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25 years on Scotland Yard make 'significant' arrest over Pc Blakelock murder

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:19 GMT

40-year-old man arrested in connection with murder of Pc Keith Blakelock in Broadwater Farm riots 25 years ago

Furious West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola in blast at David Sullivan

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:28:07 GMT

Italian reacts with anger at suggestions from new owner of pay-cuts at the end of the season

Man pulled alive from rubble 27 days after Haiti earthquake

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:13:09 GMT

Man pulled alive from a collapsed building in Haitis capital 27 days after the earthquake struck and 18 days after the government gave up looking for survivors

Harry Redknapp gives long-ball claims short shrift

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:09:06 GMT

Manager hits back at accusations Tottenham have built their game around punts to Peter Crouch

The perfect way to spend Valentine's Day in London

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:55:31 GMT

If you want to treat your lover to a really special day out in London, read this.

Video: Jennifer Lopez loves her revealing catsuit

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:54:58 GMT

Jennifer Lopez clearly doesn't care what her critics say after taking to the stage in the same skin-tight catsuit that was panned by critics in January

Rio Ferdinand withdraws ban appeal

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:53 GMT

New England captain opts not to challenge FA decision over an extra-game ban given to him following a clash with Craig Fagan

Lover battered garden expert to death after sex in woods

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:52:50 GMT

Gardening expert at the centre of a love triangle was killed with a rock after one of her partners found out about the other, the Old Bailey hears

Barclays bank chief: Barack Obama may harm global recovery

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:46:03 GMT

Barclays chief executive John Varley warns that Barack Obamas plans to cut the size and limit risk-taking by banks could damage the global economic revival

Arsene Wenger: I did not rubbish Chelsea

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:16 GMT

Arsenal boss insists he praised rivals after loss at Stamford Bridge, but vowed that he would not change his side's style of play

David Camerons A-lister Twitters against party dinosaurs

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:10 GMT

Tory party scrambling to rescue career of one of David Camerons favourite women candidates after her campaign for a key London seat descended into chaos

Ali Dizaei stripped of his £90,000 Met salary as he begins jail term

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:18:11 GMT

Disgraced police chief Ali Dizaei was stripped of his £90,000 salary as he starts a four-year prison term on a wing for vulnerable prisoners at Wandsworth jail

Winston Churchill, his mother and the philandering Prince

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:13:49 GMT

A new book on the great leader based on documents hidden for years delves deeper into his family life than any other and comes up with some intriguing revelations

Scratched photo costs schoolgirl £360 Oyster card

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:13:40 GMT

An 11-year-old girl faces a one-year free travel ban after she was stripped of her Oyster card because it was 'scratched'

Boys, 10, accused of raping eight-year-old

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:00:03 GMT

Two 10-year-old boys appeared in court in their school uniforms today accused of raping an eight-year-old girl

Talent meets attitude with Rox

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:41 GMT

Rox is the latest Brits school graduate to plan an assault on the charts and this south Londoner has something worth listening to.

Trinity Mirror buys Guardian regionals for £44.8m

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:37:50 GMT

Guardian Media Group off-loads the Manchester Evening News and 31 other titles in its local newspaper division

Drunk train guard ignored red light and refused to let passengers off

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:33:45 GMT

Drunken train guard signalled his driver to go through a red light and refused to open doors to let passengers on or off during a terrifying journey between Waterloo and Kingston

UK's trade deficit widens to hit recovery hopes

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:27:43 GMT

Hopes of a strong, export-led recovery in the UK are dashed after the trade deficit unexpectedly swelled to its widest level in almost a year

FSA chief Hector Sants steps down

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:19:08 GMT

The Citys top regulator, Hector Sants, is quitting as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority

Paul Gascoigne arrested twice in two days

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:18:48 GMT

Former England and Tottenham Hotspur football star Paul Gascoigne has been arrested for the second time in two days

Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie return to EastEnders

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:20 GMT

Actress Jessie Wallace is returning to EastEnders to reprise the role of feisty Kat Moon along with screen husband Shane Richie, soap bosses confirm

Anger as BBC hides pay of its £229m stars

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:52:18 GMT

BBC accused of having a 'culture of secrecy' after it refused to reveal how much it pays its top presenters and stars

Jade Goody's children to visit grave on Mother's Day

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:42:40 GMT

Jade Goody's children have not stopped talking about their mother since the day she died, their father Jeff Brazier said

British cinema's rock'n'roll year celebrated in Evening Standard Film Awards

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:12 GMT

Three anarchic rockers, a misfit teen and a foul-mouthed politico were celebrated at the Evening Standard Film Awards.