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London underground and bus services 'coping' with Olympic Super Saturday, say officials
Saturday 04 August 2012
London's transport system was coping well with the huge crowds on Super Saturday - one of the busiest days of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
London 2012: Central Line reopened after suspension on busiest day of Games so far
Friday 03 August 2012
The Central Line has been reopened after trains were suspended to and from the Olympic Stadium due to signalling failures.
Olympic Moments No 7: Audley Harrison's boxing gold
Wednesday 27 June 2012
In our series celebrating GB success, coach Tony Burns recalls a stunning win in 2000
Bunce on Boxing: Johnny Tapia, a great fighter who dodged bullets but not needles
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Tapia was crazy, but he could still fight when he made his York Hall debut
Something to Declare: There's an art to creating an inspiring place to stay
Sunday 22 April 2012
Dew-kissed rose petals: every time I see a close-up photo of them in a hotel, a part of me dies.
Galloway's Bradford win shocks main parties
Saturday 31 March 2012
Respect stalwart is an MP again after Muslim support sees him sweep to surprise victory
Two hurt in Bethnal Green lava lamp flat blast
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Two people were injured when an attempt to create a home-made lava lamp caused an explosion and fire.
Protesters cleared of Fortnum and Mason trespass
Friday 23 March 2012
Eight protesters who were accused of occupying Fortnum and Mason during an anti-cuts demonstration last year were today acquitted of trespass.
'He just went down – no one was near him'
Sunday 18 March 2012
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapses and FA Cup tie is abandoned
Inside the artist’s studio: Anne Hardy
Tuesday 28 February 2012
British artist Anne Hardy photographs large-scale interior spaces which she carefully constructs over several months. Using complex camera techniques, reflections and painstaking positioning of objects, she conjures still life images that look as if a person has just stepped out of them and paint vivid portraits of that imaginary occupant.
Mark Steel: Flogging is too good for them
Wednesday 17 August 2011
People who love to scream about stern discipline and National Service are having a fantastic time in post-riot Britain. My favourite was a man on a Radio 5 phone-in, who ended his rant by yelling, "I TELL you how little discipline there is. My son gets homework and he's allowed to do it ON HIS COMPUTER. We need to GET BACK to PENCIL and PAPER!" And you felt that if you suggested 'What about pen and paper?' he'd shriek "NO! NOT PEN, YOU BLOODY LIBERAL. PENCIL! They have to SHARPEN pencils, it teaches them DISCIPLINE!"
Courts open on Sunday as magistrates struggle to clear backlog
Monday 15 August 2011
Two magistrates are dealing exclusively with search warrants. Police come to the court with the papers needed for raids, which are signed off straight away
Police warn public to stay out of the 'war zone'
Tuesday 09 August 2011
Embattled police were forced to tell Londoners to clear the streets last night after more areas were consumed by riots, fires and looting in the worst violence to be seen in the capital for decades.
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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