Greater London County, England News

Councils have borne the brunt of government funding cuts and have had to make painful decisions about where savings can be made or whether residents can stomach an increase in council tax.

AN ORPINGTON man has been jailed for three years following a series of "violent attacks" involving knives on trains across south London.

London's 122 Leadenhall Street is shown under construction on March 5. Once complete it will be London's second-tallest building.

The brother of former Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha has been evicted from his flat after a string of accusations about anti-social behaviour, including threatening a housing warden with a hammer.

That appears to be true, at least, for British luxury brand Burberry, which showcased its latest menswear designs in London on Tuesday after a decade in Milan.

The 5th Petts Wood Scout Group got the week off to a flying start by helping in a litter pick and 'walkways and pathways clean up' in Petts Wood.

Charles Saatchi told a London newspaper Tuesday that he went to police voluntarily over an incident in which he grabbed his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, by the throat to avoid it "hanging over all of us for months."

A former City trader has been charged in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate.

Britain's Serious Fraud Office has charged a former trader with conspiracy to defraud in the rigging of a benchmark interest rate.

Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they owe.

A legal observer "kettled" during a demonstration against Government cuts has won a High Court declaration that police acted unlawfully when they filmed her and required the handover of personal information before letting her go.

According to the Post Office, up to 16million people have either never used the internet of have limited internet skills.

Three more women and two men managed to escape the blaze in Purrett Road and were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service.

Michael Jackson gestures as he announces plans for Summer residency at the O2 Arena at a press conference held at the O2 Arena on March 5, 2009 in London, England.

UK father-of-two Kristian Holmes has been sentenced to three years in jail after living a double life as a graffiti artist.

The Door Hinge is part of the micropub trend which began in Kent eight years ago and has now spread as far as county Durham and now into Bexley.

Charlotte Philby is a writer and reporter at The Independent, currently based on the news desk after six years on the Saturday magazine.

A teenage girl thought she was escaping an argument when she got into a car with a Chadwell Heath man - but he took her to a house and raped her, a court heard today.

Members of a Somali community centre burned down in a suspected racist attack have been granted the temporary use of a library.

Joe Kinnear has insisted Alan Pardew was delighted to hear of his impending arrival as Newcastle's director of football.