flown back to Britain after spending 13 years behind bars at the controversial detention centre in Cuba, it was announced today.
In a few weeks’ time, preparations will begin for the Olympic stadium to be handed over to its new tenant, West Ham United Football Club. It has cost the taxpayer £257 million and the club just £15m.
At the height of summer, there are few more tranquil stretches of water than the lily-fringed Lee Navigation canal which meanders beside a marshy nature reserve in East London.
During a glittering eight-year career that has made him a multi-millionaire, Stuart Broad's mercurial brilliance has frequently come to England's rescue.
Nearly all of the 230 homes in Maine Tower in Canary Wharf were sold at the weekend - and foreign buyers were able to snap them up, despite a pledge that new homes should be offered to Londoners first.
As we sat there, helpless , bands of immigrants, apparently from the Sangatte camp, began clambering over the barriers and swarming around the cars, writes DAVID JONES.
Beset by the tribulations of youth, Thomas Evans - killed fighting for al-Shabaab - confounded his family by converting to the Islamic faith, writes DAVID JONES.
Had it not been for Edward I, the Williams-Wynn dynasty might have been the modern-day kings of Wales, instead the heir apparent to their sprawling estate lives as a hippy in a remote hut.
Shaker Aamer, 48, whose family live in Battersea, is still being held even though his case file has been vetted by six U.S. departments of state and all six have pronounced him suitable for release.
Brushing aside the fury of the press and half the footballing world, he was pictured at the 65th Fifa Congress flirting with romantic interest Linda Barras.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter took his seat at the 65th Fifa Congress in Zurich today with Linda Barras, 49 – who is 30 years his junior and married to a prominent Swiss estate agent.
With remarkable — and some will think very misguided — loyalty, Bindi has stuck by her father since he was first accused of indecently assaulting a string of underage girls.
Furniture magnate Mikhail Kravchenko, 46, was shot dead in 2012 after he was photographed walking hand-in-hand with Princess Michael of Kent during a romantic weekend in Venice.
According to Wayne (pictured with Gary), the rift dates back to 2008 when the BBC presenter, recently divorced, took lingerie model Danielle Bux to meet his sibling for the first time in Ibiza.
The rush that comes with performing in front of thousands of delirious supporters - and being rewarded exorbitantly - isn’t enough for Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, writes DAVID JONES.
Dr Rory Lyons's fiercest critics could never have envisaged the scandal that has beset him in recent days - a police investigation into the mysterious deaths of four of his patients.
John Tully, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, called for an end to Scotland Yard's involvement in the Madeleine McCann case earlier this week and David Jones agrees.