A 48-hour Tube strike was called off just hours before it was due to start today after the two unions involved in the dispute ordered its members not to walk out.

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Shocking footage shows the moment a man was kicked through the window of a double-decker bus in north London.

The man, 43, was hit with such force in the midriff that he went through a pane of glass on the top deck and fell on to the road near Finsbury Park.

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One of the largest and most opulent basement extensions ever seen in central London is being planned by a multimillionaire Conservative donor.

The triple decker subterranean complex beneath a house Victorian villa in Holland Park will include a 25m swimming pool, an entertainment room, wine cellar, cigar room, massage rooms, two-level gymnasium, dance/yoga studio, hot tub, sauna and steam rooms.

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Prince Harry has quit his job as an Army Air Corp helicopter pilot to spearhead an ambitious bid to bring the injured servicemen’s “Olympics” to London  http://bit.ly/1auOYpr

London needs to tackle a “shocking” life expectancy gap between its most affluent and deprived communities, a leading expert urged.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London, urged the Mayor of London, ministers, health chiefs and voluntary organisations to do more to address the huge disparity which official figures put at up to 25 years.

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Passengers faced more travel misery because of a continuing strike by London Underground workers even though fresh talks have been agreed.

Members of the RMT and TSSA unions will end their 48-hour walkout at 9pm tonight and officials will meet LU tomorrow to try to resolve a row over the closure of Tube ticket offices.

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The Prime Minister today branded the Tube strikes as “shameful” as business leaders warned the action would cost London’s economy £200 million.

David Cameron said the first 48-hour walkout starting at 9pm tonight would cause “misery” for hard-working people. He challenged Labour leader Ed Miliband to condemn it.

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A woman was today told she faced jail after being found guilty of hurling acid into the face of a Victoria's Secret shop worker she claimed had called her ugly.

Mary Konye, 21, dressed in a veil and attacked Naomi Oni after following her home. 

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London’s homeowners “earned” almost £50,000 from the value of their property last year as prices surged by 11.6 per cent.

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MPs have splurged around £250,000 of taxpayers’ money having portraits painted of fellow parliamentarians, the Evening Standard can reveal.

The spree, branded “an expensive vanity project” by critics, included £10,000 on a portrait of Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, £4,000 to preserve Foreign Secretary William Hague in oils and £8,000 for a painting of Kenneth Clarke, the Minister Without Portfolio.

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