Team USA is to use University of East London campuses as its base for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A scheme to move healthcare services from hospitals to polyclinics is described as "absurd" by the Conservatives.

A gang of robbers on motorcycles raid a flagship store of the Queen's silversmith in the middle of the day in London's West End.

The Supreme Court rules against a north London Christian registrar disciplined for refusing to conduct same-sex civil partnerships.

A lift company pleads guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a City banker was crushed to death at her gym.

A man is cleared of murdering a 16-year-old boy who allegedly had two dogs set upon him before he was stabbed to death.

A man who stabbed his ex-lover to death after seeing a Facebook photo of her with a new boyfriend is jailed for life.

A mentally ill killer escapes from a secure hospital in north London just two months after being sentenced.

The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) publish plans to improve cycling in London and launch safety advertisement.

Six police officers suffer minor injuries in a violent struggle after a man is seen in West Hampstead carrying a samurai sword.

It is National Pie Week and where better to celebrate it than in the very British Canteen.

East London's quirky and creative mix is being celebrated in the form of a six-day festival.

Feeling the Folsom blues? Well, walk the line to Charlotte St Blues on 26 and 28 February for the Johnny Cash Special.

Revenue from Tube and bus distribution deal to help fund transport improvements, carbon emissions-cutting projects and to boost paper recycling.

Wheelchair users, people with dogs, parents with pushchairs and passengers with heavy luggage can all now benefit from step-free access at Hainault station.

Zip Oyster photocard users can now change their photocard picture online. The facility will also be available to holders of other concessionary Oyster cards.

Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the roads.

Other taxi and private hire licence fees frozen at 2009 rates.