Boris Johnson, London's new Conservative mayor, has handed his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg a novelty shirt of the London Underground, as the pair met to discuss the challenges of running a world class city.

Ministers are to face fresh calls to change their anti-terror strategy after a preacher once dubbed "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was granted bail.

The number of homeowners at risk of losing their homes has risen by nearly a fifth in the past year.

Government staff have been sending out highly sensitive data in packages that include the passwords.

Two teenagers have been given life sentences for the murder of a schoolboy.

The BBC failed to pay £106,000 to charity from phone votes in over 20 programmes, including last year's UK Eurovision final, it said.

British Airways will start transferring its Heathrow long-haul flights to the ill-starred new Terminal 5 (T5) on June 5.

An opinion poll showing Labour is less popular than ever will heap further pressure on Gordon Brown as he seeks to recover from last week's local election mauling.

Police are working to establish the cause of an explosion that killed a man.

Barrister Mark Saunders was hit at least five times by police marksmen during a shoot-out at his home, an inquest has heard.

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