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Azad Ali said the controversy could make Abu Qatada a case for extremists "Of course there are fringe groups that are extreme and that have looked at extremism as an escape mechanism... but to say that it has become a phenomena or something so...
As part of the £7.8m RE:NEW energy efficiency programme, which launched last year, London households are offered an 'energy makeover' in a bid to make their properties more energy efficient. It has been estimated this generates an average saving per...
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, centre left, and Sebastian Coe, centre right, Chair of LOCOG, play a ball game with pupils at Chiswick Community School in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Mayor and Sebastian Coe visited to tell pupils at the... View Photo »
I think it was high time that a world heritage site was properly protected from what was basically vandalism
The money will be split between the two shopping parades in Joel Street and Victoria Road respectively, with new paving, street furniture, trees, spruced-up shop fronts and other visual enticements mooted. There had been doubt over whether the money...
The money will be split between the two shopping parades in Joel Street and Victoria Road respectively, with new paving, street furniture, trees, spruced-up shop fronts and other visual enticements mooted. There had been doubt over whether the money...
Johnson has joined his main rival in May’s mayoral election in pledging to cut rail fares if Transport for London is given control of suburban train services. Both the current Mayor and Labour candidate Ken Livingstone want to take control of the...
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, centre, shoots at a basketball hoop watched by school pupils and Sebastian Coe, right, Chair of LOCOG, at Chiswick Community School in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Mayor and Sebastian Coe visited to tell pupils... View Photo »
I have been campaigning for years for this notorious junction, one of the busiest in London, to be upgraded so it is a delight to see it officially opened by the Mayor. At a time of tight budgets Mayor Boris Johnson secured funding for the scheme, realising the importance of this upgrade to motorists, c...
He is prohibited from using a mobile phone, computer or the internet. The European Court of Human Rights blocked Britain from deporting the 51-year-old Islamist cleric to Jordan after ruling that he might not receive a fair trial. The mayor of London,...
It's sobering too. My wish list for the next person to boss City Hall – the election is on 3 May – contains
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is an English politician and journalist. The current Mayor of London, he previously served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Henley and as editor of The Spectator magazine. Full Article
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, centre, shoots at a basketball hoop watched by school pupils and Sebastian Coe, right, Chair of LOCOG, at Chiswick Community School in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Mayor and Sebastian Coe visited to tell pupils at the School how many free...
View Photo »London Mayor Boris Johnson (L) and London Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson (R) pause in front of display screens as they attend the opening of the new fire control centre in south London on February 1, 2012, ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London Operations...
View Photo »London Mayor Boris Johnson meets a fire service telephone operator as he attends the opening of the new fire control centre in south London on February 01, 2012, ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London Operations Centre brings together in a secure, bomb proof...
View Photo »London Mayor Boris Johnson (C) and British fire minister Bob Neill (L) view a computer screen as they attend the opening of the new fire control centre in south London on February 1, 2012, ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London Operations Centre brings...
View Photo »Mayor of London Boris Johnson (L) listens to chair of the The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) Sebastian Coe (R) at the 'Get Ahead of the Games - Plan Your Travel in 2012' event in London on January 30, 2012. The event was to explain to commuters...
View Photo »Mayor of London Boris Johnson (L), chair of the The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) Sebastian Coe (C) and British Transport Secretary Justine Greening (R) stand together at the 'Get Ahead of the Games - Plan Your Travel in 2012' event in London...
View Photo »Mayor of London Boris Johnson poses for a photograph at the 'Get Ahead of the Games - Plan Your Travel in 2012' event in London on January 30, 2012. The event was to explain to commuters and the traveling public across London and the UK how transport networks will operate during the...
View Photo »Boris Johnson, Mayor of London leaves on his bicycle after a press conference for the unveiling of a major UK transport campaign 'Get Ahead of the Games' at King's Cross station, which is currently undergoing development, in London, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. With just under 200 days to go...
View Photo »Boris Johnson, Mayor of London during a press conference for the unveiling of a major UK transport campaign entitled "Get Ahead of the Games", in London, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. With just under 200 days to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, The new Get Ahead of the...
View Photo »London's Mayor Boris Johnson poses with dragon puppets during festivities to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dragon at Trafalgar Square in London January 29, 2012.
View Photo »Mayor of London Boris Johnson (R) gestures next to the Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee Sebastian Coe on January 26, 2012 as they arrive to an event promoting the London 2012 Olympic Games on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in the Swiss resort...
View Photo »Former British Olympic champion Sebastian Coe, left, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, center, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, speak during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, to promote the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. ...
View Photo »Mayor of London Mayor Boris Johnson speaks on January 26, 2012 during a plenary session on 'Olympic Games 2012 -- Celebrating the Six-Month Countdown' at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss resort of Davos. Dozens of heads of government are joining the titans of commerce and...
View Photo »Mayor of London Boris Johnson (L) gestures next to the Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee Sebastian Coe on January 26, 2012 in front of an ice sculpture representing Big Ben, the London Eye and Canary Wharf. Johnson and Coe held the event to promote the London 2012 Olympic...
View Photo »Mayor of London Boris Johnson, left, and former British Olympic champion Sebastian Coe, right, speak to the media next to an ice sculpture to promote the 2012 Summer Olympic Games on the sideline of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The ice...
View Photo »Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addresses a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) as London mayor Boris Johnson arrives on stage in Davos, January 26, 2012.
View Photo »London mayor Boris Johnson addresses a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 26, 2012.
View Photo »London mayor Boris Johnson and Sebastian Coe (R), president of the organising committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 26, 2012.
