A vast £50m penthouse as large a seven-bedroom house has been planned for the top of the Shard, Europe's tallest skyscraper, it has been reported.

A taxi driver who believes he picked up Madeleine McCann the night after she vanished has claimed that Portuguese police ignored his report.

Conservative candidate and current Mayor of London Boris Johnson increased his lead over Labour's Ken Livingstone to four points as the campaign for City Hall entered its final week.

Ministers cross line when they let press owners influence policy, says owner of Independent

Evgeny Lebedev has said he sees "no issue" with politicians and newspaper proprietors meeting each other because "we operate in the same sphere of existence".

Shocking new claims have emerged today regarding the death in China of British businessman Neil Heywood.

Two suspects in Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry have been rebailed.

The new headteachers' leader has transformed a failing school and counts the controversial Ofsted head as a friend. But that doesn't mean they give each other an easy ride, she tells Richard Garner.

Lord Justice Leveson has criticised leaks from his inquiry, including this week's revelation that Scotland Yard loaned a horse to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks.

Scotland Yard loaned former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks a police horse for her Oxfordshire farm.

She didn't expect – and didn't get – an Oscar nod, but has 'a problem with Bafta'. The actress tells Fiona Mountford about the pitfalls of awards

The delicate equilibrium of global politics is rarely a hotel manager's concern. But Chris Hale, who is managing London's Olympics' athletes' village for the InterContinental Hotels Group, has revealed details of the geopolitical segregation he has had to enforce in the hope of maintaining peace among his 17,000 guests.

Andrew Miller emerges triumphant after support for biography divides the judging panel

Chris Huhne, the Cabinet minister facing possible criminal charges for perverting the course of justice, has spent almost £1.3m on a new London home.