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

Labour today announced a reshuffle of its frontbench team in the House of Lords, a day after Ed Miliband tweaked his shadow cabinet by bringing Jon Cruddas in as head of the party's policy review.

However taxing for users, London's buried railways deserve a history that celebrates their role.

Talks which will be aimed at averting a 72-hour strike by London Underground maintenance workers are to be held tomorrow.

A newspaper seller is to have his image hung not once but three times in the National Portrait Gallery after a triptych of him was selected for the shortlist of the nation's most prestigious portrait award.

Rail travellers on busy commuter routes suffered delays today because of a fresh incident of cable theft.

You might not notice them, but the fonts used on signs and shops can define a city, discovers Simon Usborne

It's the dots that do it, on the "i's". Except that they're not dots at all, but diamonds. The adornments on an otherwise beautifully simple typeface are an identifying quirk of Johnston Sans, a font that is as synonymous with London as Big Ben. It has become known as the "handwriting" of the city, but can you identify it? Did you even know its name?

Rail and Tube passengers suffered travel disruption today because of problems including another signal failure and attempted theft of lead from a station.

The Jubilee line is the biggest risk to transport plans for the 2012 Games, the London Assembly claimed today.

Tube passengers will have access to free WiFi during the Olympic Games. Platforms at 80 stations will have wireless coverage after Transport for London appointed Virgin Media to provide the service.

Battersea Power Station is to be offered for sale on the open market for the first time.

One of the UK's most striking buildings is to be offered for sale on the open market for the first time in its history.

A large scale exercise to test how the emergency services will need to react if a major incident strikes during the London 2012 Games will be staged this week.