View Photo »LONDON - JANUARY 9: Mayor of London Boris Johnson stands on the high board as British athlete Tom Daley explains the dive of the women's synchronised diving pair during a visit to the Olympic Aquatic Centre on January 9, 2012 in London, England. Cameron held a cabinet meeting at the...
View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and the chairman of the London 2012 Organizing Committee, Sebastian Coe, laugh on January 26, 2012 as they listen to London Mayor Boris Johnson addressing a plenary session on 'Olympic Games 2012 -- Celebrating the Six-Month Countdown' at the...
View Photo »Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Sebastian Coe (R), president of the organising committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, listen as London mayor Boris Johnson addresses a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 26, 2012.
View Photo »London Mayor Boris Johnson attends on December 20, 2011 the lighting of a menorah to mark the beginning of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Trafalgar Square in London.
View Photo »London mayor Boris Johnson poses with a magic wand during a tour of the set of the Harry Potter films at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Leavesden, north of London December 19, 2011. The Studio Tour will open to members of the public in March 2012.
View Photo »London mayor Boris Johnson tours the set of the Harry Potter films at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Leavesden, north of London December 19, 2011. The Studio Tour will open to members of the public in March 2012.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: London Mayor Boris Johnson sits in the driver's seat of a new prototype red double decker bus in Trafalgar Square on December 16, 2011 in London, England. The new bus design mimics some of the features of the iconic red London Routemaster bus and is...
View Photo »The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, centre, shoots at a basketball hoop watched by school pupils and Sebastian Coe, right, Chair of LOCOG, at Chiswick Community School in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Mayor and Sebastian Coe visited to tell pupils at the School how many free...
View Photo »I think it was high time that a world heritage site was properly protected from what was basically vandalism
I have been campaigning for years for this notorious junction, one of the busiest in London, to be upgraded so it is a delight to see it officially opened by the Mayor. At a time of tight budgets Mayor Boris Johnson secured funding for the scheme, realising the importance of this upgrade to motorists, c...
I was sorry to see Colin Barrow stand down. Despite recent controversies he has served the city well.
I want to see ministers backing the young kids in care who can start life with the biggest hurdles ... I also challenge Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson to make this pledge to London's children in care as part of their election commitments.
It has to be right for London. And there are important aspects of HS2 which are not right. This is not the end of campaigning against HS2. There is no point spending this much on something which doesn't work properly. The business case needs to be properly made out.
The Mayor of London [Boris Johnson] needs to show the world that the Olympic city is determined to tackle this massive public health crisis by banning the most polluting vehicles from the Olympic route network.
Our New Year fireworks were a brilliant start to a spectacular year. This is just the beginning - as the eyes of the world turn to London for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, there will be amazing events across the capital up to, during and beyond a summer like no other.
Just two days ago George Osborne and (London Mayor) Boris Johnson promised Londoners two new tube stations in South London
This city is going to be watched by the world next summer and this grand old lady of London, one of our best loved landmarks, is now set to play a sparkling role in the celebrations. But what’s more, this is another lasting legacy stemming from the Games which will benefit the city for decades.
He seems very concerned about the manifestations of the protests rather than what we are talking about. Boris has rejected that people could make a principled stand over this. Ed Miliband and the Bishop of London have seen the bigger picture, it is strange that it has eluded Boris Johnson.
We have got the promise now of 3 more river crossings, not just two new tube stations at, in the Vauxhall Nine Elms region, but the whole prospect of unlocking that area as well…What these infrastructure projects do is that they promote jobs and growth now, they get people into work and that is very, ve...
Londoners will be staggered that the Mayor and TfL also built up a massive £729million surplus last year which is just sitting in TfL's bank. It's not too late for Boris Johnson to think again and use this money to cut the cost of travel for ordinary Londoners rather than hoarding it up.
George, just come and stand near the edge
Officials have privately slapped down Boris Johnson’s campaign for a four-runway airport to the east of London… Ministers are thought to be dubious.
Baffling protests against capitalism that have led to not a single resignation of a banker, but of three clerics ... When it comes to protests, I cycle past them very quickly.
RMT warned when TfL bulldozed through their station staffing cuts as part of Boris Johnson's £5bn cuts programme that the visually impaired and people with other disabilities would be hit hard and here we have the concrete proof.
The plans are hugely exciting and have the potential to boost the local economy and bring great benefits to everyone in the area.
Cab drivers are an important electorate ... and they characterise Boris Johnson as a part-time Mayor who is not working hard enough.
Delivering cleaner air for London is a top priority for me and this ingenious green wall traps harmful pollution on one of our busiest roads, helping to cleanse the air at this popular spot as well as helping to soften and beautify the local environment.
Whether its football or athletics, tennis or rowing, boxing, sailing or cricket we are pushing hard to improve community sports facilities across the board. As we head ever closer to the Games in 2012 this latest round of funding has been carefully targets towards projects that will help to inspire even...
I am delighted that the Evening Standard and the Mayor's Fund for London are coming together to change fortunes. No young Londoner should be held back in this great world city and being literate is key.
London's high streets are the lifeblood of the city and are at the heart of the communities they serve. Making them cleaner, brighter and greener through my Great Outdoors programme is a vital part of the work we are doing to rejuvenate, regenerate and revive the capital ahead of London 2012.
Let's get these people out of bed.
Criminals beware - we're stepping up a gear to crack down on the drug dealers, burglars and thieves that make our lives a misery.
London Live will be a thrilling highlight in a summer of highlights, allowing even more people to watch awe-inspiring sporting heroes in high definition action for free.
