Thousands of firefighters have abandoned their posts on begun an eight hour strike across London.

Just 27 out of London's 169 fire engines are in service today in "strategic areas" after crews walkout at 10.00 BST this morning in a shift row.

Fire chiefs have been accused of putting a ...

The 11-year-old schoolgirl who plunged six floors down a stairwell has died from her injuries.

Her family had been at her hospital bed at Great Ormond Street Hospital for over a week and were there as she slipped away yesterday afternoon.

Elle Hiscott fell over a banister ...

Striking Firemen have vowed to answer 999 calls but will not attend gas leak call outs during their industrial action tomorrow.

Just 27 out of London's 169 fire engines will be in service tomorrow in "strategic areas" when crews walkout at 10.00 BST in a shift row.

LFB said contingency ...

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Greenpeace activists managed to foil security at the Treasury building in Whitehall calling for the chancellor, George Osborne to provide a green investment bank.

The organisation said four of its members climbed on to the building in Westminster at 6am and unfurled a banner ...

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The owners of the Evening Standard and The Independent newspaper, Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev are launching a "distilled" version of The Independent named The "i", which will also be available on the iPad.

The move by the Russian media moguls is seen as another ...

Westminster, the City of London and Camden Council have been urged to scrap 80% rate relief on Church of Scientology buildings.

The Church of Scientology Religious Educational College Inc. is believed to have saved nearly £2m from commercial rate breaks in the capital - in 2008 the non-for profit ...

Low-cost airline Ryanair have forced a website critical of its business offline after winning a domain name battle.

Owner of the website, ihateryanair.co.uk, Robert Tyler said the carrier was trying to "censor" critics.

However, the Irish business says he made money from advertisers using the company’s trademarks. They ...

A Detective is under investigation for allegedly telling one of the chemical suicide victims her harassment case had been dropped.

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Mystery surrounds the news that three postmen from the same sorting office in Enfield have committed suicide in the last months.  A Royal Mail spokesman said: “we would not comment on such private and tragic matters, but we are of course offering our deepest ...

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A contingency fire fighting plan will be put into full swing if the 5,500 members of the Fire Brigades Union in London choose to go on strike, following a strike ballot by the Fire Brigade Union.

According to reports, depending on ...