The former head of children’s services at the council at the centre of the Baby P case appeals against her dismissal.

An 83-year-old woman found dead with her legs bound with duct tape may have died
from hypothermia, say police.

A 60-year-old woman has been found stabbed to death in her home in south-east London.

Hundreds of foreign motorists go unprosecuted for offences because they cannot be traced, Met Police say.

Ten people are injured when a bus crashes into a shop front in west London after a collision with a van.

Engineers work overnight to successfully repair damage to overhead power cables on the West Coast main line at Watford Junction.

A man pleads not guilty to grievous bodily harm after a woman who was pushed off a railway station platform.

Five youths and a teenage girl appear at the Old Bailey to deny murdering a 16-year-old in south London.

Jurors trying a cage fighter alleged to have been part of a £53m robbery resume their deliberations after a Christmas break.

Motorcylists are allowed to use the majority of London’s bus lanes in an 18-month trial beginning on Monday.