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1:55pm today 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. 1:55pm today 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. 1:55pm today The number of homeowners at risk of losing their homes has risen by nearly a fifth in the past year. 1:55pm today Government staff have been sending out highly sensitive data in packages that include the passwords. 1:55pm today Two teenagers have been given life sentences for the murder of a schoolboy. 1:55pm today 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. 1:55pm today British Airways will start transferring its Heathrow long-haul flights to the ill-starred new Terminal 5 (T5) on June 5.
1:55pm today 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.
1:55pm today Police are working to establish the cause of an explosion that killed a man.
1:55pm today Barrister Mark Saunders was hit at least five times by police marksmen during a shoot-out at his home, an inquest has heard. © Copyright Press Association Ltd 2008, All Rights Reserved.
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