A 19-year-old has been found guilty of murdering a budding teenage athlete.

The policy of rehousing people hundreds of miles away from their homes to deal with housing benefit caps has been scrapped in one north London borough.

Around 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a factory today.

Tube passengers endured further travel misery today, with severe delays on three Underground lines.

A baby has survived after plunging from a third floor window, landing on a concrete overhang around 20ft below.

A court clerk who made legal history when he became the first person to be jailed under new bribery legislation won a two-year cut in his sentence today.

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An anti-paedophile vigilante who murdered a gay man he wrongly believed to be a child molester was told today he may never be released from prison.

Fashion: Be haus proud

After three years and £23m, the Olympic tower is finally open. Its creator tells Simon Usborne it's pricey – but beautiful

Barratt Developments' chief executive Mark Clare said foreign buyers in Hong Kong, Singapore and China were snapping up as much as a fifth of his new housing stock, helping the firm to enjoy the strongest spring selling period for five years.

Children in care in England are forced to wait an average of 20 months to move in with adoptive parents, according to new figures.

Entrepreneurs hope upmarket temporary venues will prove popular at Olympics

Two men have been charged over the theft of a hoard of Chinese art from a Cambridge museum.